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Summary: The latest word from THE authority on Mexican cooking
Review: Don't let anyone tell you that Diana's food is too difficult to do at home. Sure, there are recipes for true aficionados, but try the guacamole from Juarez, or the "Crazy" Potato Snack, or the Michoacan zucchini and be converted to an extraordinary cuisine.
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Summary: Check it out at the library first
Review: Go to the library first and compare this with Mrs. Kennedy's other cookbooks before spending your hard-earned $. Diana has written much better cookbooks. It has good assortment of recipes accompanied by rambling text. There are no photographs of the finished recipes to guide a novice cook or one with no experience preparing true Mexican cuisine. Colorful, festive presentation is an essential part of authentic Mexican Cuisine. I recommend buying "Savoring Mexico" by Marilyn Tausend or "The Mexican Gourmet" by Maria Dolores Torres Yzabal. (Both make beautiful gifts andd also recommend where to find the more unusual ingredients in the recipies.)
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Summary: The recipes themselves are great, but......
Review: I have been very pleased with my edition of My Mexico. The book is filled with so many recipes. The recipes span a wide range of Mexican cooking. She writes with great detail regarding the background of the recipes as well as giving very detailed instructions. This isn't the book filled with Tex Mex recipes that we are so often used to, but, authentic Mexican cooking. Of books produced in the recent years that cover this topic, I have enjoyed this book the most.
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Summary: An Enjoyable Cookbook
Review: I have been very pleased with my edition of My Mexico. The book is filled with so many recipes. The recipes span a wide range of Mexican cooking. She writes with great detail regarding the background of the recipes as well as giving very detailed instructions. This isn't the book filled with Tex Mex recipes that we are so often used to, but, authentic Mexican cooking. Of books produced in the recent years that cover this topic, I have enjoyed this book the most.
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Summary: My husband from the state of Guerrero loves this book.
Review: I my self have stayed for months at a time in the state of Guerrero and Puebla. I know that the recipies that Diana Kennedy have shared here are exactley how food is eaten and prepared in these southern regions of the country, and I also first hand how frustrating it is to find ingredients that are similar here in the states, it is almost impossiable the further you are away from the boarder. Thank you for a book that aides me in cooking foods that are dream come true for my husband from the state of Guerrero, he loves me even more now!
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Summary: The recipes themselves are great, but......
Review: I've always enjoyed DK's books enormously, but this one was a disappointment. It reads like a very boring travelog, so I was glad to find it in my local library instead of paying [item price]!I yawned through the first part.... and finally managed to read the entire text, but it was all so dull...and pointless. I hope she sticks to brief background notes and more great recipes in her new book due out soon. The recipes, as always, though, are really good!
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Summary: Interesting for Advanced Mexican Cooks
Review: If you're already aware that Mexican food is as close to divine as food gets, you'll enjoy this book, but most likely be a little frustrated by the lack of specific ingredients available stateside. Ms Kennedy rambles a bit, but it's all enjoyable. If you're a novice, I'd suggest her Cuisines of Mexico.
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Summary: Great Food...
Review: This is my first "authentic" Mexican cuisine cookbook. I'm from St. Paul, MN, where you would think there would be a serious lack of authentic Mexican food, however, the part of St. Paul I am from has a very large Latino community, the recipes in this book remind me of many meals I've had in friends homes. It is excellent if you are looking for authentic recipes and the real taste of Mexican cuisine. Fans of Taco Bell, forget it.
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Summary: Great Food...
Review: This is my first "authentic" Mexican cuisine cookbook. I'm from St. Paul, MN, where you would think there would be a serious lack of authentic Mexican food, however, the part of St. Paul I am from has a very large Latino community, the recipes in this book remind me of many meals I've had in friends homes. It is excellent if you are looking for authentic recipes and the real taste of Mexican cuisine. Fans of Taco Bell, forget it.
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Summary: Great Food...
Review: This is my first "authentic" Mexican cuisine cookbook. I'm from St. Paul, MN, where you would think there would be a serious lack of authentic Mexican food, however, the part of St. Paul I am from has a very large Latino community, the recipes in this book remind me of many meals I've had in friends homes. It is excellent if you are looking for authentic recipes and the real taste of Mexican cuisine. Fans of Taco Bell, forget it.
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