Mamacita: Recipes Celebrating Life as a Mexican Immigrant in America
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- Author：Andrea Pons
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Summary
In this inspiring and creative Mexican cookbook， Andrea Pons takes you on a journey through flavor， family， and her immigration story。 With 78 easy and delicious recipes from three generations of women in her family， this cookbook offers you a taste of authentic Mexican cuisine。
Mamacita began as a celebration of the authentic Mexican recipes Andrea Pons loved growing up， but it quickly became a way for her to return to her roots and reconnect with her Mexican heritage。 In her journey through food， she shares not only her experiences with cooking but also her family's immigration story。
When Pons was faced with the possibility of deportation， and she and her family struggled to navigate the US immigration system—in the country that had been their home for 16 years— she looked to these recipes for help。 To fund her family's significant legal fees， she sold self-published copies of Mamacita， and the cookbook became both a symbol of their journey and a rallying cry。
This new edition of Mamacita offers 30 more photos and 11 additional recipes， allowing you to taste even more of the love in Pons's dishes。
Foreword by James Beard Award nominee Hetty Lui McKinnon
Mamacita began as a celebration of the authentic Mexican recipes Andrea Pons loved growing up， but it quickly became a way for her to return to her roots and reconnect with her Mexican heritage。 In her journey through food， she shares not only her experiences with cooking but also her family's immigration story。
When Pons was faced with the possibility of deportation， and she and her family struggled to navigate the US immigration system—in the country that had been their home for 16 years— she looked to these recipes for help。 To fund her family's significant legal fees， she sold self-published copies of Mamacita， and the cookbook became both a symbol of their journey and a rallying cry。
This new edition of Mamacita offers 30 more photos and 11 additional recipes， allowing you to taste even more of the love in Pons's dishes。
Foreword by James Beard Award nominee Hetty Lui McKinnon
Reviews
Theediscerning
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After an introductory autobiography that I didn’t find it necessary to read （I seldom care where these dishes come from to that extent， let alone the author）， I found a very satisfying-looking Mexican-American cookbook。 While not the fattest one around， it seemed perfectly complete to me， with salads， appetisers and street food snacks， rice dishes， some most typically Mexican take-away ideas， and so on。 A picadillo is certainly not just Mexican， it seems， but looks a very tasty melange – and chi After an introductory autobiography that I didn’t find it necessary to read （I seldom care where these dishes come from to that extent， let alone the author）， I found a very satisfying-looking Mexican-American cookbook。 While not the fattest one around， it seemed perfectly complete to me， with salads， appetisers and street food snacks， rice dishes， some most typically Mexican take-away ideas， and so on。 A picadillo is certainly not just Mexican， it seems， but looks a very tasty melange – and chicken curry is certainly not typical Latin American fodder。 Except it must be， for typical Latin/American people are cooking it and passing the recipe down。Here is adobo coming out our ears， more pepper types than you might have wished for， and of course as many recipes in the national colours of red， white and green as you’d get in Italy。 Many people might have reason to object to the ‘woke’ aspects of the book talking about the status of refugees， but if they’re open to this food at least they’ll have a fine tasty time with their polemic side。 。。。more
Karen Hammond
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Although a fine cookbook with interesting achievable recipes， I enjoyed the story of the author even more。 It reads like a cross between a memoir and a recipe book。 Thank you for providing me with an advance copy of this delightful book。
Opal Edgar
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I love the tender atmosphere of this book， the melancholia associated with being an immigrant， not quite fitting in after having been so excited about moving。 The expectation vs the reality is such a shock and it is so very well talked about in the preface。 I really wanted to love that cookbook。 The recipes all sound very tasty and are steeped in love and nostalgia。。。 maybe a little too much nostalgia for me。 I found the photos had this 70s look， the choice of cold colours made it less appealing I love the tender atmosphere of this book， the melancholia associated with being an immigrant， not quite fitting in after having been so excited about moving。 The expectation vs the reality is such a shock and it is so very well talked about in the preface。 I really wanted to love that cookbook。 The recipes all sound very tasty and are steeped in love and nostalgia。。。 maybe a little too much nostalgia for me。 I found the photos had this 70s look， the choice of cold colours made it less appealing than many of the Mexican cookbooks I have seen in recent years， and while the food is totally authentic， whole， healthy and delicious sounding， I sadly didn't find the photos appealing enough to tempt me to cook them。 The visual choice seems in line with current retro trends， but it's not one I love。 I think I would have preferred to just have illustrations。 But this is really a personal preference。I highly recommend this cookbook to people looking for Mexican home-cooking recipes， whole food recipes and who have nostalgia for what their mother or grandmother used to cook。 If you like the retro aesthetic， this is for you。 。。。more
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