Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure - Softcover

Peterson, Joan; Peterson, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964116847 ISBN 13: 9780964116849

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998

Synopsis

The fourth guide in this authoritative series—Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure—is a paean to Mexican cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Spanish phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful.
At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Spanish with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. If you are traveling or moving to Mexico, take this book with you!

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About this title

About the Author

Joan and David Peterson are experienced, world-wide travelers. They have led tours to the Pacific Rim, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia. They also have explored extensively on their own, concentrating on the cuisines of the countries they visit. Because general guidebooks—despite their hefty size—provide too little information about food for their taste, the Petersons tackled the subject themselves, providing in-depth information for others with a similar travel focus.

Reviews

With the fourth title in their "Eat Smart" series, the Petersons have assembled a guide to the food of Mexico for travelers. Their book is organized into eight sections. At its heart is an extensive menu guide and a food and flavors guide. Otherwise, the authors include an informative and extensive history of the cuisine; a section on regional foods; a less successful section of a few recipes; a very brief chapter on shopping in Mexican food markets; another on mail order suppliers, cooking schools, and organizations; and a handy guide to helpful phrases. The result is similar to Marita Adair's The Hungry Traveler: Mexico (LJ 8/97) but has more history. Highly recommended for all public libraries.?George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964116847
• ISBN 13: 9780964116849
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Medaris S.V.
• Number of pages: 160