Interview: On Día de los Muertos, food helps keep family memories alive for this Mexican-American cookbook author

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Using a traditional molinillo, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack prepares Mexican hot chocolate in her Highlands Ranch kitchen, Oct. 24, 2023.

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Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack is the author of “May Bueno Fiestas,” and numerous other cookbooks with a Mexican flair, at her home office and studio in Highlands Ranch, Oct. 24, 2023.

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Photos of family members add to a Dia de los Muertos decoration at Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack’s home office and studio in Highlands Ranch, Oct. 24, 2023.


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A Monarch butterfly adorn s ceramic cup in Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack’s Highlands Ranch kitchen, Oct. 24, 2023.



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A few cloves of garlic await in a traditional Mexican molcajete for some seared Serrano and Jalapeno peppers, and tomatoes before Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack turns them into a tasty salsa, at her home office and studio in Highlands Ranch, Oct. 24, 2023.
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Serrano and Jalapeno peppers, and tomatoes, begin to sizzle on a cast iron griddle ahead of Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack turning them into a tasty salsa, at her home office and studio in Highlands Ranch, Oct. 24, 2023.

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Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, aserves fresh, homemade salsa and corn chips at her home office and studio in Highlands Ranch, Oct. 24, 2023.