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Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro

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I bought it and have made some of the recipes. I'll end up making them all but so far I know this much...
- The rice recipe, which I followed very closely, was not very good. Did they really want the onions to go into a puree?
- The chicken recipe has as a key ingredient a can of Las Palmas brand Chile Coloarado. Does your grocer carry it? You might want to check. I have checked several stores and they don't, including two mexican groceries. I did a quick online search and so far haven't found it there either. If your grocery doesn't stock it, you are going to have have to make up something else here or skip this recipe.
- Which would be too bad because of the extremely limited number of recipies in this book...a couple for salsa, one for rice, one for beans, one for chicken (which may be useless), one for beef, one for lamb, and a few misc. strays, for guac etc. Almost no variations one any of them. I didn't know when I ordered it just how tiny the book is.
- I don't think it's written or edited by anyone who has a lot of cooking experience. I have found a couple of the directions fuzzy. And the recipes for burritos either don't state how many servings they make, or are made for different numbers of servings (steak 3 servings, chicken 4). If the individual recipes (rice, beans, meat) aren't coordinated according to number of servings, I have to ask myself if these guys have been using their own recipes, or just who edited this book?
- Overall, sorry to be harsh but this isn't really a cookbook, it's a tiny little book with the theme "Aren't burritos cool!" Which they are. However, a cool book about burritos would focus more on how to make great burritos, rather than on jokey stuff about taqueria decorations and signage. The other reviews don't ring true to me, having used the book. Skip this one. The Bayless books have a lot of good rice, bean, meat, and salsa recipes that are great for making burritos, and I'm finding them quite useful (clear recipes, and tasty).

Outstanding. "!Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro" is the perfect gift for the burrito lover in your family. Much like a burrito, it's packed with a little bit of everything: burrito folk lore, history, recipes, restaurant reviews; just about anything one could ever hope to know about this terrific food. All written with sharp humor and keen insight. Plop yourself down on the couch with this book. You're certain to learn a little something, laugh quite a bit and of course, get very hungry.

I've lived in LA for several years now. Sure the warm weather is nice, the palm trees are awesome, the babes is off da hook. But what's really sold me on Southern California is the Comida Mexicana. And the burrito is king! Who cares if it's not even Mexican? This book will get your mouth watering just by flipping the pages. If you really love burritos, you'll really love !Burritos!.

I just read this book from cover to cover while I sat alone, laughing out loud in my favorite coffee shop. Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro is a cook book, sort of. It's really about burritos; the history, sociology, science, philosophy, mystique, and music of them. There are taqueria reviews and yes, even some recipes and cooking instructions are included. I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and was even inspired to go to the kitchen and try to make my own burritos. Who'd have thought it?

A comprehensive guide to one of California's greatest inventions was long overdue. This fanciful book is filled with burrito secrets that will charm the serious afficianado. Like the authors, I've spent years seeking out the "perfect" burrito; an elusive culinary holy grail. This is not a cookbook, but rather tries to explain the appeal of a food that is at once exceedingly simple and yet layered with complexity. Bon appetit!

Full of really interesting information not only about burritos themselves, but about any subject that can in any way be related to burritos - . And it's written in a very witty, intelligent, and bright way that makes for laughs on every page.
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These two hooligans have really burrowed through all the beans, to unearth some of the most accurate and palatable information on burritos ever published. They serve it up with dollops of wit and spicy narratives. It's a hearty look at one of America's newest past-times and an excellent guide to the world of burritos. Have a wad of napkins handy when reading it to wipe the drool from your mouth. A burrito wouldn't hurt either.