Introduces Mexican-style cooking, and shares recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, salsas, fish, poultry, meat, beans, rice, tortillas, eggs, breads, a desserts.

Presents recipes inspired by Mexican cuisine and themed around fifteen distinctive flavor bases, in a volume complemented by Latin culinary tips and recommendations for applying sauces to everyday meals.

A year's worth of simple, sumptuous recipes that are hassle free--minimizing cooking and clean-up; maximizing variety and appeal. Everything from hearty beef borscht to spicy Thai chicken noodles.

Mexico's rich and diverse culinary traditions include countless complex and vibrant dishes. In these pages, you will find recipes that capture the best of the cuisine, from mole poblano, a long-simmered blend of chiles, seeds, and spices, to bright-flavored ceviche dressed with fresh citrus juice. A chapter on desserts also tempts, whether you crave chocolate cake with chile-infused whipped cream or coffee and KahlÚa flan. Williams-Sonoma Collection Mexican offers more than 40 recipes, including well-loved classics and many other timeless dishes. For a casual dinner, fill warm corn tortillas with tender morsels of carnitas or chunks of fresh fish lightly fried to a crisp golden brown. Or, plan a summer supper of watercress salad tossed with orange, jicama, and avocado; creamy corn and poblano chile soup; and delicate sea bass topped with salsa verde. Versatile and delicious, Mexican food is always irresistible. Full-color photographs of each dish help you decide which one to prepare, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or technique, making Mexican more than just a superb collection of recipes. Including all the basics and an extensive glossary, this essential volume will help you create and enjoy many delicious Mexican meals.

Fast and easy recipes for the wok that include dishes from around the world--in the same great format as the previous books in the series that has sold nearly two million copies. Stir-frying in a wok is a quick, efficient, and tasty way to cook vegetables, meat, and fish. Little oil is needed, so woking is an extremely healthy way to cook. Ring binder.

The ninth book in the remarkably successful series includes 365 recipes--one for every day of the year--for hamburger and other ground meats. An economical and nutritious way to feed a family, using ground meat makes good sense, and with this book, cooks will never tun out of creative, delicious ways to prepare it.

A compilation of recipes taken from Petersen's blog, http://www.365daysofcrockpot.blogspot.com.