🌿 Why Every Home Cook Needs a Chef’s Garden—even in a Studio Apartment
It all begins with an idea.
🎓 Returning to School After 15 Years in the Kitchen
IThank you for reading. If you're navigating reinvention, healing, or returning to school later in life—know that you're not alone. And if you're hungry for more than food, stick around. This story's just heating up.
🌧️ Surviving Trauma: How Cooking, Gardening, and Love Helped Me Heal
IAfter 15 years of cheffing, a drunk driving accident shattered more than just my bones—it upended my sense of self. Through gardening, quiet meals, and an unexpected love story that began on TikTok, I slowly built a new life rooted in healing, heritage, and growth. This is how ZacaTejas was born.
🌿 Meet Victoria Benavides Sanchez: The Heart Behind ZacaTejas
II’m Victoria Sanchez—a chef, former Army paratrooper, urban gardener, student, mother, and founder of ZacaTejas. This is the story behind the soil, the stove, and the soul of everything I do.