The Mexican Home Kitchen

Name: The Mexican Home Kitchen
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781631066931
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Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico

By Mely Martínez

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The Mexican Home Kitchen by Mely Martínez is a delightful exploration of traditional Mexican cuisine, featuring authentic recipes that have been passed down through generations. The book offers an extensive array of dishes that capture the essence of home-cooked meals, from hearty stews to vibrant salsas. Mely Martínez also provides personal anecdotes and cultural insights, making it an inviting journey into the heart of Mexican culinary traditions.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you're curious about authentic Mexican cuisine and want to bring traditional home-style cooking into your own kitchen. This book offers an array of delicious, easy-to-follow recipes that celebrate flavours and techniques handed down through generations.

Bring the authentic flavours of Mexico to your own home with The Mexican Home Kitchen, featuring 75+ recipes for every meal and occasion.

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With over 75 recipes, The Mexican Home Kitchen compiles the traditional home-style dishes enjoyed every day in Mexican households—with a great influence from the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Veracruz, Puebla, Estado de Mexico, Tabasco, and Yucatan. It includes breakfasts, stews, soups, pastas, rice dishes, and moles, alongside dishes like enchiladas, picadillo, and milanesa, and is rounded out with delicious salsas, drinks, and desserts.

For Mely Martinez, Mexican cooking has always been about family, community, and tradition. Mely started helping in the kitchen at a very young age, being the oldest daughter of eight children. She spent summers at her grandmother's farm in the state of Veracruz, where part of the daily activities included helping to grind the corn to make masa. She began her popular blog, Mexico in My Kitchen, to capture the recipes and memories of her home for her son, so that he will someday recreate and share these dishes with his own family. In the meantime, her blog has become the go-to source for those looking for authentic home-style Mexican cooking.

Recreate these favourite dishes using inexpensive, easy-to-find ingredients:

Caldo de Pollo (Mexican chicken soup)
Beef Birria (shredded beef cooked in a red stew)
Tacos de Bistec (steak tacos)
Sopes (a street food made with dough and topped with various meat fillings)
Pork Carnitas
Salsa Taquera (salsa for tacos)
Pork Tamales
Red and Green Enchiladas
Pastel de Tres Leches (a luscious and moist cake that's a Mexican favourite)
Bunuelos (crispy dough fritters coated in sugar)
Gorditas (classic Mexican street food with a variety of fillings)
Queso Fundido (a melted cheese appetiser, topped with chorizo)
Mole Poblano (one of the most classic and popular moles)
Tamales de Elote (sweet tamales with a ground corn filling)
Nopales recipes (recipes made with cactus paddles)
Empanadas
Chilaquiles
Chicken Tingas

Complete with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, stunning photos, recipe stories, and cooking tips, The Mexican Home Kitchen will have you enjoying the fresh flavours of Mexico in no time.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

The Mexican Home Kitchen by Mely Martínez is highly praised for its authentic recipes and heartfelt storytelling. Reviewers appreciate how the book beautifully captures the essence of Mexican culture and culinary heritage, presenting recipes that evoke personal and cultural memories. The book is noted for its simplicity and sophistication, offering a taste of Mexican identity through well-crafted and accessible recipes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631066931

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 September 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Rock Point

Illustration: 75 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Mely Martinez started her blog, Mexico in My Kitchen, in 2009 for her teenage son, hoping that someday he will use it to recreate the Mexican food his "mama" made for the family. She was born and raised in the city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, and started helping in the kitchen at a very young age, since she was the oldest daughter of eight children. She spent summers at her grandmother's farm in the state of Veracruz, where part of the daily activities included helping grind the corn to make masa.

At the age of twenty, Mely moved to southern Mexico, where she worked as a teacher. This job gave her the opportunity to travel to all the states in the Yucatan Peninsula and enjoy its excellent and unique cuisine. After some years there, she lived in other states in Mexico, as well as traveling to most of them. By then, she had moved twenty-nine times! Mely enjoys cooking basic meals that are well known to most people in Mexico. Her recipes are created from her own knowledge and utilise easy-to-find ingredients. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

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