The Great Salsa Book
by Mark Miller
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Author: Mark MillerBrand: Ten Speed Press
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-05-01
ISBN: 0898155177
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Book Reviews of The Great Salsa Book
Book Review: Some wonderful salsa recipes!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have loved this book for a decade. The two that I keep coming back to are Avocado-Serrano (page 38) and Tejas Sunflower Seed (page 116), each of which is worth the price of the book many times over for me. I have won prizes in salsa-making competitions with both! I have also tried a number of other recipes from this book with success, though I will admit there are many recipes in the book I haven't tried. On many occasions I've used some recipe in this book as a template to make something with slightly different ingredients, rather than trying to create from scratch, and I've usually had great results.
I will agree with some other reviewers that this is not a book containing 100 variations of the standard pico de gallo that you would find at a Mexican restaurant, but instead casts the net wide for "salsas" you might eat with chips, meat, fish, poultry, etc. To me that is a benefit, not a downside. I also have tried a couple of recipes from the book where the result didn't excite me, so you might want to try a recipe before you plan to serve it for an important dinner party. Another caveat is that (as other reviewers have pointed out) the physical format of the book can make it hard to leave the book open to follow a recipe; I use one of those plastic cookbook protectors that is weighted on both ends with marbles and that has worked well for me with this and other books.
The reason I give the book 5 stars is that I tend to review based on the best I get out of the product, not on how it might have been improved; the high points of this book (the 2 recipes above, the overall breadth of recipes, and the creativity I have managed to get from using and elaborating on these recipes) make me give it 5 stars. I wish I had more cookbooks that I consulted as much as this one!
Summary of The Great Salsa Book
This sparkling full-color cookbook features 100 widely varied recipes-tomato and tomatillo, chile, tropical, fruit, corn, bean, garden, ocean, exotic, and nut, seed, and herb. Includes hints on handling volatile peppers, suggested accompaniments, and, of course, a heat scale.Herbs, Spices & Condiments Books
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