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Learn to COOK - Mexican Cooking for Dummies

Mexican Cooking for Dummies
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5972
EAN: 9780764551697
ISBN: 0764551698
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 1999-09-23
Publisher: For Dummies
Studio: For Dummies

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Spice up your soups and add some zest to the rest! Mexican Cooking For Dummies can inspire your cooking, improve your Spanish, and give you that south-of-the-border soul. Chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken have attempted to reign in their vast knowledge of Mexican food and present it in that familiar ...For Dummies® style that you've come to appreciate. Discover their wide array of standard Mexican ingredients. From avocados to epazote, they give you the hints and friendly advice you'll need in order to select the best ingredients for your meals.

Packed with more than 100 recipes, Mexican Cooking For Dummies covers a wide array of dishes, drinks, and appetizers. Master the simple dishes, such as tortas and tacos, while washing them down with horchata or sangria. Soon, you'll be hosting your own fiestas, starting your guests off with salsas and ceviches before moving on to the main dish. Will it be the cumin-and-chile-marinated skirt steak or the baked salmon in salsa verde? Either way, you're sure to impress!

The authors cover the staples (such as rice, beans, tortillas, and vegetables) and then guide you on a discovery tour that includes traditional moles and menudos. Save some room for the wide selection of desert recipes. Pick up Mexican Cooking For Dummies, and in no time, you'll be swinging spicy cilantro-covered dishes out of your kitchen and making your guests shout "Ole!"


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Summary: Poorly organized and lack of useful images
Comment: This book has a good written introductory chapter though fails beyond that. Here are three examples of the failings:
1. Salsa is constantly referred to in various recipes though the book does not have a salsa recipe.
2. There is no index to speak of. I could not lookup what page a salsa recipe was on, so rather flipped through the book twice not finding one.
3. Various Mexican vegetables are described which will not be familiar to the layperson which was good, though pictures of the vegetables were not included. It is great to know that I need jicama, chayote, and serrano peppers, though it is a bit hard to go and buy them if I am only going by a verbal description.

My recommendation is do not buy this book. Some decent points, though in sum total, the book is just frustrating and you would be better off with something else.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Not Enough Recipes
Comment: This book is somewhat disappointing. There are not enough recipes. There is too much commentary.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: Having read numerous Mexican cookbooks and numerous "forDummies" books, I expected more.

Specifically:

o An emphasison the basics: kitchen equipment, herbs and spices, preparation methods, cooking techniques. And with adaquate illustrations;

o Some semblence of recipe organization. Recipes seem like a hodge-podge collection, with a less-than-effective 'theme/chapter' organization. END


Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Cooking in Los Angeles, CA
Comment: Not a Dummie anymore! I love this style of book; it is simple, informative & concise. Especially helpful to the novice cook!


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