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La Cocina Dominicana

Maria Ramirez De Carias

La Cocina Dominicana Maria Ramirez De Carias List Price: $23.95
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Bread Pudding 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I have gone to DR numerous times and I love the food so very much. Since I can't always be there to satisfy my cravings, I decided to bring the food home to us! Husband hasn't eaten dominican bread pudding in years. I made the bread pudding for him and he loved it and complimented me like I have never seen before! Lucky me I can read spanish...may not be 100% acurate (my spanish that is) but the results was just superb after making the bread pudding! I am soooo happy to have this book. Now I can really enjoy some good food. Lot of the recipes are so familiar when my mother n law cooked for us. Now I can make them and enjoy them with my family!

Excellent Book!!, Highly Recommend 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I own the English version of this book, and just received the Spanish version of this cookbook as a gift. I congratulate the author for the in-depth look at Dominican foods and its origins. Yes, this book is a cookbook and a cultural book! Dominicans will really apprciate this point. The book has a glossary of Dominican terms and foods and it also provides me with menus on what foods to combine. I always amaze my friends with the great recipies within this book. It is simple to read and I really enjoy having my home cooking wherever I go. I highly recommend this book!!

New World Kitchen: Latin American and Caribbean Cuisine

Norman Van Aken

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

In New World Kitchen, Norman Van Aken explores the rich influence of Latin American cuisine on the American palate. From the African-influenced Creole cuisines of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica to South American flavors from Brazil, Peru, and Argentina to the distinct tastes of Mexico, Van Aken works his particular magic on this luscious cornucopia and emerges with a wealth of brilliant recipes, such as the exquisite Masa-Crusted Chicken with Piquillo Peppers, Avocado Butter, and Greens in Grapefruit-Honey Vinaigrette.

Well known in the culinary world for his passion and genius, Norman Van Aken has earned a reputation for innovation and artistry. Armed with his signature recipes, employing a cast of rich ingredients in inventive combinations, anyone can masterfully harness the fire-and flare of Latin American cuisine. With a preface by Anthony Bourdain, author of the bestselling Kitchen Confidential, and enticing color photo graphs by Tim Turner, winner of the James Beard Foundation's award for food photography, New World Kitchen is a lush, beautiful book that new worlds of flavor.

A Taste of Cuba: Recipes From the Cuban-American Community

Linette Creen

A Taste of Cuba: Recipes From the Cuban-American Community Linette Creen Amazon Price: $12.21
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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Don't Buy it 2 out of 5 stars.
13 of 18 people found this review helpful.

I purchased this book many years ago, and for many years it has sat in my buffet (where I put all cookbooks whose recipes I don't like). I am Cuban, as over 400 years of my ancestors were, and I found nothing in this book that reminded me of anything I grew up eating. Instead, I strongly suggest you buy "Memories of a Cuban Kitchen" by Mary Urrutia Randelmann. This book provides true Cuban food.

Best English Language Cuban Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

As a Cuban born American, I know real Cuban cooking when I taste it, and this book has brought my family and friends countless kitchen joys. Simple, direct and easy to follow --- with little embellishment that serves to improve the recipes themselves --- "A Taste Of Cuba" allows us to experience the true essence of Cuban cookery. Unlike the "chic Cuban" styles of Asia de Cuba, Patria, chino-latino, Green makes no daring attempts to improve on the real thing, and that's the best way to enjoy this colorful delicious food over and over again! From standards like "Arroz Con Pollo" and "Lechon Asado" to "Camarones enchilados" and "ropa vieja" Green's passion for the condiments shines through. INstead of embellishing the dishes she realizes they're best left to the natural scents and zeitgeist that the best Cuban cooks - our abuelas and mami's - know is at the heart of the matter. Only "Cocina Criolla" - Nydia Villapol's(sp?) 60's classic is better or tastier or truer to the food's indigenous roots (alas, that's only available in SPanish, but every Cubano should proudly display a copy in their homw!) Linnette Green has done a fine job of mixing together the magical qualities of a legendary cuisine - fresh ingredients, attention bordering on love, colorful presentation, and a passion for the dishes themselves. Here, her characters are malangas and mangoes, frijoles and arroz, but "Like Water for Chocolate" her memories and passion stir the senses making your tastebuds soar! A WINNER!

