Diana Kennedy

Diana Kennedy is the world's preeminent authority on authentic Mexican cooking and one of its best-known food writers. Renowned for her uncompromising insistence on using the correct local ingredients and preparation techniques, she has taught generations of cooks how to prepare traditional dishes from the villages of Mexico, and in doing so, has documented and helped preserve the country's amazingly diverse and rich foodways. Kennedy's own meals for guests are often Mexican, but she also indulges herself and close friends with the nostalgic foods in Nothing Fancy. This acclaimed cookbooknow expanded with new and revised recipes, additional commentary, photos, and reminiscencesreveals Kennedy's passion for simpler, soul-satisfying food, from the favorite dishes of her British childhood (including a technique for making clotted cream that actually works) to rare recipes from Ukraine, Norway, France, and other outposts. In her inimitable style, Kennedy discusses her addictionseverything from good butter, cream, and lard to cold-smoked salmon, Seville orange marmalade, black truffle shavings, escamoles (ant eggs), and proper croissantsas well as her btes noireskosher salt, nonfat dairy products, cassia "cinnamon," botoxed turkeys, and nonstick pans and baking sprays, among them. And look out for the ire she unleashes on "cookbookese," genetically modified foods, plastic, and unecological kitchen practices! The culminating work of an illustrious career, Nothing Fancy is an irreplaceable opportunity to spend time in the kitchen with Diana Kennedy, listening to the stories she has collected and making the food she has loved over a long lifetime of cooking.

A recognized authority on Mexican cuisine has updated and expanded several of her classic cookbooks to present hundreds of traditional recipes, as well as new instructions for ingredient use, new cooking techniques, and additional recipes.

A guide to creating the sensational flavors and colors of authentic Mexican food.

Gathered during extensive travels through Mexico, these recipes were supplied by Mexico's best cooks, and the author provides a pronunciation guide and a list of sources for obtaining ingredients.

An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, government, and people of the very varied country of Mexico.

The cuisine of the cities and regions of Oaxaca is presented with nearly three hundred recipes for tamales, soups, vegetables, meats and poultry, desserts, and other dishes, prepared for daily meals or festive occasions.