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Patricia Quintana (1946–2018)

Autore di Taste of Mexico

21 opere 249 membri 2 recensioni

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Patricia Quintana Fernandez was born in Mexico City, Mexico on October 28, 1946. In the 1970s, she attended L'École Lenôtre in Paris. Her first cookbook, La Cocina Es un Juego (The Kitchen Is a Game), was published in 1979. She went on to write more than 28 books on Mexican food including The mostra altro Taste of Mexico and Mexico's Feasts of Life. She also wrote a long-running column for Vogue México. She led culinary tours of Mexico, established a cooking school in Mexico City, started a food business called Gavilla, and ran a restaurant called Izote in Mexico City from 2001 until 2013. She died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on November 26, 2018 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Fernandez, Patricia Quintana
Data di nascita
1946-10-28
Data di morte
2018-11-26
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
Mexico
Luogo di nascita
Mexico City, Mexico
Luogo di morte
Mexico City, Mexico
Attività lavorative
Chef
Cookbook writer
Fiction writer
Breve biografia
Patricia Quintana is an acclaimed chef, teacher, and author who started Mexico City’s first culinary institute, penned over ten cookbooks, and continues to run the immensely popular Mexico City restaurant Izote, named for the orchid-like flower of the yucca plant. She has traveled the world as an ambassador of Mexican cuisine, been the executive chef for the Mexican Ministry of Tourism.

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author's full name: Quintana Fernández, Patricia
 
Segnalato
extramsg | Sep 23, 2022 |
Although this is an older book it is by no means outdated. It is large with many nice colored photographs with an interesting mix of old B&W family photographs as well.

The ingredients are few to many (and might be difficult to find), the recipes are broken down into preparation stages and for the most part are easy to follow.

What I really liked about this cookbook, in comparison to the "Jerusalem Cookbook", is the fact that there are many, many more recipes per chapter. What I didn't like is there are more than 1 recipe per page and it was difficult for me to see where one ended & the other began.

Contents include:
Making of a Mexican Feast, methods & materials: Spices for dry roasting; preparation of chilies, salsas, & sauces; types of chilies; herbs; & Mexican cream.

Introduction, the four generations: a not-so-brief history of her family and their cookery.

Entering the world, The Christening Feast: Cake bread; Meringue filled pastry shells, Yemitas (little egg yolks); Coconut Charles cookies; Lime crepes; Tamales; Chicken w/ almond mole; Chile Poblano soup; and many more

Celebrations of Childhood, Christmas & All Kings Day: Buñelos; Quesadillas (w/ 7 different fillings); Roast crown of pork; Steamed turkey in Adobo sauce; Oaxacan meatballs in chile tomato sauce; & Almond pumpkin seed candy.

Circling w/ family, Weddings & Birthdays; Almond wedding cake; Stuffed c ornish hens in orange sauce; Lime soup; White cheviche; Squash blossom soup; 8 different salsas; Tournedeau w/ morels in a chile-cream sauce; & Cold pickled veal rump.

The Ordering of life, Breakfast, portable feasts, Independence; Chilaquiles w/ chicken, sausage, & cheese; Sieved black beans w/ chilie & epazote; Chorizo sausage, pitic style; Royal mountain turnovers; Meat & vegetable stew w/ chiles, saffron, & chorizo; and Rice & chile casserole.

The Altar of Sorrows, foods (Lent): Seafood soup w/ chiles & tomatoes; Shrimp pie; Capriotada (Bread pudding); Lenten turnovers (sweet egg yolk filling); 5 different preserves; Corn soup w/ chiles chipotles; and Red snapper w/ parsley.

Re-entering the world, Day of the Dead: Candied fruit bread; Flan; Pork & chicken tamales; Corn tamales; Chicken & vegetables w/ yellow mole; Pork w/ green mole (one of 6 different moles); Black beans w/ pork; Spiced lentil stew w/ plantains & pineapple; and Candied pumpkin.

Wonderful, now I need someone who is willing to prepare these foods for me!
… (altro)
 
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Auntie-Nanuuq | Jan 18, 2016 |

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Statistiche

Opere
21
Utenti
249
Popolarità
#91,698
Voto
½ 4.5
Recensioni
2
ISBN
26
Lingue
1

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