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My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions [A Cookbook]

✍️ Camara, Gabriela
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🏛 Lorena Jones Books 📅 2019 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780399580574

📝 Description: My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions [A Cookbook]

"Inspired by the flavors, ingredients, and flair of culinary and cultural hotspot Mexico City, Gabriela Caamara's style of fresh-first, vegetable-forward, legume-loving, and seafood-centric Mexican cooking is a siren call to home cooks who crave authentic, on-trend recipes they can make with confidence and regularity. With 150 recipes for Basicos (basics), Desayunos (breakfasts), Primeros (starters), Platos Fuertos (mains), and Postres (sweets), Mexican food-lovers will find all the dishes they want to cook--from Chilaquiles Verdes to Chiles Rellenos and Flan de Cajeta--and will discover many sure-to-be favorites, such as her signature tuna tostadas"--

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This volume targets enthusiasts of fresh, vegetable-forward Mexican cooking rather than those seeking heavy, traditionalist interpretations. It may disappoint readers looking for dense, historical cultural essays or complex, labor-intensive techniques typical of haute cuisine. The focus on legumes and seafood might alienate strict carnivores or those preferring meat-heavy regional variations. However, for cooks wanting accessible, trendy recipes with clear organization, it delivers.
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This volume targets enthusiasts of fresh, vegetable-forward Mexican cooking rather than those seeking heavy, traditionalist interpretations. It may disappoint readers looking for dense, historical cultural essays or complex, labor-intensive techniques typical of haute cuisine. The focus on legumes and seafood might alienate strict carnivores or those preferring meat-heavy regional variations. However, for cooks wanting accessible, trendy recipes with clear organization, it delivers.

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