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Crystal Esquivel

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Crystal Esquivel has written and photographed for her blog, poco-cocoa.com, for years, has been featured in the Austin-American Statesman, Austin Monthly, and the Austin Chronicle, and has written for the Eat/Drink section of the A.V. Club Austin. She is the author of The Food Lover's Guide to Austin and the Austin Chef's Table. She lives and eats in Austin. ...more

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	Food Lovers' Guide to® Austin: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events (Food Lovers' Series) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Austin Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes From The Texas Capital by Crystal Esquivel (Goodreads Author), Aimee Wenske (Photographer) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food Lovers' Guide to Austin: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events (Food Lovers' Series) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Austin Chef's Table 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food Lovers' Guide To(r) Austin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Austin Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Texas Capital by Crystal Esquivel (Goodreads Author), Aimee Wenske (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Crystal rated a book it was amazing Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I listened to this over a couple of days and was so inspired! I loved the joyous attitude toward creativity, and how the author somehow makes it so accessible to everyone.
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Super quick super cozy read that makes me want to write letters again!
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