New Cooking from Old Mexico by James Peyton

New Cooking from Old Mexico by James Peyton

In Jim Peyton's New Cooking from Old Mexico, his third cookbook, James Peyton explores the history of Mexican cooking. A former restaurateur and a scholar, Peyton has spent years traveling in Mexico and in libraries researching Mexican cuisine. New Cooking from Old Mexico introduces a contemporary and richly varied style of cooking. It includes a history of Mexican cooking, tracing its development over the last five hundred years from Mayan and Aztec to later Arab and Spanish influences. Most recipes represent the finest in contemporary Mexican cooking. Richly illustrated color food shots and black-and-white illustrations.

Jim Peyton has written four well-regarded books on Mexican cooking, history, and culture that cover every aspect of Mexican cooking. He also authored the chapters on Mexican food and drink for the Lonely Planet guidebooks to Mexico, Baja California, and Mexico's Pacific Coast. For two years in a row, Jim's recipes were featured in Houghton Mifflin's The Best American Recipes.