Tamales

by Mark Charles Miller, Stephan Pyles

Recipes accenting vegetables, seafood, and other fillings with tastes ranging from Carribbean jerk to Thai seasonings celebrate the limitless styles of and fillings for tamales.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction, Cooking

128 pages, Hardcover

First published December 19, 1997

Reviews

[Catherine Woodman]

THe Coyote Cafe tamales are still my absolute favorite tamale recipe--probably because of the butter :-) But they are also lighter, fluffier, and I could eat them week in and week out if it weren't for the calories and the carbs :-) We have made a couple hundred to take on canoe trips and they are just amazing when eaten after a long day in the sun on the river, heated up over a steaming pot on a fire...I like the corn and jalapneo and cheese ones, all the pork options, and the chicken and chili are not bad either. I haven't had any of the beef ones but I suspect that would be good too, but I don't make them often enough and so tend to stick with pork. Yum....the only tamale cookbook you will ever need...

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boy I keep looking and looking at this one. Picked it up at a yard sale, but haven't yet tried any of the recipes. That's about to change. Each year several friends (gringitas mostly) gather over 3 days in December to make tamales. It's been quite the learning experience, but we've developed the knack with a basic pork recipe and little by little we're beginning to explore the world of tamales. So this book and at least one recipe will be on the agenda.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tamales are made in many other ways than the traditional Tex=Mex pork-masa version. This book starts off with the basic principles of tamale making and follows up with a series of non-traditional recipes. The only thing missing was recvipes for game such as venison or rabbit. The recipes are easy to follow and are accompanied by colored photographs.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dough recipes look great but the fillings seem to be more for special occasions.

[Aja Marsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a bit too out here for my likes--I guess I'm a bit more traditional when it comes to my tamales! But fun for a quick flip through.