By Rob & Joanne Birce

Mexican Cookbooks: A Memory in the Making!

There are many excellent souvenirs you can take home from the Mayan Riviera; hammocks, art and tequila are just a few ideas.  To truly recreate your visit to Mexico when you're far away, you need to think with your mouth. A good recipe book will bring the sights, smells and a little piece of paradise into your kitchen.

A Taste of Mexico: Enticing Tastes from a Hot and Spicy Cuisine

By Elizabeth Lmabert Ortiz:

This full colour cook book is packed with hundreds of photos and features over 70 exotic recipes filled with the flavours of Mexico. Recipes range from soups to desserts to drinks. The ingredients key and step-by-step photographic illustrations help anyone become a gourmet Mexican chef.  Both of these books are available exclusively at Alma Libre Bookstore. 

Yucatecan Cuisine of the Hacienda Teya: The cuisine of the Yucatan is a fusion of the ancient foods of the indigenous Maya and European culinary tradition. Now Chef Jorge Carlos Cardenas-Gutierrez of the elegant Hacienda Teya restaurant in Merida shares his secrets in this book. Recipes include lime soup, poc-chuc and panuchos. Also includes desserts (flan and more), sauces and relishes. This full-colour book is a great value and an excellent gift or keepsake.

While here, scan the local supermarkets for unique ingredients like hot sauces, pure vanilla, mole and Mexican chocolate. These make inexpensive gifts or they will add a taste of your vacation to your cocina!

Alma Libre Bookstore in Puerto Morelos also has hundreds of other new and used cookbooks starting as low as $35mxp each, including everything from desserts to oriental cooking. Take your taste buds for a trip around the world!Alma Libre Bookstore is located on the main town square in Puerto Morelos, just 20 minutes north of Playa del Carmen. With over 20,000 new and used English books, it’s the largest bookstore of its kind in the area. Alma Libre Bookstore is open Tuesday to Saturday 10-3 & 6-9, Sunday 4-9, closed Mondays.  For more information please visit our website at http://www.almalibrebooks.com/  Alma Libre will be closing for the season Saturday May, 28.  We will re-open with over 4,000 new books in mid-October.  Also watch for our end of season clearance sale during the month of May. 

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