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From the Kitchens of Pancho Villa
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ISBN:
0-7414-7952-4
©2012
Price:
$22.95
Book Size:
8.5" x 11"
, 254 pages
Category/Subject:
COOKING / General
Learn the handed-down secrets of 17 cooks from Colonia Pancho Villa, Mexico as they share their secrets for amazingly good, incredibly easy, and remarkably inexpensive recipes.
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Abstract:
FROM THE KITCHENS OF PANCHO VILLA is a cookbook detailing simple Mexican meals as presented by 17 residents of Colonia Pancho Villa, a poor area of Mazatlán, Mexico. Many recipes have been handed-down with minor changes as ingredients evolve. Some recipes were born of necessity to provide superior flavor at minimum cost.
Today's economic climate requires that cooks begin to learn the secrets of how these people have fed their families on a minimal budget for generations. The recipes are simple, inexpensive and often only 15-30 minutes to prepare. The techniques are described in detail for cooks and non-cooks alike.
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Customer Reviews
Outstanding
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01/14/2013
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Reviewer:
Ray V.
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With “From the Kitchens of Pancho Villa,” Karina Ann Betlem has created a totally unique, very entertaining book that is described as a cookbook, but is so much more.
The author is American-born but has lived in Mexico with her family for the past three years in a place called Colonia Francisco Villa, commonly known as Pancho Villa. After sampling the incredibly tasty meals of the area, she had the interesting idea to approach seventeen residents (all outstanding cooks) of Pancho Villa and pick their brains for authentic Mexican recipes that have been handed down for generations. Each section begins with an entertaining biography of the cook, followed by several of their best recipes. The recipes are set forth in easy-to-understand language that even a not very talented cook like the writer of this review can understand. You can almost taste the great flavor of the beef/chicken/seafood dishes and mouth-watering desserts as you read over the recipes. Best of all, the ingredients are inexpensive but nutritious items that can be easily found in any supermarket, including those in America.
Some of my favorite recipes are special shrimp in garlic sauce, beef with coke (with the ingredients including potatoes, olives, chiles, black pepper, carrots, and Coca-Cola!), and a dessert called Mango Snow.
In addition to the recipes, the author’s positive personality, friendship with the locals, and love for the area and its food shine through. And there are even many pictures of the smiling cooks in their kitchens, as well as some of the town, that give this book its own special flavor.
An outstanding effort. I recommend it most highly.
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Wow!
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04/07/2013
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Reviewer:
Cooking Diva
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I have just about every cookbook imaginable and so of course, I needed to buy this one. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. When I got the book, the cover was beautiful, so I started flipping through it. I didn't get very far and decided I needed to start at the beginning. I read it all afternoon, forgetting I needed to prepare dinner for my family. I had read a recipe earlier called Chicken with Slices of Mushrooms and since I had all those ingredients (actually not many ingredients at all) I decided to test it out. Karina said it was easy, fast and delicious.......so I wanted to give it a try to see if that was really true. Well, it WAS! My family devoured the chicken and I have earmarked it to make again soon.
Most cookbooks are about just the recipes, but From the Kitchens of Pancho Villa is also about the people. I felt as if I was getting to know these cooks that she obviously cares very deeply for. Their individual stories are inspiring and many times humorous. I will no longer use my pressure cooker without thinking of the lid embedded in the ceiling!
As I said before, I had no idea what I was getting myself into, well, I will tell you. I keep this book in my kitchen and I will not be happy until I have made every recipe in it! I am going to give this cookbook to everyone on my birthday list this year, and if they don't already have it on their own, my Christmas list too. Thank you Karina for one of the best cookbooks in my collection - I will use it well.
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