Overview
Introduces fundamentals of Mexican cooking, including special ingredients and cooking utensils. Also provides recipes for suggested dishes.Introduces fundamentals of Mexican cooking, including special ingredients and cooking utensils. Also provides recipes for suggested dishes.
Synopsis
Introduces fundamentals of Mexican cooking, including special ingredients and cooking utensils. Also provides recipes for suggested dishes.
Susan Smith <%ISBN%>0822541173 - VOYA
First published in the 1980s, this title is part of the revised and expanded series, Easy Ethnic Menu Cookbooks, containing recipes from different countries. The most noticeable change is in the design and format of the books. They are taller and better laid out, with more pictures and more pages, and feature extra white space and less crowding and clutter on each page. Newly added is information on holidays and festivals, healthy and lowfat cooking tips, and recipes for holiday and festival food. The color and quality of the photographs are improved greatly, and most recipes are illustrated in a full-page photograph. Mexican Way is typical, beginning with an introduction that includes information on land and people, Mexican heritage, holidays and festivals, and Mexican markets. Next are sections for the cook, including cooking terms, special ingredients used in Mexican cooking, and Mexican menus. Nineteen recipes are collected under the headings of breakfast, dinner, supper, snacks, and holidays and festivals. Most are recognizable, such as tacos, refried beans, or Mexican rice, and two, turkey mole and three kings bread, are new to this edition. The steps involved in cooking each dish are straightforward and could be followed easily by teens, but the recipe for fried pastry or bunelos includes no hints or cautions about frying in hot oil. This series, which includes books on Italian, Chinese, Spanish, and French cooking among others, is recommended for most collections. More extensive and in-depth than single volume works such as Passport on a Plate (Simon & Schuster, 1997), the set is essential for projects involving cooking food from other countries. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos.Maps. VOYA CODES: 4Q 2P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2002, Lerner, 72p. PLB
Editorials
VOYA
First published in the 1980s, this title is part of the revised and expanded series, Easy Ethnic Menu Cookbooks, containing recipes from different countries. The most noticeable change is in the design and format of the books. They are taller and better laid out, with more pictures and more pages, and feature extra white space and less crowding and clutter on each page. Newly added is information on holidays and festivals, healthy and lowfat cooking tips, and recipes for holiday and festival food. The color and quality of the photographs are improved greatly, and most recipes are illustrated in a full-page photograph. Mexican Way is typical, beginning with an introduction that includes information on land and people, Mexican heritage, holidays and festivals, and Mexican markets. Next are sections for the cook, including cooking terms, special ingredients used in Mexican cooking, and Mexican menus. Nineteen recipes are collected under the headings of breakfast, dinner, supper, snacks, and holidays and festivals. Most are recognizable, such as tacos, refried beans, or Mexican rice, and two, turkey mole and three kings bread, are new to this edition. The steps involved in cooking each dish are straightforward and could be followed easily by teens, but the recipe for fried pastry or bunelos includes no hints or cautions about frying in hot oil. This series, which includes books on Italian, Chinese, Spanish, and French cooking among others, is recommended for most collections. More extensive and in-depth than single volume works such as Passport on a Plate (Simon & Schuster, 1997), the set is essential for projects involving cooking food from other countries. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos.Maps. VOYA CODES: 4Q 2P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2002, Lerner, 72p. PLB— Susan Smith <%ISBN%>0822541173