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How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Food &
Embark on a Tasting Adventure
ISBN 978-0-9776801-0-8
$13.95 paperback
5.5 x 8.5 - 160 Pages
2nd Edition Pub. Date 2008
Joan Peterson
This second edition includes an updated resource chapter and an index with a Spanish translation for each English entry.
Winner of Gourmand World Cookbook'sBest Culinary Travel Guidebook in the World (all languages), ForeWord MagazineAward Finalist for Travel book of the year and USABookNews.comBest Books Finalist for Travel Guides.
Veer off the tourist-beaten path to find authentic cuisine and rich new experiences in Mexico
Eat Smart in Mexico is a celebration of Mexican cuisine and one of nine titles in the authoritative Eat Smart series. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on delectable regional dishes. Spanish phrases are included to make your culinary adventure even more successful.
At the core of the book are two extensive guides to Spanish terms with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, and cooking styles, to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. For the adventuresome traveler, this is a richly annotated resource that will help you understand and appreciate Mexican culture through authentic local cuisine.
This second edition includes an updated resource chapter and an index with a Spanish translation for each English entry.
Joan Peterson, author of the award-winning Eat Smart series of culinary travel guidebooks, has created her books for food-loving travelers and cookbook lovers like herself who want to get to the heart of a country's culture through its cuisine. To date she has written guides to the food of Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Morocco, India and Peru. Joan travels extensively and has led culinary tours to Europe, Asia and Africa. She is a founding member of CHEW (Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin) and is the director of the Travel Publishers Association.
“Anyone sensible enough to buy a copy before taking off for Mexico will be able to eat really well and even more importantly, to understand what they are eating.” —Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, author of The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking
"Eat Smart in Mexico is part of a comprehensive, practical around the-world series of culinary travel guides. Written by the inveterate travelers and gastronomic experts Joan and David Peterson and published by Ginkgo Press, it is an invaluable source for food lovers who want to know what Mexican cuisine is all about and what they will be eating when they are here." —Vicky Cowal, The Herald Mexico
“For the adventuresome traveler, this book is a “smart,” richly annotated road map that will steer you to the right markets and teach you where to find authentic Mexican food. Eat Smart in Mexico offers what is most important about Mexican food and culture wrapped in a nutshell. If you cannot get to Mexico, this book will provide vicarious travel and cooking inspiration of the first order. As in Eat Smart in Brazil, the Petersons have succeeded in reaching a middle ground between the practical and the scholarly to unravel some of the best kept secrets of one of the world’s most complex cuisines.” —Maricel Presilla, Ph.D., Culinary historian and author specializing in the cuisines of Latin America and Spain
"...Highly recommended for all public libraries.” —Library Journal
The Cuisine
of Mexico An historical survey of the development of Mexico's mestizo cuisine,
a rich amalgamation of the foods of pre-Columbian agriculturists and the
Spanish and other Europeans.
Early
History
The Olmecs
The Maya
The Aztecs
The Spanish
The French
Regional
Mexican Food A quick tour through the six regions of Mexico to see the diversity
of cooking styles encountered in traveling the length and breadth of this
enormous country.
Mexican
Food in a Nutshell
Northern
Mexico
West-Central
Mexico
Central
Mexico
Gulf Coastal
Mexico
Southern
Mexico
The Yucatan
Tastes
of Mexico
Tastes
of Mexico A selection of delicious, easy-to-prepare regional and national recipes
provided by well-known food professionals. Try them before leaving home.
Shopping
in Mexico's Food Markets Tips to increase your savvy in the exciting outdoor food markets and
modern supermarkets.
Resources A listing of markets carrying hard-to-find Mexican foods and of some
groups that focus on travel to Mexico or offer the opportunity to have
person-to-person contact through home visits to gain a deeper understanding
of the country, including its cuisine.
Mail-Order
Suppliers of Mexican Food Items
Cooking
Schools, tours and Travel Agencies
Some Useful
Organizations to Know About
Helpful
Phrases Questions in Spanish with English translations, which will assist you
in finding, ordering and buying foods or ingredients, particularly regional
specialties.
Phrases
for Use in Restaurants
Phrases
for Use in Food Markets
Other
Useful Phrases
Menu Guide An extensive listing of menu entries in Spanish, with English translations,
to make ordering food an easy and immediately rewarding experience.
Foods
and Flavors Guide A comprehensive glossary of ingredients kitchen utensils and cooking
methods in Spanish, with English translations.
Eat Smart in Mexico - 2nd Edition
ISBN 978-0-9776801-0-8
Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 - 160 Pages
Pub. Date 2008
$13.95 + shipping. For international orders of 1 to 7 copies click here. For international orders of 8 or more copies, please call 608-233-5488 or email about shipping costs.
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