"Don't Count the Tortillas": The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking (Grover E. Murray Studies in the Ameri

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ISBN: 9781682830390
ISBN: 9781682830390
Editorial: Texas Tech University Press
Autor: Medrano, Adán
Año de edición: 2019
N° Paginas: 232
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Review"No doubt, a great book and contribution to the field of gastronomy and food studies." -- Dr. Mario Montaño, Chair, Anthropology Departement, Colorado CollegeIn "Don't Count The Tortillas," Medrano beautifully weaves delicious recipes, delightful family stories (the title is based on a phrase hismother used), informative discussions with restaurateurs.... the book is just not an important historical record but a living testament to an ever-evolving cuisine designed for the modern kitchen.Get this book before Thanksgiving, so that you can turn leftover turkey into Medrano's tostadas de tinga de guajolote (chipotle turkey tostadas). Then you'll want to make the tacos de picadillo as a pre-holiday shopping pick-me-up and Serrano-stuffed quail on the big day, when everyone will be unwrapping their gifts of words and food."-- Houston Food Finder"8 Best new cookbooks to read in 2019" --Book AuthorityIf ever there were a cookbook for these times and this place, it's Don't Count the Tortillas. The phrase harkens back to something the author'smother said when he was a child watching her make tortillas: It is lessimportant to count them than to heed the broader experience of food andhow it binds us--to each other and the land. Medrano gives an intimatehistory of the people, food and folkways of Mexican Texas withoutborders or walls--from the indigenous tribes to the "immigrants," whichincluded invading settlers. Then he follows with recipes, some ancientand some modern, but all connected to ancient roots, ranging fromMesquite Candy Balls to a dazzling Chile con Queso Soufflé. Recipes assimple as Chicken in Chipotle Sauce or authentic Nacho's Especial leapoff the pages and beg to be tried. -- Edible Dallas Fort WorthProduct DescriptionOver 100 recipes for the contemporary kitchen: Tacos Al Pastor; Red Enchiladas, Tortilla Soup, Nopalitos Salad plus Vegan dishes in the Texas Mexican tradition. From appetizers to cocktails and desserts, even a Chile Con Queso Soufflé! Every recipe with a step-by-step guide, beautiful photography, written with history and humor. From an early age, Chef Adán Medrano understood the power of cooking to enthrall, to grant artistic agency, and to solidify identity as well as succor and hospitality. In this second cookbook, he documents and explains native ingredients, traditional techniques, and innovations in casero (home-style) Mexican American cooking in Texas. "Don't Count the Tortillas" offers over 100 kitchen-tested recipes, including newly created dishes that illustrate what is trending in homes and restaurants across Texas. Each recipe is followed by clear, step-by-step instructions, explanation of cooking techniques, and description of the dishes' cultural context. Dozens of color photographs round out Chef Medrano's encompassing of a rich indigenous history that turns on family and, more widely, on community―one bound by shared memories of the art that this book honors.Book DescriptionA study in memory, connection, and the sumptuous possibilities of traditional cuisineFrom the Author"One of the best new Mexican Cooking books" - BookAuthorityAbout the AuthorChef and food writer Adán Medrano holds the Certificate in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America. Now living in Houston, he grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and northern Mexico, where he developed his expertise in the flavor profile and techniques of indigenous Texas Mexican foods. Medrano is also author of Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.I was about 6 years old, crouched at the table, watching amá make tortillas by hand, enjoying the aroma and rhythm of it all. She was fast. As the pile grew taller, I wondered how many she’d made--so fast. I reached over and practicing the arithmetic I was learning at school, began adding them up. She stopped me, admonishing, “Don’t count the tortillas.”Over the years, I’ve remembered h
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