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Hispanic Heritage Month is the perfect time to bring your favorite Latin flavors to your home kitchen. Here is a staff-recommended list of cookbooks representing the amazing diversity of Latin cuisine both traditional and modern. Click a title to place a hold for pickup at one of our grab-and-go or drive-up locations.
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Amá : a modern Tex-Mex kitchen
by Josef Centeno
A San Antonio native and Los Angeles chef and restauranteur introduces Tex-Mex, a cuisine that combines the deep traditions of Texan and Mexican cooking, in this collection of more than 100 recipes that celebrate down-home cooking and grilling at its most inspiring. Illustrations.
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Trejo's Tacos : Recipes and Stories from L.A
by Danny Trejo
The legendary actor and L.A. restauranteur shares his favorite—and badass—recipes for bold, fun and versatile Mexican dishes along with stories about his lifelong love of food, in this cookbook that is symbolic of L.A.’s vibrant Latino culture. Illustrations.
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Tu Casa Mi Casa : Mexican Recipes for the Home Cook
by Enrique Olvera
Enrique Olvera is a leading talent on the gastronomic stage, reinventing the cuisine of his native Mexico to global acclaim - yet his true passion is Mexican home cooking. Tu Casa Mi Casa is Mexico City/New York-based Olvera's ode to the kitchens of his homeland. He shares 100 of the recipes close to his heart - the core collection of basic Mexican dishes - and encourages readers everywhere to incorporate traditional and contemporary Mexican tastes and ingredients into their recipe repertoire, no matter how far they live from Mexico.
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Nopalito : a Mexican kitchen
by Gonzalo González Guzmán
The head chef at San Francisco’s popular restaurant of the same name presents 100 recipes for traditional Mexican dishes, bringing the warmth of Mexican cooking into the kitchens of home cooks and providing fundamental techniques of Mexican cuisine and insights into Mexican food and culture.
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Guerrilla Tacos : recipes from the streets of L.A.
by Wesley Avila
Serves up 50 base recipes that explore taste and texture combinations for making the greatest street-style tacos and other dishes, in a book that includes such recipes as Fried Baja Taco, Breakfast Burrito, Tuna Poke and Sea Urchin Tostada, Fried Chicken Torta, Lobster Taco, Carnitas, Artichoke Quesadilla, Squash Soup, Shrimp and Chorizo Taco and many more.
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Turnip greens & tortillas : a Mexican chef spices up the southern kitchen
by Eddie Hernandez
Doing things his own way, the James Beard-nominated chef/co-owner of Taqueria del Sol presents a vast array of recipes for Southern fare with a Mexican flair, including Memphis barbecue pork tacos, chicken pot pie served in a “bowl” of a puffed tortilla and turnip greens in “pot likker” spiked with chilis. 25,000 first printing.
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Fiestas : tidbits, margaritas & more
by Marcela Valladolid
Presents recipes for beverages, appetizers, snacks, and desserts inspired by traditional Mexican cuisine, with tips for organizing and hosting a cocktail party
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Mexico : the cookbook
by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
Features seven hundred recipes from across Mexico, from snacks and street food to meats and desserts, including such offerings as Sonora-style cheesy broth, stuffed supreme chiles, pickled chipotles, and stuffed candied limes
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L.A. Mexicano : recipes, people & places
by Bill Esparza
Richly photographed and deeply authentic, L.A. Mexicano showcases the diverse, complex and delicious Mexican-food culture in America's capital of great Mexican food. It includes home-tested recipes; inspiring profiles of chefs, bakers, restaurateurs and vendors; and neighborhood guides. Part cookbook, part food journalism and part love song to Los Angeles, it's the definitive resource for home cooks, lovers of Mexican food and culture and hungry Angelenos and visitors. With a foreword by Taco USA's Gustavo Arellano and more than 100 photos by Staci Valentine.
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Cocina al minute / Cuban Cuisine from Nitza Villapol
by Nitza Villapol
Las más emblemáticas recetas de la legendaria cocinera cubana Nitza Villapol, explicadas paso a paso.Nitza Villapol conquistó los hogares cubanos con recetas fáciles y rápidas de preparar, gracias a su programa de televisión, Cocina al minuto, que estuvo al aire por más de 40 años.Ahora, en estas páginas, tú también podrás disfrutar de las más emblemáticas recetas de la cocina criolla cubana, compiladas por Sisi Colomina, la heredera de Nitza Villapol.Cocina al minuto contiene decenas de recetas, de arroces, sopas, carnes, ensaladas, viandas y verduras. Incluye, además, una gran variedad de recetas de aliños, salsas y deliciosos postres.