Editorial Review:

Cuban food is vibrant, earthy, sensuous food: cool avocado salads, enticingly spiced seafood, tropical rum drinks. In this unique cookbook, nearly 200 recipes celebrate the diverse melange of Cuban, Chinese, Spanish, African, and Portuguese influences that make up the popular cuisine of Cuba. Line drawings.

Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen

Jane Cossio, Joyce Lafray

Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen Jane Cossio, Joyce Lafray Amazon Price: $9.69
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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great book - and I'm Cuban-American! 5 out of 5 stars.
17 of 20 people found this review helpful.

Raised with typical Cuban dishes (both of my parents immigrated from Cuba to the US), I searched for a good, concise Cuban cookbook and found it! This it it! Sure, there aren't any fancy pictures but there are also no fancy ingredients or obscure dishes. The list of recipes covers all the basic dishes (I read the list to my mother and she agrees - it's all in there) and the recipes are so simple and easy (almost all are only a paragraph long).

I've tried other Cuban recipe books and I still *always* come back to this one for dishes that turn out as close to Mom's as possible. Maybe I'll just toss the other books out... all I need is this one!

Excellent & Easy Cuban Food! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Hi there,
I am half Cuban and was raised on the delicious cooking of my Cuban grandmother. The recipes in this book remind me of her cooking. They are easy to follow and tasty. I'm only an average cook with not much time and this was a good book to have. I once made six pounds of the black bean recipe for a family dinner and people where scraping the bottom of the pot for more! The picadillo is fast and yummy. As is the beef stew. Buy it and Enjoy!

How to Cook a Tapir: A Memoir of Belize (At Table)

Joan Fry

How to Cook a Tapir: A Memoir of Belize (At Table) Joan Fry Amazon Price: $16.47
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Editorial Review:

In 1962 Joan Fry was a college sophomore recently married to a dashing anthropologist. Naively consenting to a year-long “working honeymoon” in British Honduras (now Belize), she soon found herself living in a remote Kekchi village deep in the rainforest. Because Fry had no cooking or housekeeping experience, the romance of living in a hut and learning to cook on a makeshift stove quickly faded. Guided by the village women and their children, this twenty-year-old American who had never made more than instant coffee came eventually to love the people and the food that at first had seemed so foreign. While her husband conducted his clinical study of the native population, Fry entered their world through friendships forged over an open fire. Coming of age in the jungle among the Kekchi and Mopan Maya, Fry learned to teach, to barter and negotiate, to hold her ground, and to share her space—and, perhaps most important, she learned to cook.
This is the funny, heartfelt, and provocative story of how Fry painstakingly baked and boiled her way up the food chain, from instant oatmeal and flour tortillas to bush-green soup, agouti (a big rodent), gibnut (a bigger rodent), and, finally, something even the locals wouldn’t tackle: a “mountain cow,” or tapir. Fry’s efforts to win over her neighbors and hair-pulling students offers a rare and insightful picture of the Kekchi Maya of Belize, even as this unique culture was disappearing before her eyes. 
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Latin Chic: Entertaining with Style and Sass

Carolina Buia, Isabel Gonzalez

Latin Chic: Entertaining with Style and Sass Carolina Buia, Isabel Gonzalez Amazon Price: $26.86
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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Wonderful Party Ideas & Recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The Orlando Sentinel says this is "a hip book with recipes for cocktails, tapas and full-course feasts. Learn how to make Cuba libres, Yucatan tacos and Caribbean crepes with Canary Islands hot sauce."
Just reading the recipe titles makes me want to try them all. You also get tips for decorating, music and attire to go with the recipes. With these, your next pool party or ladies lunch will be a sensation. The vibrant color photos spice up the book.
Some of the recipes included are lobster salad, simple sangria, brandied pineapple wheels, turkey empanadas and many more.
Another good book for theme parties is Trader Vic's Tiki Party.

