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.
La Morenita matriarch tells her life story in book
• Second edition provides new insights, photos

