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Diana Kennedy has been called the ultimate authority, the high priestess of Mexican cooking, and with good reason. For more than forty years she has traveled through her beloved adoptive country, researching and recording its truly extraordinary cuisine. Now Diana turns her attention to the book she readily admits should have been written years ago. Diana s objective in From My Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients is simple: to provide a guide to better understanding the ingredients Mexico has to offer and how best to prepare them. Her execution is little short of brilliant. The book is invaluable to the novice eager for an introduction to Mexican cooking, but it is equally important for the aficionados interested in refining and expanding their knowledge and skills. From My Mexican Kitchen takes readers and cooks on a tour of the primary ingredients of the cuisine, from achiote and avocado leaves to hoja santa, huauzontle, and the sour tunas called xoconostles which are increasingly available in the United States. Diana unravels the dizzying array of fresh and dried chiles, explaining their uses and preparation; vibrant color photographs at last take the guesswork out of identifying them Step-by-step photographs and Diana s trademark instructions (peppered with her over-the-shoulder asides) lead us through the proper techniques for making moles, tamales, tortillas, and much more. Some highlights: chiles rellenos, frijoles de olla, salsa de jitomate, fresh corn tamales from Michoacan, and bolillos (Mexican bread rolls). These recipes provide a solid grounding for the new Mexican cook, and Diana then sends readers to her earlier work for more advanced regional recipes. Brilliantly photographed, with a text at once lively and authoritative, Diana Kennedy s From My Mexican Kitchen is the one book anyone interested in this food cannot afford to be without."

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PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100609607006

ISBN-139780609607008

eBay Product ID (ePID)2300365

Product Key Features

Book TitleFrom My Mexican Kitchen : Techniques and Ingredients

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicRegional & Ethnic / International, Regional & Ethnic / Central American & South American, Regional & Ethnic / Mexican

IllustratorYes

GenreCooking

AuthorDiana Kennedy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight44.1 Oz

Item Length10.3 in

Item Width7.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Lccn2002-070405

Photographed byCalderwood, Michael

Dewey Decimal641.5972

Lc Classification NumberTx716.M4k475 2003

From My Mexican Kitchen : Techniques and Ingredients by Diana Kennedy (2003, Hardcover)

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