La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One Cuisine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520261112)

After thirty years of leading culinary tours throughout Mexico, Marilyn Tausend teams up with Mexican chef and regional cooking authority Ricardo Mu oz Zurita to describe how the cultures of many profoundly different peoples combined to produce the unmistakable flavors of Mexican food. Weaving engrossing personal narrative with a broad selection of recipes, the authors show how the culinary heritage of indigenous groups, Europeans, and Africans coalesced into one of the world's most celebrated cuisines.

Cooks from a variety of cultures share recipes and stories that provide a glimpse into the preparation of both daily and festive foods. In a Maya village in Yucat n, cochinita de pibil is made with the native peccary instead of pig. In Mexico City, a savory chile poblano is wrapped in puff-pastry. On Oaxaca's coast, families of African heritage share their way of cooking the local seafood. The book includes a range of recipes, from the delectably familiar to the intriguingly unusual.



Author: Marilyn Tausend
ISBN-10: 0520261119
ISBN-13: 9780520261112
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 9.42h x 7.42w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2012 pg. 7