Cooking in Spanglish

Join Food & Dining Senior Editor Monti Carlo on Mother’s Day as she brings her new cookbook to life with a four-course tasting menu. Diners will receive a complimentary, advance copy of “Spanglish: Recipes and Stories,” her love letter to bicultural Puerto Rican cooking.

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Please note: This event has very limited seating. Please add your name to the waitlist. We will reach out with a confirmation email as space becomes available.

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Please register with the email address you use for your AJC subscription. We are unfortunately not able to customize the meal for specific dietary restrictions. Event details are subject to change. Entry Requirements: This is a 21+ event. A valid government-issued photo is required for entry to the event.

Sunday

May

10

,

2026

5:00pm

–

8:00pm

Your AJC hosts

Monti Carlo

Monti Carlo the AJC’s Senior Editor for Food & Dining. She is also a two-time Telly Award winner and a judge for the James Beard Foundation. Her first time working in a restaurant kitchen was here in metro Atlanta at Stoney River in Roswell. Since then, she has built a career focused on culinary storytelling — writing for leading food publications and working with Netflix, Food Network, Cooking Channel, PBS and Tastemade. It was a 2001 review from the AJC that helped keep her family's restaurant from closing its doors. She considers her move back to Atlanta to work for the AJC the most full-circle moment of her 26-year media career.

LP O’Brien

LP O’Brien an AJC contributor as well as a beverage entrepreneur and cultural storyteller. As the first winner of Netflix’s “Drink Masters,” she is recognized for creating innovative cocktails that fuse Afro-Carribbean traditions with modern techniques.

Your AJC host

Monti Carlo

Monti Carlo is the AJC’s Senior Editor for Food & Dining. She is also a two-time Telly Award winner and a judge for the James Beard Foundation. Her first time working in a restaurant kitchen was here in metro Atlanta at Stoney River in Roswell. Since then, she has built a career focused on culinary storytelling — writing for leading food publications and working with Netflix, Food Network, Cooking Channel, PBS and Tastemade. It was a 2001 review from the AJC that helped keep her family's restaurant from closing its doors. She considers her move back to Atlanta to work for the AJC the most full-circle moment of her 26-year media career.

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Cooking in Spanglish

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