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The "Mexican" food you're familiar with in upstate NY (Binghamton saying hello) is almost certainly TexMex, which is a distinct cuisine. Don't get me wrong, I love the stuff and have since I first lived in Texas nearly 40 years ago. But TexMex is a distinct cuisine, one highly influenced by northern Mexican cuisine, but built on ingredients and methods and etc. found in the southern US.

Just like with France and Italy, say, Mexico has many distinct and varied regional cuisines. If you're interested, Diana Kennedy is a good place to start your research.

Diana Kennedy's Essential Cuisines of Mexico based on her 50+ years living and traveling across the whole country.

I rarely buy cookbooks, too. Still tempted by Dessert Person (loved my library time) but another libraryloved book I bought hasn't made it off the shelf since it arrived.

(But it arrived at the beginning of the covid darkness and I was grieving the death of my dad. That book was salvation to me)

I was in exactly your shoes at one time. I came back from my first trip to Mexico in love with Mexican food, which I'd never had before, and wanted to reproduce it at home. But this was in the early 70s in New Orleans, which had little or no Mexican or Mexican-American population at the time. Almost immediately I realized that what I already knew about cooking -- ingredients, techniques, etc. -- was not going to get me what I needed to produce the flavors I'd enjoyed in Mexico.

Then I came upon Diana Kennedy's book, "The Cuisines of Mexico" and not only were my eyes opened, but I had realistic hopes of creating at least some authentic dishes at home.

I believe the only way you can get a copy of this now is from a library, so do try to see if your local library has it. Don't worry if you can't get all the ingredients and stuff she mentions, just READ the book. It will ground you in how and why the textures and flavors of various dishes are achieved and also give you some background into the different regions of Mexico.

The book was re-issued as "The Essential Cuisines of Mexico", which is a compilation of three of her books, including the original Cuisines of Mexico. I'm including the Amazon listing for it here because of the "look inside" feature, which will give you an idea of the contents.

Because of your obvious desire to learn and to make real Mexican food for yourself, I urge you to start by getting your hands on this book. Seriously, it will get you going like nothing else will.

The Essential Cuisines of Mexico by Diana Kennedy. Compiled after 50 years of travelling throughout Mexico.

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art is coffee table art book meets cookbook.

I want to give you my new Kosher Recipe Book for Purim & More. You can download it for free on Amazon Kindle today until February 6th

I’ve been living in Israel for over three years and I know very well how people love good food in the promised land. Especially when it comes to holidays. Purim is one of the best-loved holidays for all Jews. Kids love these days especially, because they always get lots of sweets.

Purim is not only Hamantaschen and Challah. My book includes 10 easy and delicious dairy free baking recipes. And I hope you will enjoy these traditional Jewish recipes just like my family. I will be so thankful if you leave an honest review 😊

Purim Sameach!

Get now this little book of Jewish feasts ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/Kosher-Recipe-Book-Purim-More-ebook/dp/B0848VDJS3

I have a Separdi cookbook I bought from Amazon (in kindle format) I can lend you. It has a recipe for chulent. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PDMTPI/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title?tag=tuninginwithw-20

I recently picked up this brilliant book: Gluten free vegan world eats

and the other one in the series is great too. Some good tips in there.

Gluten free pasta is pretty cheap now, you can get rice noodles too. Vegan gluten free bread can be tricky, in the UK there's a few I've found but they are a bit expensive so I buy corn crackers and potato waffles and stuff like that a lot and have them instead of bread.

edit: ugh messed the links up, don't know why I keep doing that, hold on.

edit: fixed links.

I have added a link to the amazon listing for the book I got the recipe out of here.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Food-Safari-Maeve-OMeara/dp/B004D38HW8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486548596&sr=8-1&keywords=food+safari