[1] Growing up in Los Angeles, her family ate a lot of Asian food, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai.
She has worked as an intern at Daniel and in the kitchens of Restaurant Soleil, in Mexico City, and Berkeley's Chez Panisse.
Her desire to open Cosecha was inspired by visiting food markets growing up in Los Angeles and while spending time in Mexico City.
[6] At Cosecha, most of the staff are women, including mothers, many of whom can only work day shifts in order to care for their children.
[7] She was inducted into Les Dames d'Escoffier in 2017[8] and, in the same year, she announced that she would open Bombera Bar & Grill in an old fire station in the Dimond District in Oakland.
[11] In 2021, Rice-Cisneros announced that she would close Coescha in March and open Bombera in April because of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[14] In June 2019, Rice-Cisneros accused a server at a Japanese restaurant at Swan's Market of battery and filed a restraining order against him.