Cariño-- ¡esta noche te cocino yo!

Hay que conmemorar el exigente y galano gusto del pueblo zacatecano en el caldo de espinazo o la versión criolla de las crepas, en la sopa de taquitos de harina, o la gallina en huerto de Juchipila, siempre en competencia con las tortas de garbanzo de la misma población. ¿Cómo enfrentar los históricos y deslumbrantes chicharrones de "vieja", si no es con las enchiladas de nata zacatecanas, o el guajolote seco de Jerez, el relleno adobado de Sombrerete, o los pollos en su jugo?

Una forma sencilla de incorporar m�s verduras en la dieta diaria, mediante una gama f�cil y sabrosa de ensaladas basadas en cereales y legumbres, fideos, hierbas y verduras de temporada. Las recetas de Ensaladas sencillas invitan a probar nuevas ideas y sabores, y a obtener m�s proporci�n de verduras en el d�a a d�a. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Get more vegetables into your diet with these easy and tasty varieties of salads based around grains, noodles, herbs, and seasonal vegetables. Learn to enjoy zesty dressings on crisp leaves, fulfilling grains, and delicious vegetables. Ring in the...

Through these pages, we will learn about the evolution of Spanish cuisine from Iberian acorn flour cakes to Ferrán Adrià's spherical melon caviar. We will discover that the best story about the fruitful coexistence between Christian, Jewish and Muslim cuisines is owed to the prostitute Aldonza: "La lozana andaluza"; that on Columbus's second voyage to the 'West Indies' his sailors ate three manatees, believing them to be rather ugly mermaids; that Spain is the only country that can boast of having had a gourmet dog; that the first written document on potato omelette is dated in the year of...

An engrossing study of the cuisines of the three great pre-Columbian civilizations--Aztec, Maya, and Inca--looks at the unique ingredients and social and cultural factors that influenced New World cookery and assesses the impact of these foods on the history of global cuisine.