1,000 Mexican Recipes (1,000 Recipes)
by Marge Poore
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Book Reviews of 1,000 Mexican Recipes (1,000 Recipes)
Book Review: Great recipes / Bad Spanish
Summary: 3 Stars
I have just received 1,000 Mexican Recipes in the mail. I am very excited to try out several of the recipes. But I am reading the Spanish translations as I leaf through the book and I am disappointed. There are so many errors in the Spanish.
I am a Spanish teacher. Why could not Marge and Bill Poore have hired me or someone else who knows good Spanish to edit these titles? It's not a job they can do on their own, no matter how many trips they make to their friends' houses in Mexico. They know nothing about where to put an accent, noun/adjective agreement, or prepositions. There are even spelling mistakes. This is very annoying. I want to cook with this book--not feel like I have to grade it.
Book Review: Varied recipes unfortunately some of the ingredients may not be readily available
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed skimming through this book and the recipes do look tasty. Unfortunately some of the recipes, in fact a good portion of them, called for ingredients that may not be readily available in my small town. I sent the book back because of this.
I'm going back to my well worn Mexican Family Favorites Cook Book (Cookbooks and Restaurant Guides) cookbook as it may not be as authentic, who knows; but at least I can find the ingredients.
Recommend if you live in an area that offers the needed ingredients.
Book Review: Fantastic book
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book for my son and his new wife.She is recently graduated with a Spanish major and loves anything that has mexican/spanish culture attached to it. This book more than filled the void for them since they love mexican food but didnt have much experience in cooking it. The book is unbelievably full of 1,000 great recipes.I have never seen such a nicely put together book of mexican recipes that are not off the wall meals. This is a julia childs style book with a mexican flavor for all.I recommend this book to all and to my husband who needs to buy it for me.Book Review: More American than Mexican
Summary: 2 Stars
Not much different in this collection of recipes from our major American cookbooks. It seems very much like American recipes labelled as Mexican ones.
This cookbooks does not do a satisfactory job in the description and use of traditional Mexican flavors, chiles, chocolate, cinnamon, or of traditional native foods, such as avocadoes, pumpkins, turkeys, tropical fruits.
Book Review: All You Ever Needed to Know about Mexican Cooking!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book amazed me! Recipes for everything Mexican that I had ever heard of, and many that I had not heard of at all! Just reading it puts me in the mood to start cooking. If you love Mexican.. you'll want this book!1,000 Mexican Recipes