Cocina de La Familia: More Than 200 Authentic Recipes from Mexican-American Home Kitchens

by Miguel Ravago and Marilyn Tausend

Book Overview

A glorious celebration of Mexican-American home cooking, culture, and family values--from the coauthor of Mexico the Beautiful Cookbook and the chef whose restaurant was the first to introduce the diverse delights of Mexican regional cuisine in the United States. 2-color throughout.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684818183
• ISBN13: 9780684818184
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Authentic Recipes but....

Ok I love love authentic recipes which this book provides so Igive it a hard 5. However-- how do you have so many great recipes with not one picture so I had to take away -⭐⭐!!! 21st century needs pictures.✌🏾

Cocina de la Familia is a favorite of this Familia!

Marilyn Tausend tells the real story of what Mexicans eat at home and what a delicious story it is! There is none of that goopy cheese-laden pseudo-food that passes for "Mexican" in inferior emporiums. What you have here is the real enchilada. As a Southern Californian "of a certain age", who is only Mexican by taste buds, I can attest to the authenticity of these recipes. As a retired teaching chef, I can promise great-tasting dishes from Cocina de la Familia. Because recipes are only a guide, most - if not all - of these dishes take kindly to alterations, substitutions and tinkering. Caldillo de Papas is wonderful made as directed. It is equally good made with large chunks of beef, additions of tomatillos, carrots and zucchini, topped with cilantro and a swirl of salsa fresca. Chilaquiles are usually made with leftover corn tortillas, but when I substituted some sliced tamales, sauced it with the Salsa Verde (pg. 215)our breakfast guests broke into cheers! This is a book to own yourself and a book to give to those you love -- especially if you want to eat well when visiting them. Bravo Marilyn. Please write Volume Two soon.

Best Mexican Cookbook on the market!

I've tried them all, being that my significant other is from Mexico, I'm always looking for true, traditional Mexican recipes and this book is it! Truly the best I've seen!!! Excellent explainations of each dish, its origens, and how to serve it. I highly reccommend it!

Tastes like home!

After living in California and Arizona all my life, I recently moved to the Midwest and have been homesick for all my favorite foods. This cookbook came to the rescue! The recipes are easy to follow, even the complicated ones, and they taste just like I remember. I made my first tamales for Christmas Eve and they were a huge success!

Authentic Food with Easy Ingredients

This book has excellant recipes, which can be made with ingredients found at most stores. I love the stories found with each recipe. The stories tell the history of the recipe and Ms. Tausend's experience with the authors' of the recipes. It is a great look into the Mexican and Mexican-American culture.

Usual and unusual recipes with interesting anecdotes.

I saw this book at the library, and after checking it out for a month, decided I had to have it. It does have recipes for Mexican foods commonly served in US restaurants, but there are also many unusual dishes from obscure places. The short anecdotes with some of the recipes make it all the more interesting to read. For these reasons, several of my friends and I have ordered copies, both for ourselves and for gifts. Buen apetito!