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Oaxaca Al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780292722668 Author(s): Diana Kennedy Format: Hardcover Year: 2010 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pages: 436 Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere

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Description: No one has done more to introduce the world to the authentic, flavourful cuisines of Mexico than Diana Kennedy. Acclaimed as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking, Kennedy has been an intrepid, indefatigable student of Mexican foodways for more than fifty years and has published several classic books on the subject, including The Cuisines of Mexico (now available in The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, a compilation of her first three books), The Art of Mexican Cooking, My Mexico, and From My Mexican Kitchen. Her uncompromising insistence on using the proper local ingredients and preparation techniques has taught generations of cooks how to prepare--and savor--the delicious, subtle, and varied tastes of Mexico. In Oaxaca al Gusto, Kennedy takes us on an amazing journey into one of the most outstanding and colourful cuisines in the world. The state of Oaxaca is one of the most diverse in Mexico, with many different cultural and linguistic groups, often living in areas difficult to access. Each group has its own distinctive cuisine and Diana Kennedy has spent many years traveling the length and breadth of Oaxaca to record in words and photographs 'these little-known foods, both wild and cultivated, the way they were prepared and the part they play in the daily or festive life of the communities I visited.' Oaxaca al Gusto is the fruit of these labours--and the culminat