Diana Kennedy is probably the foremost (English-speaking) authority on traditional Mexican cuisine. Maybe start with "The Art of Mexican Cooking" She's in her nineties now, but spent the better part of four decades meticulously documenting historical recipes from Mexican home cooks. Equal parts cookbook and anthropology textbook.
> authentic Mexican or Chinese or Indian cooking.
Mexican: <em>The Art of Mexican Cooking by Diana Kennedy</em>
Chinese: Any of Fuchsia Dunlop's books
These days, pretty much everything I cook is Mexican. Tonight's dinner was no exception.
The bread was made using Peter Reinhart's pain a l’Ancienne recipe, and shaped in telera form using Diana Kennedy's method from Art of Mexican Cooking.
The torta contained, top to bottom:
* bread top
* mayonnaise
* avocado
* red onion
* tomato
* mozzarella cheese (instead of queso Oaxaca)
* refried black beans
* adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles
* bread bottom