The Well-Filled Tortilla Cookbook - Softcover

Hoffman, Susanna; Wise, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0894803646 ISBN 13: 9780894803642

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 1990

Synopsis

Like a blank canvas but much tastier, the ubiquitous corn or flour tortilla is the perfect vehicle for every sort of food. And taco-making-the art of filling tortillas with dozens of zesty and unexpected concoctions-turns the ordinary into the irrepressible.

Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman, both life-long tortilla aficionados, fill them with Fiesta Ground Beef, Chicken Mole, Spicy Shrimp Salad, Green Olive Cilantro Salsa Ancho Chili Sauce, Pear Lime Salsa, and much more.

Here are over 200 recipes for well-filled tortillas. Tacos from around the world-Portuguese-style Grilled Fish Taco, Oriental Stir-Fry Beef Taco, Thai-Style Shrimp Taco, add variety to the spice of such Cal-Mex favorites as Basic Beef Fajita Taco, Black Bean Taco, Chorizo Taco, Snapper Vera Cruz Taco, and Taco de Carnitas. Dessert tacos and tostada sundaes bring the most festive food into the most festive course.

Whether store-bought or home-pressed (the recipes are here, for corn and flour), a stack of tortillas means delicious, down-home, fun food for any occasion-to eat with your fingers in messy splendor. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's The Good Cook Club. 250,000 copies in print.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

TOPPINGS AND STUFFINGS

SALSAS

Fiesta Salsa

South American Jalapeno-Parsley Salsa

Orange-Onion Salsa

Salsa Verde

TOPPINGS

Well-Grilled Guacamole

Pan-Grilled Chili Strips

Deviled Peanuts and Coconut

FILLINGS

Carne Asada Genghis Kahn

Pork and Corn Meatballs

Zesty Ground Lamb

Thai-Style Shrimp

Scallops with Sauce Belize

Black Beans with Mangoes and Fried Lemons

FINALES

Sweet Banana Tacos

La Bamba Flautas

Coffee Ice Cream Tostada Sundae

Plus how to make your own corn tortillas, flour tortillas, and hominy tortillas. Includes side salads, menus, and tortilla party etiquette. Quesadillas, Burritos, Chimichangas, and the Big Enchilada. Tortilla passion from around the world.

About the Author:

Susanna Hoffman was a co-owner, sous chef, and maître d’ of Chez Panisse, where she met Victoria Wise. She is the author, most recently, of The Olive and the Caper, and lives in Telluride, Colorado.

Victoria Wise was the first chef at Chez Panisse and went on to become chef/owner of Berkeley’s Pig-by-the-Tail and co-owner with Susanna Hoffman of Oakland’s Good & Plenty Café. Her most recent Workman book was The Smith & Hawken Gardeners’ Community Cookbook. She lives in Oakland, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0894803646
• ISBN 13: 9780894803642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304