MEXICAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
COOKBOOKS
Recommended by Flavors of the South
The following books are highly recommended. Many of them are in my personal collection and others I have seen and would love to own. All of these authors are considered outstanding. If you love to cook Mexican, Tex-Mex, or Southwestern style, be sure to check out these books!
Mexican Everyday (Recipes Featured on Season 4 of the PBS-TV series "Mexico One Plate at a Time")
by Rick Bayless
Lively collection of recipes designed to take no more than 30 minutes to prepare. Known for his painstaking approach to recreating the classics of Mexican cuisine, Bayless moves in a new direction here, substituting easy-to-find ingredients for exotic ones, streamlining complex sauces into a few steps and emphasizing nutrition.Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen
The book opens with 14 salsas, sauces, and seasonings that Bayless calls "cornerstones of Mexican dishes." Other than some chile peppers essential to certain dishes, most ingredients are found in any supermarket. For any less common ingredients, a mail-order source or an easy substitution is provided.The Essential Cuisines of Mexico: Revised and updated throughout, with more than 30 new recipes
by Diana Kennedy
Combines in one book Kennedy's first three works, The Cuisines of Mexico, The Tortilla Book, and Mexican Regional Cooking. Updated and revised, and with 30 new recipes to make more than 300 in all, the compilation is instantly the definitive English-language exploration of Mexican cooking. Diana Kennedy is the Julia Child of Mexican cuisine!1,000 Mexican Recipes
by Marge Moore
Offering 1,000 recipes for traditional fare from all the regions of Mexico, as well as dishes inspired by the nueva cocina of today's top Mexican chefs, this cookbook covers what home cooks need and want to know about Mexican cooking. Throughout, the author shares the cultural and culinary heritage of the people and food of Mexico from her perspective as a traveler and impassioned enthusiast of the country.The Taste of Mexico
by Patricia Quintana
In easy-to-follow recipes, this cookbook covers basic and classic as well as innovative dishes from the eight culinary regions of Mexico. Cooking teacher, author, and restaurant consultant, Quintana is one of the foremost authorities on her native cuisine.Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo
A personal account in words and pictures of many important and happy events in the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and a scrapbook, assembled by her stepdaughter, of recipes for more than 100 dishes that Frida served to family and friends with her characteristic enthusiasm for all the pleasures of life. Full-color photographs.Beginning with Chiles: How to Roast, Peel and Prepare Chile Peppers for Authentic Mexican Salsas, Stuffers and Seasonings
by Mary Lou Creechan, Jim Creechan
Beginning With Chiles approaches the complexities of Mexican and Southwestern cooking in a very unique way, focusing on the soul of Mexican cuisine- chile peppers. It introduces readers to the most commonly available chile peppers, fresh and dried, takes them through the preparation process and then provides easy recipes to get them started. In addition we draw on our unique personal experiences to provide interesting cultural and historical anecdotes, recommended cookbooks, internet sites and other resources. As you can see 'Beginning With Chiles' is much more than a regional Mexican cookbook.Jim Peyton's The Very Best Of Tex-Mex Cooking: Plus Texas Barbecue And Texas Chile
A collection of outstanding recipes and the lore surrounding the most popular dishes ordered in Tex-Mex restaurants. Tex-Mex, barbecue and chile are important aspects of Texas regional cooking that developed organically over many years of trial and error by thousands of remarkable cooks, as Mexicans working on ranches in South Texas built on the 16th century fusion of Spanish and Indian cooking in Mexico. This cuisine has become enormously popular not just in Texas but nationwide. Veteran chef Jim Peyton carefully selects nearly 100 of the most outstanding dishes and treats them comprehensively, making them quickly understood and easy to prepare. From Pico de gallo to quesadillas to cactus margaritas, this book provides the finest techniques for the very best of Tex-Mex cuisine.The Everything Tex-mex Cookbook: 300 Flavorful Recipes to Spice Up Your Mealtimes!
by Linda Larsen
An American tradition since the 1800s, Tex-Mex food combines the flavors of a wide variety of ingredients with the influence of different cultures to create unique dishes that are crafted to perfection. Tomatoes, beef, beans, chiles, and corn are the staples of Tex-Mex cooking, while flavor, texture, and personality are added with specialties such as hot sauce, chorizo, and spices such as chili pepper and cayenne pepper.The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos
Join Texas food writer Robb Walsh on a grand tour complete with larger-than-life characters, colorful yarns, rare archival photographs, and a savory assortment of crispy, crunchy Tex-Mex foods. From the Mexican pioneers of the sixteenth century, who first brought horses and cattle to Texas, to the Spanish mission era when cumin and garlic were introduced, to the 1890s when the Chile Queens of San Antonio sold their peppery stews to gringos like O. Henry and Ambrose Bierce, and through the chili gravy, combination plates, crispy tacos, and frozen margaritas of the twentieth century, all the way to the nuevo fried oyster nachos and vegetarian chorizo of today, here is the history of Tex-Mex in more than 100 recipes and 150 photos. Rolled, folded, and stacked enchiladas, old-fashioned puffy tacos, sizzling fajitas, truck-stop chili, frozen margaritas, Frito™ Pie, and much, much more, are all here in easy-to-follow recipes for home cooks.The Food of Santa Fe: Authentic Recipes from the American Southwest
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by Dave DeWitt
The Food of Santa Fe offers the best of New Mexico's traditional dishes and a sampling of today's cooking innovations.
Best of the Best from New Mexico Cookbook: Selected Recipes from New Mexico's Favorite Cookbooks
Fifty-six of the leading cookbooks from the Land of Enchantment have contributed their most popular recipes to create this outstanding collection. New Mexico’s unique cuisine is captured in such southwest favorites as Blue Corn Meal Pancakes, Jalapa Hamburgers, Tequila-Lime Grilled Chicken, Mexican Cream with Strawberries.Browse all Southwestern Cookbooks at Amazon.com