Regions of Mexican Cuisine
Mexico has regional differences in cuisine e.g. Jalisco, Yucatan Peninsula, Baja, etc. Is there a comprehensive Mexican cookbook that covers all the regional specialties? Herself has a birthday coming...
Forum Discussion
NYCgrrl wrote:
Got to love Mr. Bayless' take on Mexican cuisine. There have been others (Kennedy and Trilling come to mind) who have tried to incorporate it's cuisine into the American vernacular but Rick has the "Julia Child" touch for my way of thinking. He makes the "mysterious" knowable and delineates the differences between Tex-Mex and Mexican cuisines in easy
steps.
I liked his 'Mexico One Plate at a Time' to start learning about Mexican cuisine and ingredients, then moved on to 'Authentic Mexico', which truly travels through the various regions of Mexican cookery.
I'd say take your pick based on where DW is in her interest. Or get her both books;).
Well, I ordered the Authentic Mexico for her. She's pretty familiar with most of the ingredients and there's plenty of Mexican groceries around for the rest. We've seen more and more ingredients appearing in Walmart too.
She's trying to get away from the processed canned stuff, though she still "lets" me buy Ro-Tel.:B
JT wrote:
Check your local library or Amazon for Diana Kennedy's cookbooks on regional Mexican foods.
Thank you!
