Author: Earl Shorris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393049213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this stark, unsettling novel, set in a Mexican prison, present-day events resonate with the ancient history of the history and wisdom of the Maya. Shorris is the author of "Under the Fifth Sun, " a novel of Pancho Villa.
In the Yucatán
Author: Earl Shorris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393049213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this stark, unsettling novel, set in a Mexican prison, present-day events resonate with the ancient history of the history and wisdom of the Maya. Shorris is the author of "Under the Fifth Sun, " a novel of Pancho Villa.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393049213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this stark, unsettling novel, set in a Mexican prison, present-day events resonate with the ancient history of the history and wisdom of the Maya. Shorris is the author of "Under the Fifth Sun, " a novel of Pancho Villa.
The Complete Guide to Making Mead
Author: Steve Piatz
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1627882413
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Learn to make your own mead with techniques and tips from an award-winning mead-maker. Although mead may have been “discovered,” as some suggest, when one of our not-yet-upright forebears got a little sloppy with the honey and water he left sloshing about in a clay vessel, rest assured that The Complete Guide to Make Mead is a thoroughly modern and authoritative guide. Award–winning mead-maker Steve Piatz begins with a rundown of the various types of mead, along with the available honey varieties and the characteristics they impart. Readers also learn about yeasts and special ingredients, as well as the equipment needed to begin making mead successfully. Piatz shows the steps involved in making a batch of mead—stressing his no-boil process, the use of healthy yeast, and the staggered addition of yeast nutrients—and even introduces advanced techniques like clarifying, aging, blending, and recipe development. Illustrated with color photography throughout, the book encourages further discovery with the inclusion of more than two dozen of the author’s recipes for meads of all types. With information sure to appeal to stone-cold beginners and seasoned veterans alike, The Complete Guide to Making Mead is the perfect starting point for the curious and an indispensable reference for the experienced. Praise for The Complete Guide to Making Mead “In his first book, 2008 American Homebrewers Association Mead Maker of the Year Piatz beautifully tackles the science and art of mead making. . . . Recommended for experienced home brewers seeking a new challenge as well as novices who want to begin their brewing practice with mead. With honey as the basic component, this title may also appeal to readers interested in beekeeping.” —Library Journal
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1627882413
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Learn to make your own mead with techniques and tips from an award-winning mead-maker. Although mead may have been “discovered,” as some suggest, when one of our not-yet-upright forebears got a little sloppy with the honey and water he left sloshing about in a clay vessel, rest assured that The Complete Guide to Make Mead is a thoroughly modern and authoritative guide. Award–winning mead-maker Steve Piatz begins with a rundown of the various types of mead, along with the available honey varieties and the characteristics they impart. Readers also learn about yeasts and special ingredients, as well as the equipment needed to begin making mead successfully. Piatz shows the steps involved in making a batch of mead—stressing his no-boil process, the use of healthy yeast, and the staggered addition of yeast nutrients—and even introduces advanced techniques like clarifying, aging, blending, and recipe development. Illustrated with color photography throughout, the book encourages further discovery with the inclusion of more than two dozen of the author’s recipes for meads of all types. With information sure to appeal to stone-cold beginners and seasoned veterans alike, The Complete Guide to Making Mead is the perfect starting point for the curious and an indispensable reference for the experienced. Praise for The Complete Guide to Making Mead “In his first book, 2008 American Homebrewers Association Mead Maker of the Year Piatz beautifully tackles the science and art of mead making. . . . Recommended for experienced home brewers seeking a new challenge as well as novices who want to begin their brewing practice with mead. With honey as the basic component, this title may also appeal to readers interested in beekeeping.” —Library Journal
Yucatán
Author: David Sterling
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292735812
