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Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8
EAN: 9781580084284
ISBN: 1580084281
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2002-11
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press

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Tamales 101

A Beginner’s Guide to Making Traditional Tamales by Alice Guadalupe Tapp

Corn-husked bundles of fresh masa plump with wonderful combinations of sauces, meats, and vegetables—tamales are a simple and delicious staple of Mexican and Southwestern cuisine. Alice Guadalupe Tapp has perfected the art of tamale making, and in TAMALES 101 imparts her knowledge and passion for this comforting treat. TAMALES 101 will show beginners how to make masa dough as well as fold and steam tamales to perfection. Then, once you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll be whipping up batches of Chicken Tomatillo, Chorizo Potato, Vegetable Curry, and Greek tamales in no time. With recipes for nearly 100 traditional, vegetarian, vegan, and specialty tamales and sauces, TAMALES 101 will send you on a culinary adventure that’s sure to delight and impress your guests.

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Summary: Beautiful Easy Teaching Tool
Comment: Love this book. Good teaching tool for beginners and those wanting to expand into Mexican Quisine. Colorful cover looks great on the shelf reminding you to use often. Well written, educational.

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Summary: Great recipes, but seems geared toward LARGE kitchens
Comment: As a couple of others have pointed out, the only real problem with Tamales 101 is that the recipes aren't always practical for those of us with limited resources. I was delighted to find a good recipe for traditional pork tamales, but had to really get creative when it came time to mix all the ingredients together.

I've always loved tamales, and I really appreciated the author's brief history lesson on this traditional food. My wife and I also enjoyed the simple tomatillo sauce recipe.

One thing to remember: PLAN AHEAD. Even relatively simple tamales take lots of preparation and work. Having a helper is almost essential; my wife and I made the above-mentioned recipe together, and it still took 2 days from start to finish.

Bottom line: A good book for beginners (like myself) who have always been a bit intimidated by the idea of making tamales from scratch.

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Summary: Tamales 101: A Great Book
Comment: Tamales 101 by Alice Guadalupe Tapp is touted as the 'Gold Standard' for beginner's. It is that and so much more. Besides the excellent recipes, the pictures and artwork are excellent and well thought out. The history of tamales is a great read by itself. I highly recommend this book to anyone simply interested in how to make tamales as I was, and you'll be amazed at all that you will learn. Excellent writing and a professionally done book. If you are a classic 'cookbook' collector, grab one while they are still available. Ms. Tapp includes recipes for everyone's particular taste from the classic and traditional red chile sauce beef or pork tamale to vegan and everything in-between. She even tells you how to prepare vegan masa! Thank you Ms. Tapp for your wonderful book.

Bob Allen
June 2008

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Summary: some good, some bad
Comment: I liked all the filling and suace ideas. Was very disappointed in the masa harina recipe. First, for the amount of ingrediants, not a chance it's all going to fit in my 5 qt stand mixer, second the proportions of liquid ingrediants to dry and so far off, I ended up adding at least 2 more, if not 3 more cups of water.

I did like the discussion and diagrams of all the different folding techniques, that is very helpful. I wasn't impressed that she provides a recipe for masa harina masa and then calls for fresh masa in all the tamale recipes. I've always used masa harina masa for my tamales since fresh masa is not easy to find. Would have been nice if she talked a bit more about using masa harina masa as a substitue for fresh masa.

Overall, an ok book, but could be confusing for beginer tamale makers.

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Summary: Hands on Tamale making at it's best!
Comment: I come from a long line of tamale makin' mama's. I know how to make tamales;basic beef, chicken and the sweet tamales. I wanted something more adventurious, that wasn't gonna happen with Nana...I work for one of the largest library systems in the United States so research for my new quest was super easy...infact, this book came across my desk one day almost two years ago. I figured that after so many times of checking out 42 copies and fraying the edges with masa, it was time to own my own copy. This book will take you to a whole new level of tamale making and it will take you on cultural adventures you can make and eat in your very own kitchen!!! Who knew a sweet tamale could taste so good with a little plantain and chocolate sauce drizzled on top?! mmmmmmm Bueno!!!

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