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Mexico: The Cookbook is the definitive bible of home-cooking from Mexico. With a culinary history dating back 9,000 years, Mexican food draws influences from Aztec and Mayan Indians and is renowned for its use of fresh aromatic ingredients, colorful presentations and bold food combinations.

The book features more than 700…

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1 author picked Mexico as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I have always wanted to go to Mexico, and this cookbook takes me there!

This is not a travel book as such, yet it’s sheer size and the amount of recipes it contains means that Mexico feels somehow within reach. This is a bible of Mexican food and a book you will keep coming back to whenever Mexico calls, as I do.

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