No one has done more to introduce the world to the authentic, flavorful cuisines of Mexico than Diana Kennedy. Acclaimed as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking, Kennedy has been an intrepid, indefatigable student of Mexican foodways for more than fifty years and has published several classic books on the subject, including The Cuisines of Mexico (now available in The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, a compilation of her first three books), The Art of Mexican Cooking, My Mexico, and From My Mexican Kitchen. Her uncompromising insistence on using the proper local ingredients and preparation techniques has taught generations of cooks how to prepare--and savor--the delicious, subtle, and varied tastes of Mexico.

In Oaxaca al Gusto, Kennedy takes us on an amazing journey into one of the most outstanding and colorful cuisines in the world. The state of Oaxaca is one of the most diverse in Mexico, with many different cultural and linguistic groups, often living in areas difficult to access. Each group has its own distinctive cuisine, and Diana Kennedy has spent many years traveling the length and breadth of Oaxaca to record in words and photographs "these little-known foods, both wild and cultivated, the way they were prepared, and the part they play in the daily or festive life of the communities I visited." Oaxaca al Gusto is the fruit of these labors--and the culmination of Diana Kennedy's life's work.

Organized by regions, Oaxaca al Gusto presents some three hundred recipes--most from home cooks--for traditional Oaxacan dishes. Kennedy accompanies each recipe with fascinating notes about the ingredients, cooking techniques, and the food's place in family and communal life. Lovely color photographs illustrate the food and its preparation. A special feature of the book is a chapter devoted to the three pillars of the Oaxacan regional cuisines--chocolate, corn, and chiles. Notes to the cook, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index complete the volume.

An irreplaceable record of the infinite world of Oaxacan gastronomy, Oaxaca al Gusto belongs on the shelf of everyone who treasures the world's traditional regional cuisines.

Featuring new and revised recipes, photos, and bêtes noires, this culminating book of an illustrious career presents the favorite dishes and personal stories of the world’s foremost authority on traditional Mexican cooking and one of its most-celebrated food writers Diana Kennedy is the world’s preeminent authority on authentic Mexican cooking and one of its best-known food writers. Renowned for her uncompromising insistence on using the correct local ingredients and preparation techniques, she has taught generations of cooks how to prepare traditional dishes from the villages of Mexico, and in doing so, has documented and helped preserve the country’s amazingly diverse and rich foodways. Kennedy’s own meals for guests are often Mexican, but she also indulges herself and close friends with the nostalgic foods in Nothing Fancy. This acclaimed cookbook—now expanded with new and revised recipes, additional commentary, photos, and reminiscences—reveals Kennedy’s passion for simpler, soul-satisfying food, from the favorite dishes of her British childhood (including a technique for making clotted cream that actually works) to rare recipes from Ukraine, Norway, France, and other outposts. In her inimitable style, Kennedy discusses her addictions—everything from good butter, cream, and lard to cold-smoked salmon, Seville orange marmalade, black truffle shavings, escamoles (ant eggs), and proper croissants—as well as her bêtes noires—kosher salt, nonfat dairy products, cassia “cinnamon,” botoxed turkeys, and nonstick pans and baking sprays, among them. And look out for the ire she unleashes on “cookbookese,” genetically modified foods, plastic, and unecological kitchen practices! The culminating work of an illustrious career, Nothing Fancy is an irreplaceable opportunity to spend time in the kitchen with Diana Kennedy, listening to the stories she has collected and making the food she has loved over a long lifetime of cooking.

More than twenty-five years ago, when Diana Kennedy published The Cuisines of Mexico, knowledge and appreciation of authentic Mexican cooking were in their infancy. But change was in the air. Home cooks were turning to Julia Child for an introduction to French cuisine and to Marcella Hazan for the tastes of Italy. Through Diana Kennedy they discovered a delicious and highly developed culinary tradition they barely knew existed. The Cuisines of Mexico, Mexican Regional Cooking, and The Tortilla Book became best-sellers, and Diana Kennedy was recognized as the authority on Mexican food.
Now a new generation has discovered that Mexican food is more than chimichangas, that they can find fresh hierbas de olor (pot herbs, including marjoram and Mexican bayleaf) and chilacas in their markets. The book that will become indispensable in their kitchens is The Essential Cuisines of Mexico.
Diana has combined her three classic books in one volume, refining recipes when possible, bringing them up to date without losing the spirit of their generation. Old friends will be delighted to revisit these refreshed classics and to find more than thirty new recipes from different regions of Mexico. Among these discoveries are the very popular arroz a la tumbada (rice with seafood) from Veracruz, a pico de gallo with peaches from the state of Mexico, and tasty snacks from the cantinas of Merida.
Newcomers will delight in Diana's "word pictures" -- descriptions of her travels and discoveries -- and in her off-the-cuff comments. Whether they turn to this book for the final word on tamales, recipes for tasty antojitos to serve with drinks, or superb tacos, they will find there is no better teacher of Mexican food. How enviable to attempt for the first time Calzones del Diablo (yes, the Devil's Pants), and what a pleasure to succumb to Diana's passion for Mexican food.

