"This is a beautiful and meticulously researched cookbook in which Marilyn Tausend reveals the diversity of Mexican food with simplicity and grace." -Alice Waters, author of The Art of Simple Food

"Marilyn Tausend's remarkable new cookbook La Cocina Mexicana takes us on an uncharted culinary journey through Mexico's unexpectedly delicious history. Even veteran chefs and proficient home cooks will come across new recipes--some unfamiliar, all exciting--brought to life in this treasure of a book. Marilyn's warm and thoughtful style translates effortlessly to all cooks." -Rick Bayless, chef and owner Frontera Grill and host of PBS's Mexico One Plate at a Time

"The kitchen is at the heart of Mexican life, the center of its many families, cultures, histories, and arts. Marilyn Tausend, with her rich experience over many decades of travel throughout Mexico, evokes this heart and life in every dish she names, from fruit gazpacho to fava bean salad to avocado ice cream. This is real food for real people. To read this book is to taste and feel the joys of Mexico in every named ingredient." -Betty Fussell, author of Raising Steaks: The Life & Times of American Beef and The Story of Corn

"La Cocina Mexicana is Marilyn Tausend's edible travelogue of years of fearless culinary adventures in Mexico. With every delicious recipe, there is a story of old kitchen friendships from some of Mexico's most talented cooks. What a joy [to read and cook from this] timely and needed book replete with personal insight, lively storytelling, solid knowledge, and good cooking." -Maricel E. Presilla, author of The New Taste of Chocolate