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# Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America

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The 2013 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year How to cook everything Latin American. Gran Cocina Latina unifies the vast culinary landscape of the Latin world, from Mexico to Argentina and all the Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean. In one volume it gives home cooks, armchair travelers, and curious chefs the first comprehensive collection of recipes from this region. An inquisitive historian and a successful restaurateur, Maricel E. Presilla has spent more than thirty years visiting each country personally. She’s gathered more than 500 recipes for the full range of dishes, from the foundational adobos and sofritos to empanadas and tamales to ceviches and moles to sancocho and desserts such as flan and tres leches cake. Detailed equipment notes, drink and serving suggestions, and color photographs of finished dishes are also included. This is a one-of-a-kind cookbook to be savored and read as much for the writing and information as for its introduction to heretofore unrevealed recipes. Two-color; 32 pages of color photographs; 75 line drawings

Review: Incredible tour of Latin cuisine - This book is absolutely amazing. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I have other books on Mexican cuisine (Kennedy and Bayless) and a couple of Caribbean cookbook, but this book covers the varied cuisines of the Latin world with such incredible detail that it is easily my favorite on the subject. I had intitially imagined it to be like a Latin Larousse, but with its straightforward style and infectious enthusiasm for the cuisine, it is its own beast, and a beautiful one at that! While it does not offer a complete view of the cuisines of any one country (a little disappointed to not have a pipian verde recipe), I can't imagine any book coming as close to doing so as this one does. The recipes are straightforward and presented with introductions that makes them hard to resist. Ever since I received the book I've been scouring the internet for different rare ingredients(Chiles chilhuacles, chiles mirasol, chicha jora, to name a few), but the book overs good substitutions for ingredients that you may have difficulty procuring outside of their native regions (I'm looking at you, chilhuacles negros!). I've already made a Peruvian adobo from the book and just finished grinding together chiles pequin and cocoa nibs to create in incredible Mayan seasoning brick that can be grated onto dishes as needed. I'm also gathering up the ingredients to make the epic Oaxacan mole negro for Halloween (I'm absolutely fascinated by the prospect of burning a bunch of chile seeds to carbon and using them to color the sauce- noxious fumes be damned!) Who knows, by next summer I may even be planting my own selection of chiles and herbs that I can make more of these fantastic recipes. If you have any interest in authentic Latin cuisine, or are passionate about the art of cooking in any way, you need to buy this book. It will surely earn a prominent place amongst your cookbooks and on your kitchen counters.
Review: Diversity of recipes and very accurate, I’m in love with it - This is the best book I’ve seen so far!! As a native from Central America I was sad to realize that I didn’t know a lot of recipes when I moved from home. After searching for a while I came across this book, the amount of recipes is amazing. I found recipes for real traditional dishes from different countries, the book gives a lot of details and even small tips. I love how you can find different types of recipes from street food to more complex food. If you want to learn how to make real food from Latin American countries this is probably the best book you’ll find. Comes with a ton of recipes and easy to understand instructions. I’m not sure why people is complaining about the history part, this is a cooking book so I don’t expect it to be accurate in that matter.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #151,309 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #41 in Caribbean & West Indian Cooking & Wine #44 in Latin American Cooking, Food & Wine #110 in Mexican Cooking, Food & Wine |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 488 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible tour of Latin cuisine
*by C***S on September 29, 2012*

This book is absolutely amazing. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I have other books on Mexican cuisine (Kennedy and Bayless) and a couple of Caribbean cookbook, but this book covers the varied cuisines of the Latin world with such incredible detail that it is easily my favorite on the subject. I had intitially imagined it to be like a Latin Larousse, but with its straightforward style and infectious enthusiasm for the cuisine, it is its own beast, and a beautiful one at that! While it does not offer a complete view of the cuisines of any one country (a little disappointed to not have a pipian verde recipe), I can't imagine any book coming as close to doing so as this one does. The recipes are straightforward and presented with introductions that makes them hard to resist. Ever since I received the book I've been scouring the internet for different rare ingredients(Chiles chilhuacles, chiles mirasol, chicha jora, to name a few), but the book overs good substitutions for ingredients that you may have difficulty procuring outside of their native regions (I'm looking at you, chilhuacles negros!). I've already made a Peruvian adobo from the book and just finished grinding together chiles pequin and cocoa nibs to create in incredible Mayan seasoning brick that can be grated onto dishes as needed. I'm also gathering up the ingredients to make the epic Oaxacan mole negro for Halloween (I'm absolutely fascinated by the prospect of burning a bunch of chile seeds to carbon and using them to color the sauce- noxious fumes be damned!) Who knows, by next summer I may even be planting my own selection of chiles and herbs that I can make more of these fantastic recipes. If you have any interest in authentic Latin cuisine, or are passionate about the art of cooking in any way, you need to buy this book. It will surely earn a prominent place amongst your cookbooks and on your kitchen counters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Diversity of recipes and very accurate, I’m in love with it
*by R***A on April 1, 2020*

This is the best book I’ve seen so far!! As a native from Central America I was sad to realize that I didn’t know a lot of recipes when I moved from home. After searching for a while I came across this book, the amount of recipes is amazing. I found recipes for real traditional dishes from different countries, the book gives a lot of details and even small tips. I love how you can find different types of recipes from street food to more complex food. If you want to learn how to make real food from Latin American countries this is probably the best book you’ll find. Comes with a ton of recipes and easy to understand instructions. I’m not sure why people is complaining about the history part, this is a cooking book so I don’t expect it to be accurate in that matter.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Impressive Breadth and Organization
*by D***K on January 2, 2026*

I have gone though this book entirely and started with a few recipes immediately after. I impressed with the breadth and organization of the regional influences. Happy to have this cookbook and I will use it often.

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