Mid Century Mexican Manuscript Cookbook
Mexico: 1950.
Hardcover. Good Condition. Item #CAT000476
ISBN: NoISBN
Green coated cloth. Approximately 200 pages including many taped or laid in - evidence of much use, stains, tape marks, etc, some text faded or blurred, but generally legible and clean; dozens of different recipes on various papers tipped in, often in different hands. A few clipped recipes, but generally handwritten. Ca. mid-century with recipes seeming to fall on both sides of 1950.
A remarkably varied collection of recipes, both in appearance and gastronomically speaking to the cosmopolitan food culture of mid 20th century Mexico City. Many Mexican classics: aguacates rellenos, buñuelos, sopa de tortilla, tamal de cazuela, albondigas chipotles, salpican, lomo de cerdo adobado, sopa Oaxaqueño, pechugas de pollo azteca, but also an array of pan American and European imports: hot cakes, ropa vieja, seviche, "roast", sandwiches (many including sardine, club, Marinero, spagetti a la Italiana, mayoneso, tortilla española, ternera con paprika a la hungara, filete Stroganoff. Text is in Spanish. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Spanish Language; Inventory No: CAT000476.
Price: $500.00