The legendary Nitza Villapol’s most emblematic recipes are explained step-by-step and seasoned with a little bit of history and useful information.
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Cocina latina / Latin Cooking : El sabor del mundo latino / Recipes from All over the Latin World
by Raquel Roque
¡Más de 400 recetas de toda latinoamérica!
Dichosa soy yo. Desde que llegue de Cuba hace mas de cuarenta años, he vivido en Miami. Me encanta esta ciudad, mi ciudad, porque siempre he tenido la oportunidad de conocer a primera mano la cultura, la alegría y la gastronomía de mi gente, la gente latina. En esta ciudad tan mágica y encantadora siempre le damos una gran bienvenida al latino y el sabor latino lleva el ritmo por las calles de Miami. No se si es la manera de comer, o la manera de vestir, o la alegría de bailar y cantar, pero me doy cuenta que estoy radicada en el mejor lugar del mundo para preservar nuestra tradición culinaria. Aunque añoramos nuestra tierra, sabemos que la llevamos por dentro, y que en realidad, La cocina y la comida es mas que sus alimentos porque transmite cultura, sensaciones, placer e identidad.
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A taste of Latin America : culinary traditions and classic recipes from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico & Venezuela
by Patricia Cartin
Presents Latin American recipes from ten different countries, including Argentinean empanadas, Colombian dulce de leche, and Costa Rican tamales
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Latin d'lite : delicious Latin recipes with a healthy twist
by Ingrid Hoffmann
The host of The Cooking Channel's Simply Delicioso presents 175 delicious Latin dishes made healthy, providing time-saving tips, nutritional substitutions and presentation suggestions for soups, salads, entrees, appetizers, desserts and more. 40,000 first printing.
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Cocinando con Chabán / Cooking with Chaban : 75 recetas saludables con sabor latino para lograr y mantener tu peso ideal
by Alejandro Chabán
En Cocinando con Chabán, encontrarás setenta y cinco exquisitos platos clásicos del mundo latinoamericano. Cada receta está llena de sabores tradicionales que te harán la boca agua sin añadir calorías demás para lograr mantener un peso saludable, ¡y Alejandro está aquí para enseñarte cómo hacerlo!Desde tacos y tamales mexicanos hasta alcapurrias puertorriqueñas, mangú dominicano y arepas venezolanas, estas comidas esenciales de la cocina latinoamericana son fáciles de hacer sin romper con tu presupuesto ni con tu meta de mantener tu cuerpo, alma y mente sanos. Basado en un plan alimenticio de 1,200 a 1,500 calorías, en lugar de ser agobiador o aburrido, cada plato se puede saborear con gusto sabiendo que incluye los nutrientes esenciales, vitaminas y minerales que necesitas para mantener un peso y un estilo de vida saludables. Prepárete para descubrir un plan de dieta original y encantador que vigorizará tu paladar y te inspirará a alcanzar tus metas para bajar de peso y vivir feliz, saludable y con energía.
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Healthy Latin eating : our favorite family recipes remixed
by Angie Martinez
Presents over one hundred recipes that combine traditional Latin American flavors with healthy ingredients and preparations, including tuna ceviche, sweet potato and corn cake, Dominican fish stew, coconut and barley pudding, and no-guilt mojitos
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Gran cocina latina : the food of Latin America
by Maricel E. Presilla
The co-owner of two Latin restaurants in Hoboken, New Jersey, presents 500 recipes from the Latin world ranging from Mexico to Argentina and all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean including adobos, sofritos, empanadas, tamales, ceviches, moles and flan. 30,000 first printing.
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The Cuban kitchen
by Raquel Rábade Roque
A celebration of Cuban cuisine includes 500 fantastic recipes--including black bean soup, pork empanadas, croquetas, tostones, arroz con pollo, churros and much more, in a book that includes the stories behind the recipes. Original.
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Latin grilling : recipes to share, from Patagonian asado to Yucatecan barbecue and more
by Lourdes Castro
Respected Latin chef and cooking teacher Lourdes Castro takes readers on a culinary tour of the Americas, firing up 90 recipes arranged into ten grilling fiestas that feature authentic Latin American flavors, all tailored for the home cook or backyard griller. Lourdes Castro celebrates traditional Latin American grilling with country-by-country party plans and menus including beverages, starters, entrees, sides, and desserts. All recipes are formulated to work seamlessly for U.S. kitchens and barbecues, and Castro outlines tips on ingredients, flavor variations, and entertaining ideas throughout. In addition to steak and other grilled meats, Castro includes options for chicken, fish, shrimp, and vegetables.
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