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Everything there is to know about avocados is here: ancient
origins, amazing health properties, restorative cosmetic uses, and
a recipe collection far beyond the tried and true. This book
features a fresh visual design aesthetic that reflects the creative
sensibility of Mexican contemporary art, graphic design,
atmospheric photography, and street style. Recipes cover everything
from guacamole in many variations, salads, unusual sides, many
permutations of avocado toast even toastless avocado sandwiches as
well as less well-known and offbeat uses. The book also explores
avocado butter and oil; detoxifying smoothies; rejuvenating
cosmetic salves and masks, and much more. Practical matters are
also addressed: an avocado overview by type; storage tips;
preserving the brilliant green flesh from browning; ripening
immature fruits; and safety tips for slicing and de-pitting.
Avocados are grown in Mediterranean climates globally and dominate
social media, hip restaurant menus, and health-based diets, but
this is the first book paying tribute to the superfruit s deep
roots as a native, Mexican heritage food.
Tacopedia is an encyclopaedic tribute to the vibrancy of Mexican
taco culture. Explore one of Mexico's most popular culinary
traditions through 100 recipes accompanied by interviews, street
and food photography, illustrations, graphics, and maps that bring
the full story behind each taco to life. Tacopedia's highly graphic
style will appeal to hip taco lovers, food truck enthusiasts, and
serious followers of Mexican cuisine, both young, and young at
heart. Features: - Foreword by internationally renowned chef Rene
Redzepi. - 100 authentic recipes adapted from the Mexican
best-seller from fillings and tortillas to salsas and sauces. -
Illustrated with 250 photographs, and accompanied by interviews,
stories, illustrations, graphics, maps, and more that bring the
vibrancy of the taco, and its homeland, to life.
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