Cocina Criolla (Creole Cuisine)
Cocina Criolla, the ultimate guide to Puerto Rican cooking, is a Spanish-only cookbook by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli. This 68th printing classic offers hundreds of delicious recipes and tips for inexperienced cooks. With a perfect fit for today's need for practical culinary literature and detailed recipes, Cocina Criolla is an indispensable book in any home. The English edition, Puerto Rican Cookery, is also available from Pelican with more than 167,000 copies in print.
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The foremost authority on Puerto Rican cooking is a silver haired, stylish, and warmly hospitable woman named Carmen Aboy Valldejuli. Her books are considered today to be the definitive books on island cooking.
Written entirely in Spanish, Cocina Criolla is the standard reference work on traditional Puerto Rican cooking. It is in its 68th printing and has special appeal to those who enjoy the island's cuisine. In addition to offering hundreds of delicious recipes, Cocina Criolla includes advice for the inexperienced cook. This advice ranges from suggestions about the most efficient way to read a recipe to recommendations on what kitchen equipment every cook should have.
Cocina Criolla cannot be compared to the general run of cookbooks. It differs greatly from them in many points. But due to its perfect fit with the current need for practical and useful culinary literature, as well as the detailed and characteristic nature of its recipes, it is truly one of a kind. Cocina Criolla will solve many domestic problems and therefore, is destined to be an indispensable book in the home.
The English edition of this book, Puerto Rican Cookery, is in its 36th printing with more than 167,000 copies in print and is also available from Pelican.
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Brand: Pelican
Publisher Date: 03/31/1983
Author: Carmen Valldejuli
Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.50
UPC: 9780882894294
Pages: 488