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La Morenita matriarch tells her life story in book
• Second edition provides new insights, photos
Guadalupe Cordoba signs
Mary Delgado and Gloria Smallwood pose for a photo with their mother, Guadalupe Cordoba (center), during a Sept. 18 signing event for her book, “La Morenita: The Story of Lupe Cordoba” at Turlock’s La Mo Cafe.
It’s been 50 years since Guadalupe Cordoba came to the Valley from Mexico and changed the region’s cuisine for the better — a journey she recalls in her book “La Morenita: The Story of Lupe Cordoba,” which tells the tale of her ascent from childhood life in a small town south of the border to nationally acclaimed restaurateur in America.