This unique cookbook contains not only 200 colourful and exotic recipes from the Mexican Yucatan, but also the author's fascinating observations on a vanishing way of life in the little village Acabchen, where the food is prepared with care and first presented to the gods. Some recipes included are Piquant Chili Spice Paste, Empanadas de Platano (Plantain Turnovers), Joroches de Chaya (Stew of Little Dumplings with Spinach), Pebre (Spicy Chicken with Pork Stuffing in a Banana Leaf), and Xka Bi Kuum (Sweet Pumpkin Dessert). Chapters include Hearthrites, Appetisers, Tamales, Tortillas, Soups and Stews, Chicken, Seafood, Beef, and Desserts.
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Unlike ANY other cookbook you've read.,
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This review is from: Mayan Cooking: Recipes from the Sun Kingdoms of Mexico (Hardcover)
Not only experience the wonderful food of the Maya but also live the adventure of collecting the recipes gathered in the lowland bush of the Yucatan by the author/anthropologist, Cherry Hamman. Share her unique writing style as she seeks (and finds) the data to support her hypothesis for her graduate degree in Anthropology. You will have a problem though..."where to store the book". Should you keep it in kitchen next to her feature story in Bon Appetite" where they will be ready for your next culinary adventure or should you keep it in the library in the anthropology section? Answer: Buy two!!
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I bought this book for my mother as a gift since she was born and raised in Yucatan and part Mayan she loved it. She said that she had to read it from front to back before trying some of the recipes which were like what she makes and use to eat when growing up. She said this was the best and most authentic recipes of the region that she has found in print.
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Great book!,
This review is from: Mayan Cooking: Recipes from the Sun Kingdoms of Mexico (Hardcover)
I borrowed this book from my mother, who knows Cherry personally, and I've been using it in the home school curriculum for my children. We are currently studying the Mayans, and the stories and recipes together in this book have really helped us to feel a part of the culture. The recipes we've tried have been delicious and unusual and have also helped us eat up all of our extra summer garden produce (corn, squash, beans, tomatoes and peppers) because the flavors and preparation techniques, like roasting the vegetables over a flame, were so unique. My whole family has enjoyed the stories and recipes from this book. I'm definitely getting my own copy.
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