What do you think?
Rate this book
World Food Mexico
All travellers know that experiencing the local cuisine is one of the major highlights of any trip, and everyone brings home with them tales of what they ate and drank, where and with whom. Finally, here is a series to cover the whole cuisine experience.The World Food series is a list of definitive culinary guides to major world destinations. With tantalising photography throughout and written in an entertaining, opinionated and contemporary style, each guide is intended to be the benchmark for a country's cuisine. Illustrated with the work of specialist food & travel photographers, the books have a dynamic design style which contributes to the overall tone of fun and enthusiasm. They are intended to be a bible for travelling and non-travelling food lovers around the world.
These pocket-sized guides include everything to do with eating and drinking in each country -- the history and evolution of the cuisine, its staples and specialities, and the kitchen philosophy of the people. We open the doors on home cooking and traditions, showing how food and drink have become integral to personal and national celebrations, and discover the myriad of regional cuisines that exist in even the most familiar countries.
The World Food guides also include comprehensive cuisine dictionaries. These two-way guides will be the best available resource for anyone interested in having a key reference to the local food, drink and cooking terms on their shelves, and will prove invaluable to travellers as they try to read menus, buy food, speak the right words and gain an insider's knowledge of where and what to eat and drink.
-- glossy specialist photography and full colour throughout
-- essentialguide to markets and local produce
-- explores variations of regional cuisine
-- covers cuisines for all occasions, including festivals and home cooking
-- simple and authentic recipes with notes on origin, occasion, preparation and culture
-- quick reference glossary
-- comprehensive dictionary, with foreign script included
-- useful phrases for every food and drink occasion
-- maps throughout to show marketplaces, key eating locations, regional produce
-- practical advice on keeping fit and healthy
These pocket-sized guides include everything to do with eating and drinking in each country -- the history and evolution of the cuisine, its staples and specialities, and the kitchen philosophy of the people. We open the doors on home cooking and traditions, showing how food and drink have become integral to personal and national celebrations, and discover the myriad of regional cuisines that exist in even the most familiar countries.
The World Food guides also include comprehensive cuisine dictionaries. These two-way guides will be the best available resource for anyone interested in having a key reference to the local food, drink and cooking terms on their shelves, and will prove invaluable to travellers as they try to read menus, buy food, speak the right words and gain an insider's knowledge of where and what to eat and drink.
-- glossy specialist photography and full colour throughout
-- essentialguide to markets and local produce
-- explores variations of regional cuisine
-- covers cuisines for all occasions, including festivals and home cooking
-- simple and authentic recipes with notes on origin, occasion, preparation and culture
-- quick reference glossary
-- comprehensive dictionary, with foreign script included
-- useful phrases for every food and drink occasion
-- maps throughout to show marketplaces, key eating locations, regional produce
-- practical advice on keeping fit and healthy
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
1 person is currently reading
18 people want to read
About the author
Lonely Planet
3,676 books886 followersOUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
July 29, 2024
Overall an okay read that looks at a lot of different areas of Mexican cuisine and history, but there are times the book isn't really accurate, including claiming that Mexico is in South America, and incorrectly writing some Spanish terms (which I verified with my Mexican mother-in-law when they seemed very odd)
November 7, 2020
If you have the time to read this book before you travel it will increase your enjoyment of the country considerably. Quite a little compendium. Worthy of Lonely Planet.
September 5, 2015
There are a whole series of these pocket guides and I can't imagine why anyone would visit a foreign country without been armed with the relevant copy.
They all follow the same layout : culture, staples, drinks, home cooking etc.
Filled with photos, useful translations and anecdotes from Lonely Planet travellers, oh, and usually a handful of recipes.
I have seven of them, all of which I have read from cover to cover. Regrettably my days of foreign travel are over, although I have been to some of the countries prior to knowing about the series. My local library withdrew the copies I bought and own, although for some reason they did not replace them with newer copies.
They all follow the same layout : culture, staples, drinks, home cooking etc.
Filled with photos, useful translations and anecdotes from Lonely Planet travellers, oh, and usually a handful of recipes.
I have seven of them, all of which I have read from cover to cover. Regrettably my days of foreign travel are over, although I have been to some of the countries prior to knowing about the series. My local library withdrew the copies I bought and own, although for some reason they did not replace them with newer copies.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews