Ebook bundle!

Like a foodie fairy tail, these ebooks will take you to the wonderful world of Mexican gastronomy, celebrating the flavours, ingredients and traditions from a world-acclaimed cuisine, learn to cook with confidence authentic recipes and discover the fascinating stories behind them.

Written and photographed by Rocio Carvajal, an accomplished Mexican cook, food history writer, creator of the highly-regarded Pass the Chipotle podcast and author of several books dedicated to exploring Mexico's culture and gastronomy, through these books you will step into the intimate side of Mexico’s most beloved celebrations and feel inspired to cook a delicious cultural feast!

This bundle contains:

Mexican fiestas, Stories and recipes from Mexico’s traditional celebrations.

Fiestas means celebration, and there is no dough that around the world Mexico’s vibrant celebrations have captivated people's imagination, because of their richness, cultural significance and mouthwatering foods and drinks that mark every occasion in Mexico’s busy festive calendar.

The symbolic essence of Mexico’s celebrations is unique is the way they are a vehicle to express many aspects of our culture, from the intimate and spiritual festivities like Day of the Dead where families mourn and remember their loved ones, to the joyously shared experiences such as Christmas, Epiphany and the many patriotic celebrations.

Contents

Introduction

Mexican fiestas Viva Mexico!

Pozole soup (R)

Chiles en nogada, Mexico on a plate (R)

Day of the Dead a celebration of life

Dia de Muertos in Huaquechula, Puebla

Hojaldras, Day of the Dead bread (R)

From skull racks to sugar skulls

Amaranth skulls (R)

Chocolate skulls (R)

Navidad!, Christmas!

Mexican fruit punch (R)

Buñuelos de Navidad (R)

Traditional Mexican piñata

Bacalao a la Vizcaina, Christmas cod (R)

Cheese stuffed chipotles (R)

Beetroot Christmas salad (R)

Rompope (R)

Rosca de Reyes, epiphany wreath (R)

Dia de la Candelaria, Epiphany

Tamales canarios (R)

Pineapple atole (R)

Aniseed gorditas (R)

About the author

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Mexican street food. Stories and recipes from Mexico’s loved street dishes.

The list of food and travel shows exploring Mexico’s street food has skyrocketed in recent years. This has undoubtedly opened a window for the world to see under a new light the gastronomic landscape of Mexico’s towns and cities, which are constantly buzzing with music, people, and the delicious smells that emanate from an unimaginable and amazing range of foods, snacks, and drinks that cater every appetite, and budget anywhere, anytime!

In Mexico, street food is a democratic daily celebration of the nation’s rich and ethnically diverse cooking traditions. Humble street food stalls are not just a familiar part of the urban landscape but also places where people get together, socialise and share a meal with friends and strangers alike.

This ebook offers a closer look at the variety of Mexican foods that can be enjoyed on the go and the surprising, inspiring and often humbling cultural stories behind them, and a delicious handpicked collection of recipes to prepare soulful classics like "pastor", "Arab" and fish tacos, delicious desserts and irresistible drinks.

Contents

Introduction

The streets that keep on feeding

The flavours that came to stay

Arab tacos (R)

Pastor tacos (R)

Baja shrimp & fish tacos (R)

The first baked bread in Mexico

Cemitas (R)

Chanclas in chorizo adobo (R)

Molotes (R)

Tinga tostadas (R)

Courgette blossom quesadillas (R)

Step on the sweet side of the street

Pulque meringues (R)

Gaznate meringues (R)

Baked sweet potato and plantain (R)

Arroz con leche, heritage rice pudding (R)

Traditional refreshers

Rice horchata with strawberry (R)

Tepache (R)

Zarzaparrilla floats (R)

Lime, cucumber & chia agua fresca (R)

About the author

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Rocio Carvajal’s Mexican chocolate. Stories and recipes of Mexico’s greatest gift to the world

Cocoa has inspired the most extraordinary recipes around the world, but its remote origins date back to ancient times in the New World where it was sed both an accompaniment and as the main event in any number of meals. Following the Columbian Exchange, cocoa would go on to have one of the most unforeseen and endurable cultural impacts in the Western world.

Within only a few years it went from being the preferred drink of the indigenous elites to become the glorious centrepiece at the banquets of European monarchs. Cocoa and chocolate’s association to refinement, indulgence, and decadence still resonates today and even at its most mundane, as a supermarket chocolate bar, many of us still regard it as a blissful mouthful of joy. And it shouldn’t come as a surprise really, after all, cocoa’s introduction in Europe was marked by the sign of exoticism, luxury and pleasure, and as such, it was embraced by Spanish, French, and English courts among many others. Curiosity became a fascination and quickly turned into an obsession.

This book explores the little known origins of cocoa, its role in the imperial elites of the ancient world and the culinary metamorphosis it went through in the Colonial period. This is indeed edible history, one that manifests itself in many delicious recipes that you will find in the pages ahead of this adventure. So please come with me on a journey to discover the fascinating tale of the world’s most desired guilty pleasure.

Written and photographed by Rocio Carvajal, an accomplished Mexican cook, food history writer, creator of the highly-regarded Pass the Chipotle podcast and author of several books dedicated to exploring Mexico's culture and gastronomy, this book will inspire you to celebrate the history and explore the delicious culinary possibilities of cocoa.

Contents

Introduction

When money grew in trees

Chocolate tamales (R)

Mole (R)

Chocolate rituals in ancient Mexico

Aztec chocolate (R)

Champurrado (R)

Chocolate drinking in colonial Mexico

Chocolate fondants with passion fruit custard (R)

Hot drinking chocolate (R)

About the author

(R) Recipe

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Rocio Carvajal’s Mexican chocolate. Stories and recipes of Mexico’s greatest gift to the world

Rocio Carvajal’s Mexican street food. Stories and recipes from Mexico’s loved street dishes.

Mexican fiestas, Stories and recipes from Mexico’s traditional celebrations.

© 2019 (2nd Edition) Rocio Carvajal

Editor: Alex Drago