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Mexico: The Cookbook Hardcover – Illustrated, October 27, 2014

by Margarita Carrillo Arronte (Author), Fiamma Piacentini (Photographer)
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Mexico: The Cookbook is the definitive bible of home-cooking from Mexico. With a culinary history dating back 9,000 years, Mexican food draws influences from Aztec and Mayan Indians and is renowned for its use of fresh aromatic ingredients, colorful presentations and bold food combinations.

The book features more than 700 delicious and authentic recipes that can be easily recreated at home. From tamales, fajitas, and moles to cactus salad, blue crab soup, and melon seed juice, the recipes are a celebration of the fresh flavors and ingredients from a country whose cuisine is revered around the world.

Organized by food type/style (Street Food, Starters, Drinks, Fish and Seafood, Meat and Poultry, Vegetables, Pulses and Rice, and Dessert), Mexico: The Cookbook also includes an extensive introduction to Mexican culinary history, ingredients, and techniques, while a Chef Menu section proffers inspirational recipes and menus by some of the world's most prominent Mexican chefs.
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Named One of the Top Ten Cookbooks of Fall 2014 by Publishers Weekly

'All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don't have to - Margarita has done it for me!' – Eva Longoria

'Absolutely wonderful. I wish I could close my door and read it all day.' – Nancy Wall Hopkins, Senior Deputy Editor, Food & Entertaining

'Hasta La Vista, Tex Mex.' – Better Homes and Gardens

'Mexico: The Cookbook may kill your taste for supermarket salsa for good.' – ELLE Magazine

'Mexico: The Cookbook promises to introduce even the biggest fans of tort as and tamales to something new about Mexican cuisine and aims to prove that it can be as refined as it is accessible.' – TIME

'Exquisitely beautiful and encyclopedic.' – T Magazine Essential

'Your go-to guide to Mexican home cooking.' – Tasting Table

'A mammoth 700 page collection of Mexican recipes ... A "food bible."' – Publishers Weekly

'Might just be the most comprehensive cookbook on the country's cuisine ever published.' – The Sunday Times Travel

'Definitive ... Even the most learned Mexican food expert would be pushed to think of a dish not already listed. A beautiful book in both design and substance ... Can't be faulted.' – The Culture Trip

'With its laser-cut hot pink cover, I can only tell you the recipes beneath it are just as divine.' – SFGirl by Bay

'The Mexican home-cooking bible (and the most beautiful book).' – Domestic Sluttery

'This weighty book includes more than 600 recipes for home-style Mexican dishes, and its vibrant cutwork cover adds spice, energy, and cheer to any cookbook shelf.' – Allrecipes

'I heard Margarita Carrillo Arronte was the authority on Mexican food, so I got this cookbook and never looked back. The salsa is so good it makes all supermarket-bought salsa seem tasteless and insipid by comparison, and her traditional taco recipes are incredible and perfect for summer eating.' – The Pool

'I have long been an admirer of Margarita Carrillo's work. In her new book, her warm and expert voice shines and proves to be a most delightful guide through the fascinating labyrinth of Mexican cuisine. Every cook, be it expert or beginner, will benefit and savor from this splendid Mexican cookbook with hundreds of tried and true recipes: a must for any Mexican food lover.' – Pati Jinich

'Margarita is the embodiment of everything that I love about Mexico and her food is delicious. A definite hero.' – Thomasina Miers

