DEBORAH SCHNEIDER is the executive chef/partner of SOL Cocina in Newport Beach, CA, and Scottsdale, AZ, and Solita in Huntington Beach, CA. She is the author of The Mexican Slow Cooker, the James Beard-nominated Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta; Amor y Tacos; and iBaja! Cooking on the Edge, which was one of Food and Wine's Best of the Best of 2006; and is the co-author of Williams-Sonoma's Essentials of Latin Cooking.