Adán Medrano is a food writer, chef, and filmmaker specializing in the indigenous foods of Texas and the Americas. His book Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes was a Foreword INDIES Finalist. His subsequent book was Don’t Count the Tortillas: The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking.
Medrano is the Executive Producer/Writer of the food documentary Truly Texas Mexican, which won Best Documentary at the New York Independent Cinema Awards, the Audience Choice Award at the Hill Country Film Festival, and was named an Official Selection at the Sonoma International Film Festival.
An advocate for the arts, he was appointed by the governor of Texas and served six years as a commissioner on the Texas Commission on the Arts. In his career as a foundation grant-maker, he spent 23 years working throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia, and during his travels came to recognize the universal power of food. He has lectured about food and culture and showcased his recipes at many universities and institutions, including the Culinary Institute of America. He is the editor of the Texas Tech University Press book series Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico. His new book is The Texas Mexican Plant-Based Cookbook.