"From the Hardcover edition."

By universal acclaim, Diana Kennedy is the world's authority on the authentic cuisines of Mexico. For decades, she has traveled the length and breadth of the country, seeking out the home cooks, local ingredients, and traditional recipes that make Mexican cuisines some of the most varied and flavorful in the world. Kennedy has published eight classic Mexican cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning Oaxaca al Gusto. But her most personal book is My Mexico, a labor of love filled with more than three hundred recipes and stories that capture the essence of Mexican food culture as Kennedy has discovered and lived it. First published in 1998, My Mexico is now back in print with a fresh design and photographs-ready to lead a new generation of gastronomes on an unforgettable journey through the foods of this fascinating and complex country.

This cookbook serves as a collection of fundamental recipes that covers the gastronomic map of Mexico. This is a testimony to a life dedicated to the recovery, conservation, and diffusion of Mexico's culinary art. It includes a personal registry of meetings with cooks and food vendors throughout the nation. A modern classic of cookbooks published throughout the world, "Cocina esencial de Mexico" can be as an indispensable reference for understanding how to eat and cook in Mexico. Starting with the years that were dedicated to field research in the diverse corners of the Mexican republic, Diana Kennedy presents a rich catalog of techniques, ingredients, recipes, and advice to re-create in our kitchens the aromas and flavors of one of the most varied and surprising cuisines of our planet.

Diana Kennedy zeichnet Aldo Moro. Aldo Moro, geboren 1916, war ein italienischer Politiker und zwei Mal Ministerprasident Italiens. Er wurde im Marz 1978 von einem Kommando der linksextremen Terrororganisation "Brigate Rosse" entfuhrt und am 9. Mai, nach 55 Tagen Geiselhaft, ermordet. Die genauen Hintergrunde des Verbrechens sind bis heute nicht restlos geklart. "Die Tranen von Aldo Moro" ist weder ein politisch-historisches Buch, noch widmet es sich den diversen Verschworungstheorien. Das Werk zeigt die behutsame Zwiesprache zwischen der Kunstlerin und ihrer Muse. Zarte Aquarelle und Federzeichnungen im Wechsel mit Gedanken und Textfragmenten offnen einen unmittelbaren Zugang zu einer geheimnisvollen Welt. Einer Welt zwischen Inspiration, Vision und tiefer Verbundenheit. Ein Buch fur all jene, die mit dem Herzen sehen.

Konig Dachs ist beliebt und geachtet bei allen Tieren. Zusammen mit der Dachskonigin lebt er im Korkeichenwald im Suden. Eines Tages findet er am Strand einen grossen Baumstamm. Neugierig klettert er hinauf - und wird von einer grossen Welle ins Meer gerissen Es beginnt eine abenteuerliche Reise zu einem fernen Ufer wo er den Hirschkonig kennenlernt. Wird Konig Dachs je in seine Heimat zuruckkehren konnen? Eine zauberhafte Bildergeschichte fur Kinder und Kind-gebliebene im Herzen. Zum Vor- und selber lesen. Die zarten Aquarelle von Diana Kennedy erinnern an die Illustrationen der Kinderbucher aus alter Zeit.

Wahrend die meisten Orakelkarten Sets mit schonen, mystischen Bildern aufwarten, erlautert mittels ebenso erbaulichen Texten, halt das Mull-Orakel voll dagegen. Dies ist das Anleitungs- und Deutungsbuch zu den 25 Karten des Mull-Orakels. Offen, direkt, zuweilen gar pampig-frech reden die Anleitungstexte Klartext. Das Buch kommt OHNE die Karten. Bezugsquelle derselben wird im Buch angegeben.