Fantastic Casa Mexico
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Beautiful photography encompassing many unique styles.
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Diana Kennedy excels in this wonderful cookbook with lots of historical tidbits about the great cuisine of Oaxaca and Mexico.
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Thanks:) those chocolates remains me of Mexico! Iove them , ill buy again:)
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I bought two sets of Dangling Ceramic Pots. They are a great addition to my Mexican kitchen. The pots are bigger than I thought they would be which is a plus. Colors are exactly as pictured. Wonderful if your looking to brighten up your home. Buy them you won't be disappointed.
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I was really glad I was able to preview this cd before purchasing it for CInco De Mayo. I have many old 78's and 33s from some of the great Mexican singers and band, but this cd hit perfectly for the romantic music of Mexico. I could take it track by track but I will only say that as a whole it was wonderful. With a diverse group of singers and musicians, It brought a perfect Cinco De Mayo flavor with a great Mexican Dinner.
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Love this set of dishes.  It's got the New Mexico/southwestern vibe.  Ordered two sets since I needed more than four place settings.  Looks hand painted...ceramic, washes well, colors vibrant....not cheap looking at all.  Love them.  Lots of compliments.
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I've already tried several recipes and all have turned out great!! This is a great authentic Mexican cookbook. I would give it five stars if only it had more pictures. Well worth the money!
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Bought my copy from a friend of the author.  As I'm typing this, I'm also enjoying the Chipotle Chicken recipe from the book.  I have read and been delighted by this charmer of a cookbook, from cover to cover.  Best money spent on ways to spice up a meal and get really authentic cuisine from south of the border.  Thanks for all the hard work and love that went into making this book!
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This CD is FABULOUS! I ordered and recieved it right in time for a roadtrip. 5 hours roundtrip and the music was so fun to listen to that I never took it out of the player. As a matter of fact, almost a week later, I still haven't changed it.
The music is upbeat and fun. The spanish is clearly spoken. The songs are terrific.
I want to teach my toddler both english and spanish. I do not speak any spanish. I have read her spanish/english picture books since birth. We have several spanish DVDs that she(we) have watched since she was 9 months old. I interact with her in spanish as much as I have learned from those two sources. In just one weekend with En Mi Casa by SingaLingo, I have learned more spanish than the last 15 months with the books and DVDs.
Another thing I love about this CD is that it is music with spanish words, as opposed to spanish music with spanish words. While I love spanish music, like any genre of music, I have to be in the mood to listen to that type of music. En Mi Casa is simply upbeat general music, perfect for any mood!
I could go on and on...this CDs is fantastic. I wish they had more, I'd buy them all. I wish they had ones for adults for travel, I'd buy those too!
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One of my favorite albums, I ordered them and they arrived without problems to my house in Mexico, I will definitely keep buying to have the collection
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As an Austinite, it's not as though I'm lacking in Tex-Mex restaurant choices here, but in all honesty some of the best Tex-Mex I eat is when we take one of our frequent weekend getaway trips to San Antonio since it's just 1.5 hours from here.  We LOVE the flavors, yet we also love to cook at home.

It was long overdue that I got a cookbook that is specifically the San Antonio flavors and specifically Tex-Mex recipes.

The cookbook is very extensive at almost 300 pages, some with more than one recipe per page so there is a good chance if you have a favorite Tex-Mex dish, it may be here.

Every recipe is quite simple, in spite of many of them tasting quite gourmet.  I had no problem locating all ingredients easily in a regular grocery store--there was nothing bizarre or exotic.