About the Author

Born in Mexico, Margarita Carrillo Arronte has dedicated more than 25 years to researching, studying, teaching and cooking Mexican cuisine. From 1996 to 2006, she was the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture’s chef and organized Mexican food festivals and gala dinners across North America, Europe and Asia. In 2010, she led a campaign to get Mexican cuisine recognized as a UNESCO cultural property. In addition to teaching Mexican Cuisine at Cucul Cultura Culinaria A.C. and the National University of Mexico, Carillo Arronte is also the leader of the Slow Food movement in Baja and runs the restaurants, Don Emiliano (San Jose del Cabo) and Casa Mexico (Mexico City). She lives in Mexico City.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phaidon Press; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0714867527
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0714867526
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.04 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 2.38 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Margarita Carrillo Arronte is a chef, author, TV host, restaurateur, and a global ambassador of Mexican cuisine. Born and raised in Mexico, she has dedicated the past 35 years to researching, studying, teaching, and cooking traditional Mexican food. Carrillo-Arronte was trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Cultura Culinaria/UNAM and is the former owner of Don Emiliano in Los Cabos, Baja, Turtux restaurant in Mexico City and La Colina in Tokyo, Japan. She is known as one of the most well respected chefs in Mexico. She has been a member of Slow Food International since 1996 and has participated 4 times in the Salone del Gusto in Torino, Italy. In 2010, She is a member of the Conservatory of the Gastronomic Culture of Mexico, the small group of professionals that campaigned to get Mexican cuisine recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and succeeded. She was named the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture’s Chef and organized Mexican food festivals and several gala dinners around the world - such as the G-20 Summit in 2012, a cultural leader in The World Economic forum in Davos, Executive Chef of the United Nation Climate Change Conference in Can Cun 2010 as well as countless events with top dignitaries such as Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, George W. Bush, Her Majesty Masako Crown Princess of Japan, Angela Merkel Prime Minister of Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar as well as countless celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Harrison Ford, Lance Armstrong, Rick Baileys, Massimo Bottura.

She is currently hosting the third season of her 13 Episode TV series for ElGourmet channel in Latin America, that has featured the traditions and cuisines of Oaxaca, Puebla and most recently “The Cuisine from the Stone: Metates y Molcajetes, Cocina tradicional Mexicana". She won the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Hospitality Sciences “San Pascual Bailon" (2013). And she is a member of Academie Culinaire de France. She has appeared on various broadcast outlets such as NPR’s “The Splendid Table” and Rick Bayless’ “Mexico One Plate at a Time.” She is the author of Mexico: The Cookbook (Phaidon) as well as Tamales y Atoles Mexicanos (Larousse).

She has given countless keynote speeches around traditional Mexican cuisine in places like Brazil, Peru, Japan, China, France, England, Ireland, Italy, USA, Canada, Spain, Colombia and many other countries.

She is fluent in Spanish and English. She lives in Mexico City.

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I’m a professional food photographer (IG @chiesadilux) with a diverse culinary background. Always seeking to new recipes and flavors to keep my kitchen fresh and new. Thank you Anthony Bourdain ; Kitchen Confidential.Forget cookbook, this is an incredible Mexican encyclopedia to the culture. We have recipes from A-Z and would recommend this book to anyone looking to expand their horizons and deepen their culinary literacy of Mexico. Viva La Salud!
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G. Yoshida
5.0 out of 5 stars Monumental Survey of Mexican Regional Cooking
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2020
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This tome must weigh in at a hernia inducing 5 lbs. if it's an ounce! the graphics are splendid with a wonderfully whimsical "Dia De Los Muertos" cutout cover in lipstick pink! The recipes are within the capabilities of most good cooks, though a good Mexican cook (like my beloved abuelita) will undoubtedly fine tune the ingredients and prep procedures. Ambitious, the cookbook has a whopping 600+ recipes but as anyone who loves Mexican regional cooking knows, there are going to be omissions along the way. But it is an incredible place to begin your love affair with the multifaceted aspects of Mexican cuisine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recipes and I love that it tells you which ...
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Excellent recipes and I love that it tells you which region the recipe is from. Some of them are very complex and take a lot of time but that is typical of many of the authentic preparations of Mexican cuisine. There are also some quick and simple recipes for when you need that. I am fortunate enough to live in an area with many hispanic markets so finding most to the ingredients is pretty simple. The book is attractive with the cover and I have given it as a gift to a couple people who have also loved it.
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Bruce Morrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023
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Get this cookbook I you like Mexican food. It’s the best
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mexican Encyclopedia to the culture.
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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I’m a professional food photographer (IG @chiesadilux) with a diverse culinary background. Always seeking to new recipes and flavors to keep my kitchen fresh and new. Thank you Anthony Bourdain ; Kitchen Confidential.

Forget cookbook, this is an incredible Mexican encyclopedia to the culture. We have recipes from A-Z and would recommend this book to anyone looking to expand their horizons and deepen their culinary literacy of Mexico. Viva La Salud!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mexican Encyclopedia to the culture.
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
I’m a professional food photographer (IG @chiesadilux) with a diverse culinary background. Always seeking to new recipes and flavors to keep my kitchen fresh and new. Thank you Anthony Bourdain ; Kitchen Confidential.

