The best cookbooks on Mexican cuisine - home and street food

I present to you a handpicked list of the best cookbooks on Mexican food, written by some of the best chefs and food writers specialising in Mexican cuisine.

This collection covers everything from awesome Mexican street food to comforting home-style dishes, traditional old-world recipes to Mexico's regional specialities, tacos - tortas (Mexican sandwiches) - and hearty tamales to refreshing margaritas - paletas - and aguas frescas.

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Covers vast culinary landscape of the Latin world, from Mexico to Argentina and the Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean - Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Has more than 500 recipes for the full range of dishes, from foundational adobos and sofritos to empanadas and tamales to ceviches and moles to sancocho and desserts such as flan and tres leches cake. The recipes have good substitutions for ingredients that you may have difficulty procuring outside of their native regions. A first, good, informational, authentic, comprehensive collection of recipes from this region.

Click here to view user reviews of Gran Cocina Latina

The dishes in this book fit perfectly into the everyday family cooking schedule, are great to revitalize your daily repertoire, and use a handful of ingredients, most of which are already in your pantry. Many are homey specialties that Pati learned from her mother and grandmother, some are creative spins on classics, while others are not well known outside of Mexico. Pati also shares exciting dishes for the holidays and special occasions. Good cookbook with Pati's lively, fresh, level headed approach.

Click here to view the user reviews of Pati's Mexican Table

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Siéntate a comer, esta muy bueno! {Sit down and eat, it s very good!} Muy Bueno's flavorful Mexican recipes have been contributed by 3 generations of women - a grandmother, mother, and 2 daughters. Muy Bueno offers over 100 recipes which include traditional old-world northern Mexican recipes, comforting south of the border home-style dishes, and innovative Latin fusion recipes. Every recipe has a little story in the beginning that tells you how it is important to their family culture/tradition. Great cookbook with beautiful, colorful photographs.

Click here to view the user reviews of Muy Bueno - Three Generations of Authentic Mexican Flavor

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Paletas is an engaging and delicious guide to Mexico’s traditional - and some not-so-traditional - frozen treats. This sweet little cookbook showcases awesome recipes for paletas - those flavor-packed ice pops made from an enormous variety of fruits, nuts, flowers, and even spices; plus shaved ice (raspados) and aguas frescas - the delightful Mexican drinks featuring whole fruit and exotic ingredients like tamarind and hibiscus flowers. Paletas is an inviting, refreshing guide guaranteed to help you beat the heat.

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The color and flavor of Mexican street life comes alive in this generous collection of recipes for tacos, tlayudas, cocteles, bebidas, dulces, and much more. From the tacos and masa-based treats of the central highlands to the cocteles and ceviches of the coast, each region has its specialties, and each dish conveys both deeply satisfying taste and a delicious feeling of place. Hugo shares the stories behind the dishes and provides recipes and instructions to make them accessible to cooks everywhere.

Click here to view the user reviews of Hugo Ortega's Street Food of Mexico

A cookbook that brings Mexican food within easy reach, Mexican Everyday is written with the time sensitivities of modern life in mind. It is a collection of 90 full-flavored recipes - like Green Chile Chicken Tacos, Shrimp Ceviche Salad, Chipotle Steak with Black Beans - that meet three criteria for everyday food: 1) most need less than 30 minutes' involvement; 2) they have the fresh, clean taste of simple, authentic preparations; and 3) they are nutritionally balanced, full-featured meals - no elaborate side dishes required.

Click here to view the user reviews of Rick Bayless's Mexican Everyday

Chef Roberto Santibañez shows you how to recreate the thrilling, authentic flavors of the taquerias of Mexico in your own home. In addition to tacos, the book also explores the equally exciting Mexican sandwiches called tortas and hearty tamales, as well as salsas, condiments, fresh juices, and even desserts and refreshing margaritas. With this cookbook on your kitchen shelf, dinner will never be dull again.

Click here to view the user reviews of Tacos, Tortas, and Tamales

This cookbook explores the indigenous ingredients that make Mexican food come alive, as well as the techniques handed down through the centuries for the right way to handle those ingredients. It takes you on a tour of the primary ingredients of the cuisine, from achiote and avocado leaves to hoja santa, huauzontle, and the sour tunas called xoconostles. Step-by-step photographs and Diana’s instructions lead you through the proper techniques for making moles, tamales, tortillas, and much more.

Click here to view the user reviews of From My Mexican Kitchen

Add delightful Mexican fare to your daily repertoire

Go ahead, make use of this collection. Learn from the best, and master the Mexican cuisine to the delight of your friends, family, and your kids.

This collection also makes for a great birthday, holiday, christmas, or mothers day gift.

Wish you awesome cooking, lots of fun, smiles, and compliments! Happy Cooking!

And this was a special post since today is 5th May. Happy Cinco de Mayo!