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Authentic, No-Fuss Mexican meals
From Chile-Glazed Pork Chops to Dos Leches Flan, Lourdes Castro offers clean, vibrant flavors that are the essence of great Mexican food. In SIMPLY MEXICAN, she presents authentic recipes that don’t require a fortnight to prepare or extended shopping forays to find rare ingredients. Castro honed her knowledge of traditional south-of-the-border dishes by teaching the fundamentals to adults and children at her Miami cooking school, and now she’s introducing real Mexican fare that works for busy cooks every night of the week.
SIMPLY MEXICAN features easy-to-prepare, fun-to-eat favorites with big flavors, such as Chicken Enchiladas with Tomatillo Sauce and Crab Tostadas. Once you have mastered the basics, Castro will guide you through more advanced Mexican mainstays such as adobo and mole, and show you how to make the most effortless savory and sweet tamales around. With cooking notes that highlight useful equipment, new ingredients, shortcut techniques, and instructions for advance preparation, SIMPLY MEXICAN demystifies authentic Mexican meals so you can make them at home in a snap.
“With this book Lourdes Castro has added a spark of creativity and simplicity to Mexican food that up until now had not yet been realized. It gives me a huge sense of pride and honor to know that this book exists, as it will help a large audience re-create these gems in a simple and straightforward way.”
--Aarón Sánchez, chef/owner of Paladar and chef/partner of Centrico, author of La Comida del Barrio, and former cohost of Food Network’s Melting Pot
“Here, at last, are real Mexican recipes that are authentic, creative, and fun to prepare. Lourdes Castro creates an atmosphere that makes learning about enchiladas, tacos, and salsas exciting and interesting, and her precise methodology with Mexican cookery is refreshing and very entertaining. Highly recommended.”
--Jonathan Waxman, chef/owner of Barbuto and West County Grill and author of A Great American Cook
LOURDES CASTRO was born and raised in Miami, where she founded the Ars Magirica Cooking School and served as a personal chef and nutritionist for numerous high-profile clients. A former associate of the James Beard Foundation, she is a regular contributor to the New York Social Diary’s dining section and has taught in the food studies department at Johnson & Wales University. Castro currently teaches food science at New York University and is the director of the Culinary Academy at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. She is also an active member of Les Dames d’Escoffier. She lives in New York City.
From Chile-Glazed Pork Chops to Dos Leches Flan, Lourdes Castro offers clean, vibrant flavors that are the essence of great Mexican food. In SIMPLY MEXICAN, she presents authentic recipes that don’t require a fortnight to prepare or extended shopping forays to find rare ingredients. Castro honed her knowledge of traditional south-of-the-border dishes by teaching the fundamentals to adults and children at her Miami cooking school, and now she’s introducing real Mexican fare that works for busy cooks every night of the week.
SIMPLY MEXICAN features easy-to-prepare, fun-to-eat favorites with big flavors, such as Chicken Enchiladas with Tomatillo Sauce and Crab Tostadas. Once you have mastered the basics, Castro will guide you through more advanced Mexican mainstays such as adobo and mole, and show you how to make the most effortless savory and sweet tamales around. With cooking notes that highlight useful equipment, new ingredients, shortcut techniques, and instructions for advance preparation, SIMPLY MEXICAN demystifies authentic Mexican meals so you can make them at home in a snap.
“With this book Lourdes Castro has added a spark of creativity and simplicity to Mexican food that up until now had not yet been realized. It gives me a huge sense of pride and honor to know that this book exists, as it will help a large audience re-create these gems in a simple and straightforward way.”
--Aarón Sánchez, chef/owner of Paladar and chef/partner of Centrico, author of La Comida del Barrio, and former cohost of Food Network’s Melting Pot
“Here, at last, are real Mexican recipes that are authentic, creative, and fun to prepare. Lourdes Castro creates an atmosphere that makes learning about enchiladas, tacos, and salsas exciting and interesting, and her precise methodology with Mexican cookery is refreshing and very entertaining. Highly recommended.”
--Jonathan Waxman, chef/owner of Barbuto and West County Grill and author of A Great American Cook
LOURDES CASTRO was born and raised in Miami, where she founded the Ars Magirica Cooking School and served as a personal chef and nutritionist for numerous high-profile clients. A former associate of the James Beard Foundation, she is a regular contributor to the New York Social Diary’s dining section and has taught in the food studies department at Johnson & Wales University. Castro currently teaches food science at New York University and is the director of the Culinary Academy at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. She is also an active member of Les Dames d’Escoffier. She lives in New York City.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
An ideal cookbook
3 Aug 2009
Format:Hardcover
Trying a new cookbook is always a bit risky. More times than I can count, recipes that looked good on paper turned out to be disasters for me. Indeed, in my long history of trying new recipes for my family, I have about a 50% success rate. In this book, I tried the Shrimp & Lime Salad, the Chili-Smothered Shrimp Skewers, the chicken tostadas, mushroom quesadillas, the fish tacos and the flan. Everything turned out delicious except for the flan, but I may have over baked that. My kids were actually fighting over the last bit of fish from the fish tacos. Novice cooks will appreciate the clear directions and experienced cooks will like the way the recipes are structured for the most efficient use of time. I also appreciated that some of the grill recipes offered an alternative way of preparing the dishes for people who don't have a grill. Other cookbook authors might want to follow Lourdes Castro's example and realize that not everyone lives in suburbia and owns a grill, or even wants one. There are still several recipes I want to try in this book and I would recommend it to anyone who was interested in either Mexican food or preparing simple dishes.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great Recipes!!!
8 July 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book after hearing the author on NPR. Great book, we have tried about 7 of the recipes and they all have been great. We used to get store-made rotisserie chicken, but the recipes here teach you to make your own and what you make is a lot easier and cheaper. The Chili, Chorizo and Cheese is excellent, so is the Chicken Enchiladas with Tomatillo sauce. If you want to get some easy recipes for Mexican Food, this is it!!!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Simply Yummy
21 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
I purchased my book last week and I am so happy I did. I have made three dishes so far. The roasted corn soup, mexican chorizo and stacked chicken tostadas. I used the Achiote Marinade for a steamed fish recipe. The taste of it was so good. It was yummy I couldnt even believe it. It did not take a long time to prepare. Ms. Castro gives instructions on preparation and shortcuts. There are pictures of the dishes and also cooking notes. She also includes a glossary for information on the different ingredients used in the book. Some ingredients maybe hard to find depending on your location. For the most part the recipes are easy to follow. Its very simple cooking for anyone who would like to learn Mexican cooking. Its basic cooking but not too over the top.
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