The Great Salsa Book

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Summary: Simple, low-fat, delicious salsas. Makes food taste great.
Review: Great pictures and easy to follow recipes that take about 10-20 minutes. Full of all different varieties of salsas (veggie, corn, bean, nut, seafood, & exotic). The most helpful part is list after the recipe telling you what type of food your salsa would go well with. I bought the book last week and have made 3 different salsas already. I even bought a second copy to give to a friend.

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Summary: Many good recipes to use.
Review: I prepared 5 'salsas' from this book the first time I used it. They push the boundaries of what is a salsa to encompass a wide variety of food types. Anyone can find at least one favorite recipe in this book.

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Summary: Easy fresh salsas not just for chips
Review: My Salsa book is a collection of the best easy 100 salsas that I have used in my cooking for the last 25 years. I have always loved condiments on food from the first hot dog that I piled on sweet relish and hot mustard to tacos I eat on the steets of Merida in the Yucatan. Salsas make the food come alive and "sing". They take the boring out. Recipes are aranged by food category eg. tomatoes,chiles,beans and can be done by anyone in about 15 to 20 minutes. I explain the philosophy of making a salsa and show you how they can be made from anything you have around the kitchen. Includes lots of easy to make recipes ,healthy and inexpensive. The book covers the world of salsas from traditional Mexican salsas to new wave ideas. I wanted more people to discover the fun and excitement of salsas so I wrote this book for the home cook in mind so the recipes each have a colorful picture and not too many ingredients and easy steps.

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Summary: MIxing up salsa
Review: Salsa anyone? THE GREAT SALSA BOOK by Mark Miller is all about salsa. If he wanted to be cute, he could have titled his book, "Everything you wanted to know..." and not have been far off the mark. Miller's book includes over one hundred pages of salsa recipes: Tomato and Tomatillo salsas; Chile salsas; Topical salsas (Tropical mango salsa and Mango mash); Fruit salsas (Apple Pasado Salsa, Moroccan Date Salsaa0; Corn and Bean salsas; Nut, seed and herb salsas; and plenty of other exotic salsas. So you see, salsa isn't just that stuff you get at the Taco bar.

As I am trying to eat more vegetables, I find the `Grilled Vegetable Salsa' with chiles, eggplants, shiake mushrooms, zucchini squash, and asparagus, most appealing. Or, if you want something sweet as well as colorful, try is the sweet potato and pecan salsa with maple syrup and cranberries. Miller includes color photos of all his prepared dishes. This is truly a great salsa book.

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Summary: MIxing up salsa
Review: Salsa anyone? THE GREAT SALSA BOOK by Mark Miller is all about salsa. If he wanted to be cute, he could have titled his book, "Everything you wanted to know..." and not have been far off the mark. Miller's book includes over one hundred pages of salsa recipes: Tomato and Tomatillo salsas; Chile salsas; Topical salsas (Tropical mango salsa and Mango mash); Fruit salsas (Apple Pasado Salsa, Moroccan Date Salsaa0; Corn and Bean salsas; Nut, seed and herb salsas; and plenty of other exotic salsas. So you see, salsa isn't just that stuff you get at the Taco bar.

As I am trying to eat more vegetables, I find the 'Grilled Vegetable Salsa' with chiles, eggplants, shiake mushrooms, zucchini squash, and asparagus, most appealing. Or, if you want something sweet as well as colorful, try is the sweet potato and pecan salsa with maple syrup and cranberries. Miller includes color photos of all his prepared dishes. This is truly a great salsa book.

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Summary: Be prepared for others to ask you for the recipe(s)
Review: This book resulting in me becoming the salsa expert among my family and friends. I was even able to impress company executives with minimal cooking experience. I apply techniques explained in this book on other recipes (such as blackening tomatos and red peppers. Many friends have purchased this book after I cooked them a dish from it.

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Summary: Be prepared for others to ask you for the recipe(s)
Review: This book resulting in me becoming the salsa expert among my family and friends. I was even able to impress company executives with minimal cooking experience. I apply techniques explained in this book on other recipes (such as blackening tomatos and red peppers. Many friends have purchased this book after I cooked them a dish from it.

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Summary: Lots of tasty salsa recipes to enjoy!
Review: This colorful cookbook has photos for every recipe! The recipes are in a simple format easy to follow with a photo showing how it should look when finished. There are a wide variety of recipes including tomato, chile, tropical, fruit, corn, bean, garden, nut/seed/herb, ocean & exotic salsas to choose from. In the back of the cookbook there is a helpful conversion chart, sources for ingredients, a glossary of terms, and cooking technique explanations. I highly recommend adding this book to your cookbook collection. Your friends & family will love all the recipes! :)

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Summary: Unique and delicious recipes.
Review: This has some excellent salsa recipes. I have tried several and have been very pleased with the results. The instructions are clear and there are color photographs of each of the dishes. However, if you're expecting recipes for traditional, tomato-based salsas, like you find in the stores and restaurants, you may be a little disappointed. Most of the book describes "salsas" that are fruit, meat, seafood, or vegetable based.

I do have a complaint about the book format. It is tall and not very wide, the cover is thick and the binding is very tight. It's not the kind of book that you can lay flat to refer to while you're preparing the dish. Luckily, most of the recipes are very short and simple so you won't be referring back to the book very often. One final nitpick - I wish they had included more information on the various ingredients. They provide some, but I had not heard of some of them and it would have been nice to read about them. Other salsa books I have read provide this information. Despite these negative comments, I can recommend this book to anyone looking for some unique recipes to spice up the meals and parties.

Rating:
Summary: Unique and delicious recipes.
Review: This has some excellent salsa recipes. I have tried several and have been very pleased with the results. The instructions are clear and there are color photographs of each of the dishes. However, if you're expecting recipes for traditional, tomato-based salsas, like you find in the stores and restaurants, you may be a little disappointed. Most of the book describes "salsas" that are fruit, meat, seafood, or vegetable based.

I do have a complaint about the book format. It is tall and not very wide, the cover is thick and the binding is very tight. It's not the kind of book that you can lay flat to refer to while you're preparing the dish. Luckily, most of the recipes are very short and simple so you won't be referring back to the book very often. One final nitpick - I wish they had included more information on the various ingredients. They provide some, but I had not heard of some of them and it would have been nice to read about them. Other salsa books I have read provide this information. Despite these negative comments, I can recommend this book to anyone looking for some unique recipes to spice up the meals and parties.