This thesis project is composed of two interconnected parts. The first is a written essay that compiles the theoretical research, methodological framework, and process documentation. It explores how dominant narratives shape which stories are told—and which are excluded—while proposing oral storytelling as a form of resistance.

The second part is a book titled Recetario, a "recipe book of conversations" born from the same research. Rather than presenting formal recipes, it gathers fragments of oral testimony that emerged while cooking with María Mejía, a domestic worker whose life story is at the center of this project. The conversations are shaped by the rhythms of the kitchen: sounds, pauses, and interruptions naturally weave their way into the narrative.

Recetario was designed with hard covers and exposed binding that allows the book to open fully beyond 180º—an essential feature, as the text often flows across the gutter when interrupted by the gestures or urgencies of cooking. Visual and typographic decisions in the essay, such as variations in paragraph indentation, mirror the layout of Recetario to create a sense of continuity between both volumes.

Together, these two parts form a project that values everyday stories, challenges what is considered worth documenting, and offers a space where memory, labor, and intimacy intersect through shared acts of nourishment.