Recommendation for Mexican cookbook

[Henga]

Hi there! I am looking for a good Mexican cookbook. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

[Okanagancook]

Anything by Rick Bayless and/or Diana Kennedy.

[Okanagancook]

Rick Baylee’s has a number of his recipes on his website if you wanted to get a feel for his style.

[Darienne]

My all-time favorite Mexican cookbook, not by Bayless or Kennedy, is The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, 1967 and I've owned it and used it since that date.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

11 minutes ago, Darienne said:

My all-time favorite Mexican cookbook, not by Bayless or Kennedy, is The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, 1967 and I've owned it and used it since that date.

She's very good!  

[MakingBagels]

When I was in Sedona last year, I picked up Jeff Smedstad's Elote Cafe Cookbook and Elote Cafe Notebook and have basically been cooking from them since. Probably from the notebook a bit more than the first book, but everything has been delicious.

[AAQuesada]

kind of depends on your skill level and if you want to go into more regional Mexican cooking.  There are a lot of newish cookbooks on Mexican food out there although the classics are still great. there really is a something good going on right now in Mexican cookbooks: All these came out this year

 

Made in Mexico: The Cookbook: Classic And Contemporary Recipes From Mexico City

 

Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico 

 

My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and Convictions [A Cookbook] 

 

Tu Casa Mi Casa: Mexican Recipes for the Home Cook

Edited December 13, 2019 by Smithy
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[heidih]

Mexico is not one cuisine or place. There are many regions/states. I posted this elsewhere here today about posole by the fantastic late Patricia Quintana for an example of excellence. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-13-fo-49542-story.html   She authored many books and taught.  The NYT obit  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/obituaries/patricia-quintana-dead.html

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[Ann_T]

I have Patricia Quintana's A Taste of Mexico.   Her Filete Al Chipotle is a favourite.

 

[Ann_T]

I found a hard copy of The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, 1967 on line and ordered it.  

Even with the exchange and shipping,  it is only costing me $13.00 CAD.

[Okanagancook]

Found this:  https://www.mexgrocer.com/fillet-with-chipotle-chile-1603.html

More recipes by her on that website.

[Katie Meadow]

On 12/29/2019 at 7:10 AM, Ann_T said:

I have Patricia Quintana's A Taste of Mexico.   Her Filete Al Chipotle is a favourite.

 

I've had that book forever and can't remember the last time I cooked from it. Time to revisit! Aside from the recipes it is just a beautiful book with lavish photographty.