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Yucatán : recipes from a culinary expedition

Sterling, David, 1951-2014
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Subject: An internationally recognized authority on Yucatecan cuisine, chef David Sterling takes you on a gastronomic tour of the peninsula in this unique cookbook, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition. Presenting the food in the places where it's savored, Sterling begins in jungle towns where Mayas concoct age-old recipes with a few simple ingredients they grow themselves. He travels over a thousand miles along the broad Yucatán coast to sample a bounty of seafood; shares "the people's food"at bakeries, chicharronerías, street vendors, home restaurants, and cantinas; and highlights the cooking of the peninsula's three largest cities--Campeche, Mérida, and Valladolid--as well as a variety of pueblos noted for signature dishes. Throughout the journey, Sterling serves up over 275 authentic, thoroughly tested recipes that will appeal to both novice and professional cooks. He also discusses pantry staples and basic cooking techniques and offers substitutions for local ingredients that may be hard to find elsewhere. Profusely illustrated and spiced with lively stories of the region's people and places, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition is the long-awaited definitive work on this distinctive cuisine.
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.©2014
Collation:
xiv, 560 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 542-546) and indexes.
Awards:
James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner.
ISBN:
9780292735811 (hardback)
Dewey class:
641.597265641.5972
Language:
English
BRN:
426450
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