Mexico: The Cookbook

by Margarita Carrillo Arronte, Fiamma Piacentini (Photographer)

Overview

Mexico: The Cookbook is the definitive bible of home-cooking from Mexico. With a culinary history dating back 9,000 years, Mexican food draws influences from Aztec and Mayan Indians and is renowned for its use of fresh aromatic ingredients, colorful presentations and bold food combinations.

The book features more than 700 delicious and authentic recipes that can be easily recreated at home. From tamales, fajitas, and moles to cactus salad, blue crab soup, and melon seed juice, the recipes are a celebration of the fresh flavors and ingredients from a country whose cuisine is revered around the world.

Organized by food type/style (Street Food, Starters, Drinks, Fish and Seafood, Meat and Poultry, Vegetables, Pulses and Rice, and Dessert), Mexico: The Cookbook also includes an extensive introduction to Mexican culinary history, ingredients, and techniques, while a Chef Menu section proffers inspirational recipes and menus by some of the world's most prominent Mexican chefs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714867526
Publisher:	Phaidon Press
Publication date:	10/27/2014
Pages:	704
Sales rank:	444,449
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 11.00(h) x 2.40(d)

About the Author

Born in Mexico, Margarita Carrillo Arronte has dedicated more than 25 years to researching, studying, teaching and cooking Mexican cuisine. From 1996 to 2006, she was the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture’s chef and organized Mexican food festivals and gala dinners across North America, Europe and Asia. In 2010, she led a campaign to get Mexican cuisine recognized as a UNESCO cultural property. In addition to teaching Mexican Cuisine at Cucul Cultura Culinaria A.C. and the National University of Mexico, Carillo Arronte is also the leader of the Slow Food movement in Baja and runs the restaurants, Don Emiliano (San Jose del Cabo) and Casa Mexico (Mexico City). She lives in Mexico City.

Editorial Reviews

…jammed full of recipes…[Mexico's] a work of staggering breadth, but it's also a pleasure to read, with recipes ranging far from enchiladas suizas.

The New York Times Book Review - Max Watman

★ 10/06/2014
Arronte, owner of Turtux restaurant in Mexico City, offers a glimpse into the geography, history, and agriculture of the country as well as an introduction to Mexican staples such as corn, chiles, and tortillas. She explores the country’s distinct regions, from Central Mexico’s pickled pigs’ trotters to Falta’s rice with coconut milk. In addition to standard cookbook chapters by course, Arronte also includes snacks and street food, eggs, rice and beans, and bread and pastries. Cactus paddles and banana leaves may not be easy for U.S. readers to find, but dishes such as drunken chicken, stuffed avocados, and wedding stew can easily be made from a well-stocked kitchen. Marinated lamb chops, cream of lentil soup, and pickled mushrooms are surprising but appetizing contributions that will dispel food stereotypes. And dishes such as Oaxaca-style fish or short ribs in chili and coffee sauce will broaden and educate American palates. Full-color photos of food, landscapes, and people round out this hefty and appealing collection. For those interested in learning how to make authentic Mexican cuisine, Arronte has provided the definitive guide. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Named One of the Top Ten Cookbooks of Fall 2014 by Publishers Weekly

'All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don't have to - Margarita has done it for me!' –  Eva Longoria

'Absolutely wonderful. I wish I could close my door and read it all day.' – Nancy Wall Hopkins, Senior Deputy Editor, Food & Entertaining

'Hasta La Vista, Tex Mex.' – Better Homes and Gardens

'Mexico: The Cookbook may kill your taste for supermarket salsa for good.' – ELLE Magazine

'Mexico: The Cookbook promises to introduce even the biggest fans of tort as and tamales to something new about Mexican cuisine and aims to prove that it can be as refined as it is accessible.' – TIME

'Exquisitely beautiful and encyclopedic.' – T Magazine Essential

'Your go-to guide to Mexican home cooking.' – Tasting Table

'A mammoth 700 page collection of Mexican recipes ... A "food bible."' –  Publishers Weekly

'Might just be the most comprehensive cookbook on the country's cuisine ever published.' – The Sunday Times Travel

'Definitive ... Even the most learned Mexican food expert would be pushed to think of a dish not already listed. A beautiful book in both design and substance ... Can't be faulted.' – The Culture Trip

'With its laser-cut hot pink cover, I can only tell you the recipes beneath it are just as divine.' – SFGirl by Bay

'The Mexican home-cooking bible (and the most beautiful book).' – Domestic Sluttery

'This weighty book includes more than 600 recipes for home-style Mexican dishes, and its vibrant cutwork cover adds spice, energy, and cheer to any cookbook shelf.' – Allrecipes

'I heard Margarita Carrillo Arronte was the authority on Mexican food, so I got this cookbook and never looked back. The salsa is so good it makes all supermarket-bought salsa seem tasteless and insipid by comparison, and her traditional taco recipes are incredible and perfect for summer eating.' – The Pool

'I have long been an admirer of Margarita Carrillo's work. In her new book, her warm and expert voice shines and proves to be a most delightful guide through the fascinating labyrinth of Mexican cuisine. Every cook, be it expert or beginner, will benefit and savor from this splendid Mexican cookbook with hundreds of tried and true recipes: a must for any Mexican food lover.' – Pati Jinich

'Margarita is the embodiment of everything that I love about Mexico and her food is delicious. A definite hero.' –   Thomasina Miers

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