dbb@fluke.UUCP (Dave Bartley) (08/02/85)
I'm interested in picking up one really good Mexican food
cookbook, and in seeking one, I've found a lot of candidates
but I've no idea which of them are good and which of them
are also-rans.
So, if you have found a Mexican cookbook you really like, let
me know by e-mail. In a couple weeks I'll post a summary to the net.
If it narrows your recommendations down any, I'm particularly
interested in mole' sauces. Thanks in advance.
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Everett, WA USA {ucbvax,hplabs}!lbl-csam!levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (08/03/85)
dbb@fluke.UUCP (Dave Bartley) <1442@vax3.fluke.UUCP>: >If it narrows your recommendations down any, I'm particularly >interested in mole' sauces. Thanks in advance. > Mole sauces?!? Now while I can understand the fellow who wrote in (to net. garden) asking for a squirrel stew recipe, why the dickens would you want to prepare a sauce for a mole? :-) :-) -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer, my pets, my plants, my boss, or the | at&t computer systems division | s.a. of any computer upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | | "go for it" | Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy -------------------------------- or: ..!ihnp4!iheds!ttbcad!levy
pumphrey@ttidcb.UUCP (Larry Pumphrey) (08/08/85)
One of the best Mexican cookbooks I have encountered is called _Secrets of Mexican Cooking_ by Elena Zelayata (I think it is sometimes also called _Elena's Secrets of Mexican Cooking_); however it may no longer be in print --- check your library, if you can't find it send me mail and I'll forward publisher, address, etc. Another excellent source of Mexican recipes is from either Sunset or Lane books (I forget which, although I think it is the latter) by Barbara Hansen. Ms. Hansen has been the Mexican food editor for the Los Angeles Times for many years and is one of the truly great Mexican food authorities despite her gringo heritage. In fact, most of my favorite recipes have come from her column (her byline is Borderline) in the LA Times but I guess that doesn't do you any good. Most of the food served in Mexican restuarants in the US is known as Sonora style or northern Mexican style and is found throughout the states of Baja, Sonora, Chihuahua and others. Many Mexican cookbooks deal with regional Mexican cooking and if you are not familiar with some of these other styles you may be surprised --- either :( or :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On the eighth day God created jalapeno peppers! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
braman@dataio.UUCP (Rick Braman) (08/12/85)
> > One of the best Mexican cookbooks I have encountered is called _Secrets > of Mexican Cooking_ by Elena Zelayata (I think it is sometimes also... > > Another excellent source of Mexican recipes is from either Sunset or > Lane books (I forget which, although I think it is the latter) by > Barbara Hansen. Ms. Hansen has been the Mexican food editor for the > Los Angeles Times for many years and is one of the truly great Mexican > food authorities despite her gringo heritage. In fact, most of my > favorite recipes have come from her column (her byline is Borderline) > in the LA Times but I guess that doesn't do you any good. > I have a mexican cookbook published by HP books written by Barbara Hansen. So far I have enjoyed every recipe in it that I have made, especially the deluxe chicken enchiladas. It may not be true mexican recipes (ie. americanized?) but I highly recommend it! -- Rick Braman Data I/O Corporation Redmond, WA UUCP uw-beaver!teltone!dataio!braman
suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) (08/14/85)
> > Another excellent source of Mexican recipes is from either Sunset or I agree. > > Most of the food served in Mexican restuarants in the US is known as > Sonora style or northern Mexican style and is found throughout the > states of Baja, Sonora, Chihuahua and others. Many Mexican cookbooks I grew up in Texas. The Mexican food found there is distinctly different from Sonoran Mexican, which is what I find here in Arizona. For example, Sonoran Mexican food has a lot of flour tortillas, chimichangas, burros (burritos), flautas, cheese crisps and very different desserts (fried ice cream). I was in my early 20s before I EVER saw flour tortillas except at Taco Bell. Guacamole salad here is very different, though I think that's a local Americanism rather than a true Sonoran difference. It is certainly not as common. The only Mexican dessert I ever had in Texas was pecan pralines (sort of hard, not the chewey kind you find in the South.) -- Suzanne Barnett uucp: ...{decvax,hao,ihnp4,seismo}!noao!terak!suze phone: 602 998 4800 us mail: Terak Corporation, 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260