Alicia Maher '92

Born and raised in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Alicia Maher ’92 is the bilingual author and publisher of Delicious El Salvador: 75 Authentic Recipes for Traditional Salvadoran Cooking, and the Spanish language edition, El Salvador, Sabores Deliciosos: 75 Recetas Auténticas de la Cocina Tradicional Salvadoreña. Delicious El Salvador was her first cookbook. Alicia has been featured in top media outlets, including CNN Latino, MundoFox, Esmitv, The Latin Kitchen, Los Angeles Magazine, La Opinion, EFE, El Tiempo Latino, El Salvador.com, Cook’s Cook Magazine and more. Alicia was named El Salvador's Culinary Ambassador by UCLA Magazine, Revista Ella from El Salvador, and Sercano TV. In 2014, in Beijing, Delicious El Salvador won the Gourmand Award for Best First Cookbook in the World. Delicious El Salvador also won a Gourmand Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015, for Best First Cookbook of the last twenty years. These are the first international cookbook awards for El Salvador’s traditional home cooking. Alicia graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Art History, class of 1992.