Here are some examples of recipes we personally like from it--and all recipes are easily altered for special diets:
*Enchiladas Verde (a family recipe from a San Antonio tv anchor according the the cookbook, it has chicken, chiles, cheese, sour cream, etc)
*Cheese Enchiladas  We make this in a hurry, with only 4 ingredients
*Green Chile Chili
*Corn Chip Chili  it was like a gourmet "frito pie")
*Mexican Style Mini Pizza
*Black Bean Tortilla Lasagna
*Jalapeno Chicken
*Poblano Cheese Potatoes
*Cheese and Potato Stuffed Poblanos
*Quickie Quesadillas
*Breakfast Chile Rellenos
*Chicken Black Bean Torta
*Chipotle-Bean Huevos Rancheros
*Watermelon Aqua (this is sooo good for brunch or lunch on the deck; so light)
*Avocado Margarita (This sounded too bizarre not to try but there is a reason why avocados are frequently used to make a dessert creamy. This is from Aladaco's Mexican Cuisine, a restaurant in San Antonio and it was GOOD!)
*Cinnamon Hot Chocolate (this is often called Mexican Hot chocolate and I made this recipe as it stated which was great and then added chipotle once which was awesome too.)
*Cheesey Chiles Cornbread
*Shrimp with Chipotle Remoulade Sauce (adapted from Emeril Lagasse. Amazing.)
*Churros
*Mexican Brownies

That's just a sampling of the recipes I personally like...you get the idea.

Level: No cooking skill level needed. There are no bizarre ingredients or tricky tasks or phrases.

Know going in: For me, these recipes are pretty easy to read and visualize, but if you are one who HAS to have photographs of the dishes, know there aren't any here. There is also no nutritional information but if you are deciding to cook any Mexican food that isn't in a diet cookbook that is no big surprise and you probably aren't worrying about it that night anyway! But, just sayin'...

Conclusion: Such a perfect cookbook when we want to cook Tex-Mex.  There's no chance of me browsing through this one and not finding something I'm in the mood for, and I often have the ingredients for the dishes already on hand for many of them which is a bonus.
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Rick Bayless is enjoying some majority popularity these days due to some very famous customers. I've been cooking out of this book for years, especially for guests. If you, like me, have a true Mexican market a couple of miles away from the house (I live in San Diego), you can get pretty much any of the most exotic ingredients his recipes call for -- and fresh, not canned. Anyway, I recently made two of the salsas (the arbol is killer!) and the pork adobo for tacos. Yum. Even better -- grow your own chiles, tomatoes, and tomatillos like we're doing -- it makes a big difference.
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Wow! La casa editora nunca pblica nada si no es bueno . Omg! Este libro supera por mucho . Nadie debe olvidarse de leer este libro es una joya. Excelente! xito . Tiene muchos bonitos mensajes !!!
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Great descriptions of hotels, restaurants, and attractions. This is a must have book if you love Mexico as much as me. Service and delivery is always great at Amazon.
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I bought this guide last week.  My wife and I are big foodies and traveled to Oaxaca and Mexico City based on those cities' reputation for amazing local cuisine.  We used this guide for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the three days we had in Oaxaca.  It gave us the knowledge and confidence to walk into the local markets and know exactly what to order - like the amazing Tlayuda at the "Dona Martha" market, mmmmmm.  We also did the bike ride to Monte Alban that was recommended in the "How to burn if off" section of this guide - amazing recommendation!  At this price, It is really a no-brainer for the traveler who wants to eat like a local in Mexico.
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I cant wait to try a recipe from here. There is many different flavor combinations then im used to seeing and great detail to decorations. It is a bit on the advanced side for decorating and it is in spanish. But i love it
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As a former resident of the beloved Santa Fe, one of the things I miss most about it is the food.  A no other restaurant ranks higher on my list than that of El Farol.  The food is superb!  Executive Chef Caruso pays extra attention to their famous, mouth-watering tapas.  It has been a long awaited arrival for this book and it's about damn time.  I can only hope to rekindle some of my fondest memories by attempting to recreate his masterpieces in my own kitchen.  If you take pleasure in dining on Spanish cuisine, I implore you to buy this book.  I, personally, am excited to add it to my collection of cookbooks.
Oh and one more suggestion, I recommend the fried avocado (a.k.a. aquacate).  It's delectable, although not nearly as pretty as when it is served at the restaurant. I, however, am not a culinary artist nor even close to being a chef.