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"When she had a stand at the East Atlanta farmers market I learned how intensive market prep is: Vega would wake at 5 a.m., be in the kitchen by 6 a.m., and give herself about 12 hours to prepare a batch — from washing and simmering kernels to rubbing, grinding, fermenting the masa, soaking and preparing leaves for 20 minutes, cooking and reducing fillings for at least two hours, and packaging everything for the late-afternoon market." - Muriel Vega