Secrets of the Tsil Café - Softcover

Averill, Thomas Fox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826351123 ISBN 13: 9780826351128

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2012

Synopsis

Raised in the traditional kitchen from which his mother runs her Buen AppeTito catering service, Weston Tito Hingler's childhood is shaped by the foods he eats, especially those he must try before he is allowed to enter the Tsil Café where his father invites--and at times challenges--diners to experience foods of the New World cooked New Mexican style.

Filled with recipes and definitions of New World ingredients, Averill's novel follows Wes as he navigates his way through the dueling cuisines of his passionate parents and the signature recipes of his life.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Food is the talisman, the metaphor, and the basic aroma of this voluptuous novel . . . The tale is full of recipes, some on the very edge of bizarre but all bursting with flavor and history."--Booklist

About the Author:

Thomas Fox Averill, a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, is professor of English and writer- in-residence at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0826351123
• ISBN 13: 9780826351128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240