This first season winner of Top Chef Masters and host of Mexico: One Plate at a Time has six James Beard awards to his credit. We had the pleasure of meeting Susana Trilling in Oaxaca when we attended a fascinating talk she gave about “PreHispanic Mexican Cuisine.”

Whether you’re a seasoned cook or just starting to explore the world of Mexican cuisine, these cookbooks are a must-have for any food lover. Born and raised in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mely Martinez started her blog “Mexico in My Kitchen,” as a way to preserve her family recipes for her teenage son. This book collects the best of her home cooking in a beautiful volume. Her recipes are simple and easy to follow. It’s great for people who want to recreate the taste of their mom’s or abuela’s dishes or those just getting started bringing the flavors of Mexico into their own homes. The dishes are familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in Mexican cuisine. The recipes were written in a clear fashion with manageable ingredient lists, making this an accessible volume for anyone.

Her show has helped many discover the joys of cooking Mexican, regional styles and the traditions involved. Fany Gerson is a celebrated pastry chef from Mexico who has spent years traveling across her homeland sampling sweets. What we appreciate the most from Pati’s Mexican Table cookbook is the simplicity of the recipes, substitutions, and cooking suggestions.

With a handful of everyday ingredients, you can add a creative spin to classic and authentic Mexican dishes.They are filled with delicious recipes, beautiful photography, and fascinating insights into Mexico’s history, culture, and traditions, making them great resources for those interested in learning more about Mexican cuisine and expanding their culinary skills. They are a perfect combination of traditional knowledge and modern interpretation. With American food, there’s usually a meat plus two sides; in Mexican food, the ingredients tend to be mixed together—which, unfortunately, can make it easy to dismiss Mexican food as low in vegetables since you don’t see a neat pile of broccoli on the side (instead, it’s usually present in the form of salsas, onion, or pico de gallo, for example). A successful author, she brings the best of her Mexican American heritage to her books filled with easy Mexican cooking and inspiring stories. Mexican Everyday offers a good balance of flavors with delicious recipes from different parts of Mexico. Seasons of My Heart is categorized into regional recipes with additional sections dedicated to essential ingredients, moles, and her original creations.

What makes her work impressive is her ability to reveal the secrets and techniques behind the bold and varied Mexican flavors. Mexican cookbooks featuring traditional and modern recipe interpretations can help you easily bring the fiery flavors to your dinner table. She is considered a leading female authority voice when it comes to sophisticated and contemporary Mexican food.

This book includes recipes for some of the best-known Mexican-bakery goodies, including conchas, garibaldis, campechanas, and pan de muerto, plus classic Mexican desserts, such as tres leches cake, rice pudding, flan imposible (a layer of chocolate cake topped with a layer of flan), and regular flan. In this book, Diana has carefully recorded food recipes from her visits to villages throughout the state.

Not only is she deeply versed in the cuisines of Mexico, she is a fun and entertaining speaker bringing her experience into her books. While exploring the local regional cuisine, this book was also a guide for us in understanding the traditional ingredients. From famous chefs to Mexican food experts, we spotlight a variety of cookbook authors. Each of them share stories and chronicles of Mexican food from their own unique perspective. Traveling slow since 2015 with her partner, Claire, she has explored the cuisine in 45 countries and more than 240+ culinary cities.The sidenotes provide additional contextual information told in an approachable and conversational style.