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Joe Ortiz

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in New York, The United States

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https://ortizpresents.com

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Cookbooks, Memoir, Self Help

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Joe Ortiz is the author of The Village Baker (1993), and co-author of The Village Baker’s Wife (1997), and The Gardener’s Table (2000), all published by Ten Speed/Penguin.

His monthly columns on creativity in the Capitola Soquel Times and Aptos Times are the culmination of five decades of his experiences as an author, playwright, artist, and musician.

As a composer and lyricist, Ortiz has written and produced five musicals, among them Over the Roof (formerly Escaping Queens), which uses the incidents in Pastina as basis for the story.

Escaping Queens enjoyed its World Premiere at Cabrillo Stage (Aptos, California) in 2012.

Ortiz is co-owner and co-founder of Gayle’s Bakery and Rosticceria in Capitola. The business has grown, in its 48 years ...more

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	The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America 4.41 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1993 — 3 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
	The Village Baker's Wife: The Desserts and Pastries That Made Gayle's Famous 4.26 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1997 — 7 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
	Pastina--My Father's Misfortune, My Mother's Good Soup it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Gardener's Table: A Guide to Natural Vegetable Growing and Cooking 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Diving into Ink: Poems of Love, Doubt, & Discovery and Lyrics from the Five Musicals it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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