Forget cookbook, this is an incredible Mexican encyclopedia to the culture. We have recipes from A-Z and would recommend this book to anyone looking to expand their horizons and deepen their culinary literacy of Mexico. Viva La Salud!
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Jude21
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022
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Great recipes and format, the book cover is inspired by Mexican art. Has mexican food recipes and ideas I haven't seen before, and I grew up in a Mexican household.
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Lisa Tobleman
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes, Weird layout.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015
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This is for Mexican cooking what the Silver Spoon (also by Phaidon Publishing) is to Italian. It is not quite as easily laid out as the Silver Spoon, and the sections are a little harder to find quickly, but this has many of my family' favorite recipes, and they are good. The cover is a little unwieldy in the kitchen so I removed the delicate laser cut dust jacket and it works fine. My cookbooks get used heavily, and very few of them have pictures so the lack of "about this dish/country" text did not bother me. I live in Texas so most of the ingredients are easy to find at a local market, and substitutions can be made for some of the more exotic leaves and grains. This is not a good cookbook if you are looking for pictures of every meal presented on delicate plates. This is also not a good cookbook if you are new to Mexican cooking (or cooking in general) and are not familiar with some of the techniques presented here. Just like in the Silver Spoon, it is just a list of recipes of different types of food and that is it. Not a travel cookbook or an about the country cookbook. Just ~500 great recipes with straightforward directions. Prep times and cooking times are usually correct, and a nice touch if you are deciding what to make for dinner.

Like I mentioned at the beginning, WOW is it organized strangely. BUT, if you are looking for good recipes for many of your favorite Mexican dishes then this book is a treasure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muy Bueno
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023
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Easily the best book on Mexican Cuisine I have ever come across
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Lewis981
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2019
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I found this book to be a wonderful compendium of ideas and inspiration. So many of the complaints I've read seem to be based on needing to be spoon-fed, that is, nothing left to the imagination of the cook. I've found so many ways to combine recipes or parts of recipes here to make truly wonderful dishes. Since I volunteer at a museum bistro, cooking special Mexican lunches (once a week), I have found this volume to be endlessly valuable.
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Patricia Dion Pageau
5.0 out of 5 stars Mexico Cooking at your finger tips
Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2024
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My daughter has this book. Every time I saw it, i would thumb through it and be amazed by the quality of the book yes, but more so for the plethora of recipes! The author says: "when I cook Mexican food, especially for those who are unfamiliar with the cuisine, it makes me feel very proud that the food is sophisticated, the flavours refined, ingredients fresh and nutritious." So many that are unknown!. You will be amazed by the simplicity of the ingredients and easiness of execution. It is an encyclopedia of mexican cuisine at its best!The photos are delectable! Gorgeous presentations. Margarita Carrillo Arronte first sets us the presentation of the culture, the places like: The Food of Mesoamerica. Wonderful, wonder full discovery through history and places of Mexican food. It's a winner 10o%
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Alessandro Paiva
5.0 out of 5 stars Lindíssimo!
Reviewed in Brazil on October 28, 2022
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Fotografias lindas, receitas bem interessantes.
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Stevie smudgë
5.0 out of 5 stars A Mexican Cuisine Anthology
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2023
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A Mexican Cuisine Anthology!

Every recipe you could ever imagine from all over Mexican regions.
Packed with dishes,
My only negative is the lack of photos, there are lots - but I’d say 1 photo to every 10 recipes

Amazing book nonetheless & you’ll probably never need to buy another Mexican book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mexican Cuisine Anthology
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2023
A Mexican Cuisine Anthology!

Every recipe you could ever imagine from all over Mexican regions.
Packed with dishes,
My only negative is the lack of photos, there are lots - but I’d say 1 photo to every 10 recipes

Amazing book nonetheless & you’ll probably never need to buy another Mexican book.
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Geraldine Ferri
5.0 out of 5 stars Regalo apprezzatissimo!
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2022
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Davvero un bel libro, da leggere e da avere nella propria collezione! Tanti spunti e tante ricette particolari da provare! Consiglio! Sicuramente non ci si annoierà più a tavola!
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Harshaal Shyam
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome...❤️
Reviewed in India on August 10, 2020
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The book arrived before the expected date of delivery was in amazing condition. Well packed in bubble wraps. Really excited to go through it.
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The book arrived before the expected date of delivery was in amazing condition. Well packed in bubble wraps. Really excited to go through it.
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