Our hardcover editions of the best-selling For Dummies how-to guides feature stunning full-color photography and a handsome format that makes a great gift! The stars of the popular TV Food Network program Cooking with Too Hot Tamales team up for this condensed, full-color version of a popular title in the For Dummies series, an essential guide to Mexican cuisine that presents all the well known basics plus delectable dishes for the advanced cook. It offers more than 100 winning recipes, along with extensive guidance on shopping for and preparing Mexican pantry ingredients.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
where's the salsa?,
By Susan (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexican Cooking Essentials for Dummies (Hardcover)
I guess I'm a dummy...I assumed that a Mexican ESSENTIALS cookbook would include salsa, guacamole, and mole recipes. The recipes they DO have sound wonderful, but frequent references are made to "Red Roasted Tomato Salsa" and "Fresh Salsa" and the flyleaf even promises I will learn how to make green tomatillo salsa and guacamole "in simple steps"; the back cover mentions Smoky Chicken Quesadillas and Mexican Bread Pudding. My dumb brain can't find those recipes anywhere in the book...and my mouth is ready to eat. Check your book before you buy.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
not complete,
This review is from: Mexican Cooking Essentials for Dummies (Hardcover)
This book is gorgeous. But I was disappointed that the recipes weren't complete. Many of them tell you to use a certain type of salsa, but there are no salsa recipes in the book. I can think of at least three salsas, offhand, that are used in the recipes. Because I don't know salsas very well, I don't know what to use for what they call for in the recipe. I was hoping to learn how to make fresh and cooked salsas; because of this, I wouldn't recommend this book to my friends.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love This Book!,
By Your (Indiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexican Cooking Essentials for Dummies (Hardcover)
With respect to the other reviewer of this book, I've made both the bread pudding and the quesadillas - maybe there's a new edition of the book and these recipes were omitted? I've had my copy for a few years. Every recipe I've made from this book has been wonderful and has gotten rave reviews. My only complaint is that sometimes it's hard to find the ingredients. I live in a fairly small town in Indiana, and I have to make special trips whenever I make something from this book. It's worth it, though - everything's been fantastic! Fresh Mexican food is sooo good!
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Forget about those cheesy restaurant combination platters of yesterday, with their heaping portions of rice, beans, and fried foods. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grated añejo cheese, finished tamales, achiote paste, cochinita pibil, fresh chiles, medium yellow onion, poblano chiles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Roasted Tomato Salsa, Green Tomatillo Salsa, Fresh Salsa, Los Angeles, Monterey Jack, United States, Cochinita Pibil New!
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Forget about those cheesy restaurant combination platters of yesterday, with their heaping portions of rice, beans, and fried foods. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grated añejo cheese, finished tamales, achiote paste, cochinita pibil, fresh chiles, medium yellow onion, poblano chiles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Roasted Tomato Salsa, Green Tomatillo Salsa, Fresh Salsa, Los Angeles, Monterey Jack, United States, Cochinita Pibil New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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