Description |
1 online resource (viii, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Series |
California studies in food and culture |
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California studies in food and culture ; 9
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Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Curse of Tea and Potatoes: The Life and Recipes of Encarnación Pinedo -- In Encarnación's Kitchen -- EL COCINERO ESPAÑOL: THE SPANISH COOK -- A Note on the Text -- Dedication -- Introduction: The Art of Cooking -- RECETAS: RECIPES -- SOPAS, PAN, HUEVOS: Soups, Breads, Eggs -- PESCADO: Fish -- AVES: Poultry -- CARNE: Meat -- VERDURAS Y MAÍZ: Vegetable and Corn Dishes -- RELLENOS: Stuffings -- SALSAS: Sauces -- DULCES: Desserts and Sweets -- Ingredients and Procedures -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M |
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N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
Summary |
In 1991 Ruth Reichl, then a Los Angeles Times food writer, observed that much of the style now identified with California cuisine, and with nouvelle cuisine du Mexique, was practiced by Encarnación Pinedo a century earlier. A landmark of American cuisine first published in 1898 as El cocinero español (The Spanish Cook), Encarnación's Kitchen is the first cookbook written by a Hispanic in the United States, as well as the first recording of Californio food-Mexican cuisine prepared by the Spanish-speaking peoples born in California. Pinedo's cookbook offers a fascinating look into the kitchens o |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Cooking, Mexican.
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Cooking, American -- California style.
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COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- Mexican.
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COOKING -- History.
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Cooking, American -- California style
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Cooking, Mexican
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Genre/Form |
cookbooks.
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Cookbooks
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Cookbooks.
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Cookbooks
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Livres de cuisine.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Strehl, Dan
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ISBN |
9780520939332 |
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0520939336 |
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1417522844 |
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9781417522842 |
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