Editorial Review:

Isabel C. González, of Cuban-American heritage, is Special Progjects Editor at Teen People. She manages the TrendspotterTM program and appears regularly on television, including on VH1 and MTV. She writes about trends, travel, fashion, and decor for Time magazine and the Washington Post. She has written about Latin culture and tradition for Bride's magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and is also a contributing editor for Fuego magazine.

Carolina Buia, born in Valencia, Venezuela, was a former staff reporter for Time magazine, covering Latin American politics and lifestyles. She has written on food, travel, and fashion for publications like Condé Nast Traveler, the Washington Post, and the Miami Herald, and is a frequent contributor to CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News. Carolina worked as a national on-air reporter for Telemundo and Celebrity Justice.

Cafe Brazil (Conran Octopus Cookbook Series, 3)

Michael Bateman

Cafe Brazil (Conran Octopus Cookbook Series, 3) Michael Bateman List Price: $19.95
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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Terrific Brazilian dining. 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 13 people found this review helpful.

Cafe Brazil is packed with photos of not only finished dishes, but the countryside as well, from land to sea. Most dishes require little in the way of exotic ingredients, though many require fresh ingredients such as first coconut milk pressings which may consume time.

Nice and easy to follow instructhions 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I recently received this book. I wanted it because I have recently returned from Brazil. I do enjoy this book, but I find that the majority of the foods come from the northern part of the country, which is heavily influenced by the sea and past African herritage. I spent the majority of time in the South and Western part, therefore many of the dishes are not known to me. It does have instructions as how to prepare the every popular Kale and beans..which seem to be the staple food of Brazil. I like the photos, but the book could have used a lot more...it is nice to see what the dish is supposed to look like. It provided a nice list of ingrediends and substitutions if the native ingredients weren't available in your area. Instructions are easy to understand. I am anxious to try the foods, including those I know nothing of...I like the book, but I wouldn't pay more than 15 dollars for it. Luckily, I bought it used for much less.

Editorial Review:

A compendium of traditional Brazilian recipes offers a range of diverse and delicious meals, from mango sorbet, to spicy stuffed crab, to the Brazilian national dish, feijoada. Original.

The Art of Brazilian Cookery (Hippocrene International Cookbook Classics)

Dolores Botafogo

The Art of Brazilian Cookery (Hippocrene International Cookbook Classics) Dolores Botafogo List Price: $11.95
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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Great "AUTHENTIC" brasilian recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
22 of 24 people found this review helpful.

I have many "brazilian" cookbooks, but this one is the only one that was right on. Many of the recipes are ones that my "vovo" (grandma) made. I have made many of the dishes & found the recipes easy to follow. They taste delicious!

An excellent pick of Brazilian Recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
22 of 23 people found this review helpful.

I have read through this book and I found it very diverse and delightfull. This book picks recipes from various parts of Brazil, which translates to a great variety of the Brazilian taste. One thing that impressed me was that the ingredients are listed in the English measurement system and not the metric one; this saves a lot of headaches and time for there is no need for conversion. I have tried some of the recipes and they taste just like the ones back home. This book is a must have for any Brazilian family here in the USA.

Editorial Review:

In the 40 years since its original publications, 'The Art of Brazilian Cookery' has been a trusted source for home chefs wanting authentic Brazilian recipes. The cookbook includes over 300 savoury and varied recipes and begins with a vivid historical, geographic and culinary picture of Brazil.

