Isabel Orozco-Moore
Isabel Orozco-Moore is the creator of Isabel Eats, sharing Mexican family recipes, Tex-Mex favorites, and cookbooks from Oklahoma City.
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Isabel Eats
Isabel EatsOverview
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Heritage
- First-generation Mexican American, with family roots in Zacatecas
- Started
- Isabel Eats in 2015; full-time since 2017
- Known for
- Mexican family recipes, approachable home cooking, and The Mexican Kitchen ebooks
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Oklahoma City, Isabel ate the food her parents cooked from scratch. Away at college, she missed those meals and called her mom for help. Because her mom cooked by feel, Isabel worked out measurements through trial and error. In 2015, she began sharing the recipes online to preserve them and connect with her Mexican heritage.
Finding her focus.
In her 2019 Food Blogger Pro interview, Isabel described narrowing her blog’s focus to Mexican food and choosing the name Isabel Eats to leave room to grow. The site became her full-time work in 2017. In 2019, it was a SAVEUR Blog Awards finalist in Weeknight Dinners.
Building a family business.
After taking part in Raptive’s spring 2022 Remarkable Voices program, Isabel expanded her team. In a 2023 alumni interview, she said the business had grown enough for her husband to leave his job and join her. By her October 2025 Food Blogger Pro appearance, she was discussing two million monthly pageviews and how to keep creating while running a growing business.
From the website to books.
In 2024, she published The Mexican Kitchen: Essentials, Main Dishes, and Drinks & Desserts. The three digital books bring together 120 recipes plus ingredient guides and pantry advice. She is also working on her first printed cookbook, which she told a reader in June 2026 was planned for mid-2027.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024The Mexican Kitchen: EssentialsAuthor
- 2024The Mexican Kitchen: Main DishesAuthor
- 2024The Mexican Kitchen: Drinks & DessertsAuthor
Podcasts
Recipes
- 2015Isabel EatsFounder and recipe creator
Awards
Quotes
My ultimate goal is to be a resource for others looking to learn more about Mexican cuisine and culture through food.Isabel Orozco-Moore, Ground Up interview
Explaining the purpose behind Isabel Eats in Ground Up’s She’s Empowered interview series.
Trivia
- She is the youngest of six siblings: three girls and three boys.
- Before food blogging, she earned degrees in sociology and social work and worked in research at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Frasier is her comfort show while she tests recipes.
- She created a café de olla nut butter flavor with Ground Up, inspired by the spiced Mexican coffee drink.
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