Mexico The Cookbook

Mexico: The Cookbook by Margarita Carrillo Arronte is a wide-ranging celebration of Mexican home cooking. This edition brings together an extensive collection of recipes alongside contextual material on the country’s culinary traditions.

Key details

• Author: Margarita Carrillo Arronte
• More than 700 recipes
• Organised by food type and style, including street food, starters, drinks, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, vegetables, pulses and rice, and dessert
• Includes an introduction to Mexican culinary history, ingredients and techniques
• Features a Chef Menu section with recipes and menus by prominent Mexican chefs

Synopsis

Spanning a culinary history described as dating back 9,000 years, this collection explores the influences of Aztec and Mayan Indians and the cuisine’s reputation for fresh aromatic ingredients, colourful presentation and bold combinations. More than 700 recipes are presented as authentic dishes intended to be achievable in the home kitchen, ranging from tamales, fajitas and moles to cactus salad, blue crab soup and melon seed juice.

Recipes are arranged by category for easy navigation, and the book also offers background on ingredients and techniques. A dedicated Chef Menu section adds further inspiration through recipes and menus from some of the world’s most prominent Mexican chefs, making it well suited to confident home cooks and anyone looking to cook broadly across Mexican food styles.

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