Good Food from Mexico Author:Ruth Watt Mulvey, Luisa Maria Alvarez 350 Tasty Mexican Recipes — Here's a book that will surprise and delight people who imagine Mexican food to be a monotonous round of tongue-scorching tamales and chili. The infinite variety of south-of-the-border cookery--sweet, savory, and highly seasoned--is captured in these 350 tempting recipes. Dishes suitable for every occasion, from an out... more »door barbecue to a holiday feast, can easily be prepared from ingredients available in North American markets.
Of course, you'll find the pepper-pot specialties of the street vendor--as typical of Mexico as the hot dog is of the United States--but here too are the delicacies of an elaborate haute cuisine: Chicken with Pine Nut Sauce; Beef Mazatlan-Style; Stuffed Guavas; and a culinary wonder called, with propriety, Lady-Sized Mouthful. Appetizers, soups, sauces, meat and poultry dishes, seafoods, salads, and baked goods--they're all here in recipes to please a meat-and-potatoes family or a dedicated gourmet.
"The authors love Mexico, love to cook, and love to share their favorite dishes with friends. They've put their liveliest recipes in this book." --New York World Telegram and Sun« less