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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How celebrity Mexican chef Gabriela Cámara came up with her famous tuna tostada

Mexican Chef Gabriela Cámara has been running a massively popular seafood restaurant in Mexico City for 20 years called Contramar. She has another restaurant in San Francisco called Cala, and two offshoots serving up tacos.

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By Madeleine Brand • May 22, 2019 • 1 min read

Mexican Chef Gabriela Cámara has been running a massively popular seafood restaurant in Mexico City for 20 years called Contramar. She has another restaurant in San Francisco called Cala, and two offshoots serving up tacos. She’s about to open another restaurant in LA called Onda. Her new cookbook is “My Mexico City Kitchen.” Also, she’s about to become a government advisor to Mexico’s new president. She talks about her many jobs, new cookbook, and forthcoming LA restaurant.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Gabriela Cámara

    chef and author of “My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions”

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