Mexican Cooking Essentials for Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))

by Helene Siegel, Mary Sue Miliken, Mary Sue Milliken, et al.

Our hardcover editions of the best-selling For Dummies how-to guides feature stunning full-color photography and a handsome format that makes a great gift! The stars of the popular TV Food Network program Cooking with Too Hot Tamales team up for this condensed, full-color version of a popular title in the For Dummies series, an essential guide to Mexican cuisine that presents all the well known basics plus delectable dishes for the advanced cook...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762413999
• ISBN13: 9780762413997
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Running Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 10.8" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Love This Book!

With respect to the other reviewer of this book, I've made both the bread pudding and the quesadillas - maybe there's a new edition of the book and these recipes were omitted? I've had my copy for a few years. Every recipe I've made from this book has been wonderful and has gotten rave reviews. My only complaint is that sometimes it's hard to find the ingredients. I live in a fairly small town in Indiana, and I have to make special trips whenever I make something from this book. It's worth it, though - everything's been fantastic! Fresh Mexican food is sooo good!

where's the salsa?

I guess I'm a dummy...I assumed that a Mexican ESSENTIALS cookbook would include salsa, guacamole, and mole recipes. The recipes they DO have sound wonderful, but frequent references are made to "Red Roasted Tomato Salsa" and "Fresh Salsa" and the flyleaf even promises I will learn how to make green tomatillo salsa and guacamole "in simple steps"; the back cover mentions Smoky Chicken Quesadillas and Mexican Bread Pudding. My dumb brain can't find those recipes anywhere in the book...and my mouth is ready to eat. Check your book before you buy.