Cooking with Too Hot Tamales: Recipes & Tips From TV Food's Spiciest Cooking Duo

Mary S. Milliken

Cooking with Too Hot Tamales: Recipes & Tips From TV Food's Spiciest Cooking Duo Mary S. Milliken Amazon Price: $19.83
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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

At last, the eagerly awaited companion to the Television Food Network series Too Hot Tamales is here, capturing the sassy cooking style that Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger's nationwide television audience looks forward to every day. In over 150 recipes, the engaging duo demonstrate their honed culinary technique, their commitment to the finest, freshest ingredients, and their enthusiasm for flavors from around the world. Using traditional Mexican, Brazilian, Cuban, and Spanish tastes and combinations, enhanced by their creative, modern sensibilities,Too Hot Tamalessatisfies any appetite. From Roasted Chile Frittatas to Turkey Tamales with Fresh Cranberry Salsa to milky, cool Horchata Ice Cream with Cinnamon and Pecans, this ultramodern pair create recipes that are honest and accessible, yet funky and fun.Open this adventure some book and explore a now world of Latin American and Spanish flavors and cooking techniques. There is an entire section on the vivid salsas that we've come to crave, including a Three-Minute Salsa for the time impaired and a bracing Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa for heat seekers. Entries run the gamut from the simple and delicate Pan-Fried Grouper with Almonds to the lip-smacking Barbecued Ribs with Red Chile Sauce and Baked Pineapple. As demonstrated throughout their career, Milliken and Feniger consider vegetables a priority. Vagetarians both strict and occasional will appreciate the full-bodied vegetable and grain-based dishes offered within these pages. Entries such as the hearty Vegetarian Black Bean Chili, the Tortilla do Potato, and an elegant Artichoke Stow with Pine Nuts are both healthful and satisfying enough to seduce vegetarian and carnivore alike. For lighter fare, exciting salads become the main dish as in the brightly dressed Wilted Spinach Salad with Pickled Shallots. Finally, for sweet seekers, Milliken and Feniger delight even the biggest dessert diehards with such toothsome treats as leche frita (fried milk custardsquares), Guava Pastry Diamonds, and Pumpkin Cheesecake Tarts with Gingersnap Crust.

As the fans of Too Hot Tamales have come to expect, cooking tips and strategies for success in the kitchen are sprinkled throughout. Packed with indispensable advice on everything from safe knife handling and balancing sauces to buying and storing vegetables and spices, plus countless ways to bring out the natural flavor of food, Cooking with Too Hot Tamales will undoubtedly become a favorite kitchen reference. Seasoned entertainers Milliken and Feniger also share their special-occasion recipes and expertise for throwing fabulous fetes. Unusual and exciting drink and hors d'oeuvres recipes such as fiery Chile Vodka, cool Refresco do Mango, and crunchy Quinoa Fritters are just a few of the exciting party offerings. Best of all while the flavors are intricate and exotic, the techniques are simple as can be, allowing cooks to enjoy their own parties and savor their own creations.

Foods of the Maya: A Taste of the Yucatan

Nancy Gerlach, Jeffrey Gerlach

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Editorial Review:

Pompano tamales. Shrimp enchiladas. Candied sweet papaya. These are some of the foods whose recipes reside in the pages of Nancy and Jeffrey Gerlach’s Foods of the Maya. The authors have spent years traveling throughout Mexico, familiarizing themselves with the cultures and cuisines of the people they have encountered. They created this cookbook to bring the flavors of the Yucatán to tables north of the border.

In an easy-to-follow format, Foods of the Maya provides handy background and travel information about the region and some of its ruins before dipping into the ninety-one recipes included here, organized according to meal course. There are recipes that will suit most everyone’s palate, from sauces and salsas to soups and sausages; from vegetarian and meat appetizers and main dishes to simple drinks and desserts. Each section begins with a brief description of the course and the types of food involved. The recipes are clear and easy to understand—one need not be a trained chef with a vast kitchen to create a tasty Yucatecan meal.

Foods of the Maya incorporates an array of cooking tips and techniques and a brief glossary of terms to help in food preparation—the authors have ensured that ingredients for their recipes are readily available at local food stores. This edition also includes an introduction by historian Jeffrey Pilcher which helps familiarize readers with the history and cultures of the Yucatán peninsula. So the next time you get a hankering for something different, you might consider cooking up a platter of Yucatán ribs or preparing a bowl of chayote pudding. Take a short trip to the Yucatán—without leaving your kitchen.


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