Mexican Everyday (Recipes Featured on Season 4 of the PBS-TV series "Mexico One Plate at a Time") | 
|  | | | Title: | Mexican Everyday (Recipes Featured on Season 4 of the PBS-TV series "Mexico One Plate at a Time") | | Author: | Rick Bayless
Deann Groen Bayless | | Publisher: | W. W. Norton | | Type: | Book / Hardcover | | Publication Date: | 07 November, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 039306154X / 9780393061543 | | List Price: | $29.95 | | You Save: | $10.18 | | Amazon Price: | $19.77 | |
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Product Description
At last, a cookbook that brings Mexican food within easy reach, companion to the all-new PBS series.
In his previous books, Rick Bayless transformed America's understanding of Mexican cuisine, introducing authentic dishes and cooking methods as he walked readers through Mexican markets and street stalls.
As much as Rick loves the bold flavors of Mexican foods, he understands that preparing many Mexican specialties requires more time than most of us have. Mexican Everyday is written with the time sensitivities of modern life in mind. It is a collection of 90 full-flavored recipes—like Green Chile Chicken Tacos, Shrimp Ceviche Salad, Chipotle Steak with Black Beans—that meet three criteria for "everyday" food: 1) most need less than 30 minutes' involvement; 2) they have the fresh, clean taste of simple, authentic preparations; and 3) they are nutritionally balanced, full-featured meals—no elaborate side dishes required. Companion to a thirteen-part public television series, this book provides dishes you can eat with family and friends, day in and day out. Color throughout.
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Customer Reviews:
• My Family And I Cannot Get Enough Of These Recipes 15 December, 2008
There are so many great things to say about this book.
First of all, this recipe is not a step-by-step manual for preparing Mexican food as it is a blueprint to Mexican cuisine. Thus, it helps you understand how to cook good Mexican food without adhering to a script. It features a great introductory chapter on the different ingredients, where to obtain the unique ingredients, etc. In addition, each recipe includes a good explanation on potential "riffs" of the recipe and how they might alter the taste. For example, Rick tells you how a different type of chile can be substituted and how it will affect the overall taste.
There is great variety here too: salads, soups, stews, meat entrees, taco-like creations, desserts, salsas, etc.
Finally, what really makes this book great is how good this stuff tastes. Every single time I've cooked something in this book, my family or dinner guest as been impressed with the outcome. The dishes do not require a huge time investment, but they are so delicious.
Honestly, this book has provided me with some of the very best Mexican meals I've ever eaten. Even I've been amazed that I was able to prepare a Mexican meal so delectable with such ease.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A9FGO508E7WTP
• Love This Book 09 October, 2008
I really like this book because of the focus on food that works for average day to day cooking. Granted, it's not 5-minute meals, but the recipes are still quick and they work. Yum.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1FNGM1C4O53SO
• Excellent, Authentic, And Easy 30 December, 2008
As a preface, let me start by saying that I've been to Mexico more times than I can count, and that my wife is Mexican. We've eaten good food all over Jalisco, Sinaloa, Nuevo Leon, Guanajuato, and other places. I'd like to think that for an American, I know what Mexican food should taste like.
This book by Rick Bayless is perfect for us. My wife and I are trying to eat healthier and smaller portions, so many of the recipes in here are great for that purpose. We probably won't follow everything in the book to the letter, but it is a great starting point for many wonderful recipes.
We recently tried the birria recipe (I think it's called roasted lamb or something in the book) and it was excellent. I haven't had birria that deliciously Mexican since the last time I was in Guadalajara. It is impossible to find anything that matches that here in Texas. We are already planning the next few recipes to cook.
If you decide to check out the book, keep in mind that you should pick out a few recipes, and buy the ingredients in advance. The reason being that while the recipes are easy to prepare, you have to already have the ingredients on hand. So if you don't have something like canned roasted tomatoes or large amounts of ancho chili powder, you will need to buy a lot of them first. Just read through the introduction to the book and a few recipes that you would like to try, and buy the things that come up repeatedly in bulk.
The actual cooking doesn't take that long, and while everything in the book is not 100% authentic, Rick Bayless has some great recipes and understands Mexican food better than most people. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to cook simple, authentic Mexican food.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3HOE5R7UY41N5
• Cookbook 17 December, 2008
This is a very good book for a beginning cook although some of the recipes are not really authentic mexican as I would hope they would be. This is a christmas present for my sister and I think she will really enjoy it - she might just have to tweak some of the recipes (ex. use chicken versus spinache).
- Reviewed by customer ID: A12P9TEQ7DS68J
• Good, But Not For Everyday 07 January, 2009
I did read the reveiws for this book before I bought it and most were accurate. I haven't tried any of the recipes in this book yet, but I have read it from cover to cover. It is entertaining, but I am not sure how often I will actually use this cookbook. A lot of times Rick recommends buying ingredients from websites, and I just don't plan that far in advance. Granted living in Chicago, I have a lot of grocery options, but many the recipes will require an additional trip to a Mexican grocery store.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2Q6V4JZIILL0E
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