The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico [Hardcover]

The long-awaited, best-selling cookbook from Mely Martínez, The Mexican Home Kitchen, compiles the traditional home-style dishes enjoyed every day in Mexican households, with influences from states like Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Puebla, Estado de México, and Yucatán.

*As featured inThe New York Times,New York Magazine,People Magazine,The Smithsonian Magazine, Eater, Epicurious, Chowhound, The Kitchn,Prevention, andTaste of Home*

Illustrated withstunning photography, this book includes recipes forstews,soups, andside dishes, along with famous dishes likemole,enchiladas,picadillo, andmilanesa, and is rounded out with delicioussalsas,drinks, anddesserts.

For Mely Martínez, Mexican cooking has always been aboutfamily, community, and tradition. Born and raised in Tampico, Mely started helping in the kitchen at a very young age, since she was the oldest daughter of eight children, and spent summers at her grandmother’s farm in the state of Veracruz, where part of the daily activities included helping grind the corn to make masa.

Mely started her popular blog,Mexico in My Kitchen, to share the recipes and memories of her home so that her son can someday recreate and share these dishes with his own family. In the meantime, it has become the go-to source for those looking forauthentic home-style Mexican cooking.

Recreate thesefavorite comfort foodsusinginexpensive, easy-to-find ingredients:
 

• Caldo de Pollo (Mexican chicken soup)
• Tacos de Bistec (steak tacos)
• Carnitas (tender, crispy pork)
• Albondigas (Mexican meatballs)
• Tamales (both savory and sweet)
• Enchiladas (both red and green sauces)
• Mole Poblano (one of the most classic and popular moles)
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