About the Author

Guillermo Toro-Lira is a native of Lima who has lived near San Francisco for over two decades. Since the late 1990s, he began researching about the Peruvian relations in the history of California. Wings of Cherubs is the initial result of his research, which he plans to expand in future publications to present an historical overview of the social, cultural and commercial relationships between the territories of the Pacific.

The Spanish edition of Wings of Cherubs won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2007 as the Best Wine Literature Book of the World written in Spanish.

Guillermo is also co-owner of Pisco Latin Lounge in San Francisco www.piscosf.com, the first pisco bar in the United States and the only place to find original recipe pisco punch.