Illyanna Maisonet is the first Puerto Rican food columnist in the country. Her column with the SF Chronicle, Cocina Boricua, explores and preserves traditional Puerto Rican recipes. illyanna is currently looking for an agent and publisher for her cookbook, Pasteles and Ketchup: A Puerto Rican Cookbook from a Diasporican. It shares traditional Puerto Rican recipes and recipes that have organically evolved from growing up in Northern California.