9.11.2005

cookbooks: Salsa by Reed Hearon

A great little cookbook.

It avoids that most common failing of narrow-focus cookbooks, inflating the page count with too many similar recipes. The book is refreshingly slim and the salsas described are enjoyably diverse.

So far I've made a couple that turned out splendidly, including a smokey tomatillo/chipotle number that not only eclipsed my previous favorite tomatillo salsa's flavor, but was easier to make. Win x 2.

It has all the classics, a sprinkling of nice variations, a chapter on 'new' salsas culled from the experimental early days of Tex-Mex cuisine that have held up over time, a couple of super-hot salsas and a few pages of milder ones.

Like a good salsa the flavors of this book are concentrated and pungent.
Check it out.

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