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Object Lessons eBook Series

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  • Taco

    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of the tortilla and the taco shell, and the existence of the ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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    Exploring the Island's Unique Places, People, and Cuisine

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    A lush journey through Cuba, its paladars, and its flavorful cuisineFor Cubans, food is a complex story—a tapestry of love and loss woven so deeply into their culture that it goes well beyond that of history or sustenance. Gershman, who’s love affair with Cuba began long before her first visit, takes you along on a photojournalistic journey through the streets of Cuba and its paladares through her ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Tex-Mex Cookbook

    A History in Recipes and Photos

    by Robb Walsh ...
    Join Texas food writer Robb Walsh on a grand tour complete with larger-than-life characters, colorful yarns, rare archival photographs, and a savory assortment of more than 100 recipes for crispy, crunchy Tex-Mex foods.From the Mexican pioneers of the sixteenth century, who first brought horses and cattle to Texas, to the Spanish mission era when cumin and garlic were introduced, to the 1890s when ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Cuba!

    Recipes and Stories from the Cuban Kitchen [A Cookbook]

    Cuba! explores the magic of this vibrant country through more than 75 recipes that will set taste buds on fire and stories that will delight even the most well-seasoned traveler.Brazen, bold, and colorful, Cuba is a country that pulses with life. Fascinated by its people and their endlessly delicious home-cooked cuisine, friends Dan Goldberg and Andrea Kuhn have been visiting this magnetic country ... Read more

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  • Cuba beyond the Beach

    Stories of Life in Havana

    Havana is Cuba’s soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighbourhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana’s residents—old Communist ladies, their ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Paladares

    Recipes Inspired by the Private Restaurants of Cuba

    Discover the fresh flavors of contemporary Cuba in this gorgeously photographed volume of stories and recipes from the country's enterprising restaurants.Over the past decades, paladares—or private restaurants—have led a cultural and culinary renaissance in Cuba. In P aladares, James Beard Award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen shares a fascinating journey through the country's new food scene. ... Read more

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  • Taco USA

    How Mexican Food Conquered America

    The nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! presents a fascinating and tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country, uncovering great stories and charting the cuisine’s tremendous popularity in el Norte.Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents a tasty trip through the history ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Diasporican

    A Puerto Rican Cookbook

    JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Over 90 delicious, deeply personal recipes that tell the story of Puerto Rico's Stateside diaspora from the United States' first Puerto Rican food columnist, award-winning writer Illyanna Maisonet.“A delicious journey through purpose, place, and the power of food that you won’t want to miss.”—José Andrés, chef, cookbook author, and founder of World Central KitchenONE OF ... Read more

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  • Planet Taco

    A Global History of Mexican Food

    As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco to Mongolia. But how did this tasty hand-held food--and Mexican food more broadly--become so ubiquitous? In Planet Taco, Jeffrey Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's ... Read more

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  • The Eater Guide to Mexico City

    Series series Eater City Guide
    A comprehensive food-lover’s guidebook to Mexico City from Eater, the online authority on where to eat and why it mattersThe Eater Guide to Mexico City is your go-to source for getting immersed in the city’s vibrant dining culture. Offering context on how the local scene has been shaped by history, immigration, agriculture, and tradition, this guide offers vibrant, incomparable insight into the ... Read more

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  • Rosa Mexicano: A Culinary Autobiography (With 60 recipes)

    No one knows Mexican food--or Mexico--like Josefina Howard. Her Rosa Mexicano is not only rated by Zagat's as the top Mexican restaurant in New York, its fare is honored by Mexicans themselves. Cooks who have seen her on PBS, CNN, the Television Food Network, and Martha Stewart Living have longed to re-create her mouth-watering dishes at home. Now they can. Overflowing with Josefina's passion for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mexico - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    Series series Culture Smart!
    The third-largest country in Latin America, Mexico is hugely diverse, having both rural backwaters where time seems to have stood still and manic urban centers like Mexico City, one of the most densely populated and exciting cities in the world. This complex and fascinating country is where European and American civilizations first clashed. The repercussions of the meeting in 1519 between the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus