Arlen Gargagliano
Arlen Gargagliano believes in love at first
bite. She also believes that experiencing new flavors can lead to all
kinds of inspiration-and even world peace. All Gargagliano's books
reflect her passion for people, diverse cultures, language, music,
travel-and of course, food. An acclaimed writer and presenter on the
topic of teaching English as a Second Language, she is the author of the
Latin American cocktail and appetizer book, Mambo Mixers (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2005), and Calypso Coolers: Recipes for 50 Caribbean Cocktails and 20 Tropical Treats (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, May 2007). She co-authored chef and restaurateur Rafael Palomino's cookbooks, Viva la Vida (Chronicle Books, 2002), Nueva Salsa (Chronicle Books 2003), and Fiesta Latina, (Chronicle Books, 2006); their fourth collaboration, Latin Grill, was published by Chronicle Books in March 2010. She also co-authored Elsie Ramos's cookbook, Elsie's Turkey Tacos and Chicken Soup, (John Wiley & Sons, May 2007), and Dr. Manny Alvarez's, The Hot Latin Diet (Penguin Books, 2008). She is currently working on several different
projects related to health, delicious cooking, and Latin-style
entertaining. Arlen has written over two dozen articles on the topic of
healthy eating, healthy lunches for kids, as well as on fun family
activities and crafts, for MSN’s In the Motherhood website. She’s has
also worked on two versions of their Chef to the Rescue website which
features the recipes of renown chef Cat Cora, as a rescue
chef/moderator. Arlen is represented in book projects by Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (www.dystel.com).
Arlen, a featured cookbook author on the hot culinary website, cookstr.com, has
done dozens of cooking demos in stores around the country, including
boutique shops in San Diego, California, several Williams Sonoma
locations in both New York City and Miami, Macy's and Bloomingdale's (in
New York and Miami), and has appeared regularly on Television
Dominicana, Telemundo's A La Mesa con Denisse, as well as on Univsion’s
highly-acclaimed national Spanish-language morning show, Despierta
America. She's also appeared on NBC’s Weekend Today Show, NBC’s San
Diego affiliate, and on Mega TV 22, as well as Westchester's News
12. She was hired as chef/professor as part of the launch of Alli,
the weightloss program, to the Hispanic market with demos/presentations
related to healthful Latin-style cooking in both Los Angeles and New
York City. She regularly teaches classes in Caribbean and Latin-style
cooking at Don Coqui (formerly MacMenamin's Grill and Chefworks) in New
Rochelle.
Arlen is also very involved in her community. She is currently serving
her local PTA Council for the second year in a row as the Chair for the
Diversity Committee, and was involved in New Rochelle's first ever
Latino Services Network conference in May, where she assisted in the
organization of the day-long conference, and delivered the closing
speech. In the spring of 2010, she organized a special program for
elementary-aged non-native English speakers paired with high school
student tutors (mentors) in her community. This successful program,
designed to help the younger students with their English fluency and
confidence, as well as give the high school students some teaching
experience, inolved 15 younger students and 6 mentors; the idea is that
this program be duplicated in other schools in New Rochelle. Also in her
community, she has facilitated special workshops (in Spanish and
English) on the topic of healthy eating. This fall she will launch a
Spanish-language story hour program, designed for native speaking
parents and toddlers, to be held weekly at New Rochelle Public Library.
Arlen Gargagliano's textbook publications include Writing from Within, an English as a second language textbook for college-level students (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and Writing from Within Intro (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and is currently working on second
editions of both books. She is also hard at work on several other ESL
writing projects. A native of New York City, who earned her BA from New
York University (Journalism and Spanish) and her MA from Hunter College
(Teaching English as a Second Language), Gargagliano has spent years
living in Spain and Peru, and traveling throughout Latin America, where
she still frequently ventures to give workshops to both teachers and
students of English on the subject of writing. This fall, Arlen returns
to WCC as an assistant director for the college's English Language
Institute, and will continue to teach in the college's TESOL certificate
program. She lives with her husband and two children in New Rochelle,
New York.
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