The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook: 125 Recipes for All Kinds of Make-Your-Own Tortillas--and for Burritos, Enchiladas, Tacos, and More

Like the recipes and the pictures. Problem comes from the size of the print. I am 65 near sighted and wear bifocals and still have difficulty reading the print. Guess I will need my magnifying glass to use the book. The recipes look like they will be good.

Harvard Common Press and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

The cookbook starts out with the cornerstone of many Mexican recipes: the tortilla. The author talks readers through the history, as well as how to make different types of tortillas. With recommendations on quality presses to make your own tortillas quick and easy, the author takes the guesswork out of shopping for the appliance.

I like the fact that there is a prominent section devoted to Foundations: Fillings, Sauces, and Salsas. This makes it easy to prepare items ahead of time, instead of having to search through the main recipe for the instructions. The author gives page numbers to recipes that use the particular item, giving readers different options.

The one recipe that I am most excited to try is the Beer Battered Fried Fish (p. 78), as I have been searching for a good recipe to make the great fish tacos. The Tacos (and more) section has recipes like Crispy Tacos, with options for fillings listed with page number references. A great collection of easy recipes can be found in the Snacks and Starters, with recipes for delectable treats such as Loaded Nachos, Flautas (Taquitos), and Chalupas. Rounding out the cookbook are: Main Frames: Enchiladas, Fajitas, and Taco Salads; Sop it up: Soups and Stews; and The Flatbread Chameleon and Tortilla Desserts. With inspirational ways of using tortillas from starters to desserts, readers will find many recipes to try and to use their creativity.

With great accompanying photos and lighthearted quips throughout the pages, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook will give readers inspiration to try something new. This cookbook does an excellent job of teaching the basics, with great homemade foundations to some of the best food that Mexico has to offer. I highly recommend The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook to other readers.

The title says it all, the ultimate guide to make your tortillas! Flour tortillas? covered. Corn tortillas? covered. New and interesting combinations? yep. Recipes where I can use my freshly made tortillas? yum, yes!. This is a practical book that teaches you everything you wish to know. From tortilla press options to meal recipes.

The first part covers the history of tortillas. It is explained in a fun and interesting way that reminded me of a Good Eats episode (I loved that show). Then it introduces the tortilla press and the new and old alternatives for achieving flat tortillas. It explains how to make them and provides recipes for traditional corn and flour tortillas as well as variations that can be made from the basic recipes. Once all the tortilla know-how is covered, it presents tortilla friendly recipes: from salsas, snacks and main meals, to soups and desserts. Not all recipes include tortillas in it, sometimes they are recipes that go really well accompanied by tortillas. Expect to find traditional recipes like burritos, nachos, enchiladas, sopes, gorditas, fajitas, etc.

Is it the real thing?

Pretty much, yes!. It even includes the recipe for homemade nixtamal, so you can't get more authentic than that. Corn and Flour tortilla recipes are extremely simple with few ingredients, period. Even a recipe on how to prepare a glass of water will taste different in different places depending on your water source. So, it will taste as authentic as your ingredients are. One thing is for sure, home made will always taste better than anything you pull out from a plastic bag that has been sitting on a shelf for weeks. In my case, I'm a Mexican living in Europe middle of nowhere and this book is awesome for me an probably for all of those who live too far away and need to make their own tortillas with globally available ingredients.

This book is suitable for tortilla lovers who want fresh home-made tortillas because they can't get tortillas anywhere else, because they want better flavor than the ones from store, or because they want to experiment with new flavor-infused tortilla variations. Perfect gift if you want to hint someone to make tortillas for you, hahaha!, even better if you include a press and the ingredients. I requested an eArc from Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press via NetGalley.

Met expectations

Exactly what I expected

This was a Christmas present for my grandson. He loved all the ideas and recipes.