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Travel / Food / Latin American & Caribbean Studies

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Eat Smart in Mexico How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Second Edition Joan Peterson Illustrated by S. V. Medaris Veer off the tourist-beaten path to find authentic cuisine and rich new experiences in Mexico Eat Smart in Mexico is a celebration of Mexican cuisine and one of nine titles in the authoritative Eat Smart series. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on delectable regional dishes. Spanish phrases are included to make your culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive guides to Spanish terms with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, and cooking styles, to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. For the adventuresome traveler, this is a richly annotated resource that will help you understand and appreciate Mexican culture through authentic local cuisine. • This second edition includes an updated resource chapter and an index with a Spanish translation for each English entry. • Another title in this series, Eat Smart in Peru, won the 2006 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Culinary Travel Guidebook in the World (all languages). Joan Peterson is an experienced world traveler and the author of the Eat Smart guides to the food of Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Sicily, and Turkey. Each book has been designed for travelers and food lovers like her who want to navigate menu and market with confidence. Distributed for Ginkgo Press For more information regarding publicity and reviews contact Chris Caldwell, our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu Of related interest Eat Smart in Sicily How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson and Marcella Croce Eat Smart in Brazil, 2nd edition How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson Eat Smart in India Joan Peterson and Indu Menon How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson and Indu Menon Eat Smart in Indonesia How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson Eat Smart in Morocco How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson Eat Smart in Peru How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson and Brook Soltvedt Eat Smart in Poland How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson Eat Smart in Turkey How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure Joan Peterson

June 2008 LC: 2007908348 TX 160 pp.   5 1/2 x 8 1/2 8-page color insert; b/w illus., maps ISBN-13: 978-0-9776801-0-8 Paper $13.95 t   Accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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