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Winner, James Beard Foundation Best Cookbook of the Year Award, 2015 James Beard Foundation Best International Cookbook Award, 2015 The Art of Eating Prize for Best Food Book of the Year, 2015 The Yucatán Peninsula is home to one of the world's great regional cuisines. With a foundation of native Maya dishes made from fresh local ingredients, it shares much of the same pantry of ingredients and many culinary practices with the rest of Mexico. Yet, due to its isolated peninsular location, it was also in a unique position to absorb the foods and flavors of such far-flung regions as Spain and Portugal, France, Holland, Lebanon and the Levant, Cuba and the Caribbean, and Africa. In recent years, gourmet magazines and celebrity chefs have popularized certain Yucatecan dishes and ingredients, such as Sopa de lima and achiote, and global gastronomes have made the pilgrimage to Yucatán to tantalize their taste buds with smoky pit barbecues, citrus-based pickles, and fiery chiles. But until now, the full depth and richness of this cuisine has remained little understood beyond Yucatán's borders. An internationally recognized authority on Yucatecan cuisine, chef David Sterling takes you on a gastronomic tour of the peninsula in this unique cookbook, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition. Presenting the food in the places where it's savored, Sterling begins in jungle towns where Mayas concoct age-old recipes with a few simple ingredients they grow themselves. He travels over a thousand miles along the broad Yucatán coast to sample a bounty of seafood; shares "the people's food"at bakeries, chicharronerías, street vendors, home restaurants, and cantinas; and highlights the cooking of the peninsula's three largest cities—Campeche, Mérida, and Valladolid—as well as a variety of pueblos noted for signature dishes. Throughout the journey, Sterling serves up over 275 authentic, thoroughly tested recipes that will appeal to both novice and professional cooks. He also discusses pantry staples and basic cooking techniques and offers substitutions for local ingredients that may be hard to find elsewhere. Profusely illustrated and spiced with lively stories of the region's people and places, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition is the long-awaited definitive work on this distinctive cuisine.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292735812
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Winner, James Beard Foundation Best Cookbook of the Year Award, 2015 James Beard Foundation Best International Cookbook Award, 2015 The Art of Eating Prize for Best Food Book of the Year, 2015 The Yucatán Peninsula is home to one of the world's great regional cuisines. With a foundation of native Maya dishes made from fresh local ingredients, it shares much of the same pantry of ingredients and many culinary practices with the rest of Mexico. Yet, due to its isolated peninsular location, it was also in a unique position to absorb the foods and flavors of such far-flung regions as Spain and Portugal, France, Holland, Lebanon and the Levant, Cuba and the Caribbean, and Africa. In recent years, gourmet magazines and celebrity chefs have popularized certain Yucatecan dishes and ingredients, such as Sopa de lima and achiote, and global gastronomes have made the pilgrimage to Yucatán to tantalize their taste buds with smoky pit barbecues, citrus-based pickles, and fiery chiles. But until now, the full depth and richness of this cuisine has remained little understood beyond Yucatán's borders. An internationally recognized authority on Yucatecan cuisine, chef David Sterling takes you on a gastronomic tour of the peninsula in this unique cookbook, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition. Presenting the food in the places where it's savored, Sterling begins in jungle towns where Mayas concoct age-old recipes with a few simple ingredients they grow themselves. He travels over a thousand miles along the broad Yucatán coast to sample a bounty of seafood; shares "the people's food"at bakeries, chicharronerías, street vendors, home restaurants, and cantinas; and highlights the cooking of the peninsula's three largest cities—Campeche, Mérida, and Valladolid—as well as a variety of pueblos noted for signature dishes. Throughout the journey, Sterling serves up over 275 authentic, thoroughly tested recipes that will appeal to both novice and professional cooks. He also discusses pantry staples and basic cooking techniques and offers substitutions for local ingredients that may be hard to find elsewhere. Profusely illustrated and spiced with lively stories of the region's people and places, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition is the long-awaited definitive work on this distinctive cuisine.
Xtabentum
Author: Rosy Hugener
Publisher: Rosy Hugener
ISBN: 1456577158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A story of two young women set in the years following the Mexican Revolution in Merida, Yucatan, one of the wealthiest cities in the world at the time. Amanda Diaz is from the "divine caste," a small group of families of European descent who dominate the politics and economy of the region. Amanda's lifelong friend, Carmen, is from the opposite end of the social spectrum, a Mayan Indian who is the daughter of one of the Diaz family servants. Against the true historical background of rebellion and assassination in the unstable country, the whipping of Carmen by a Diaz neighbor exposes the sheltered existence of the two women and drives them apart.
Publisher: Rosy Hugener
ISBN: 1456577158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A story of two young women set in the years following the Mexican Revolution in Merida, Yucatan, one of the wealthiest cities in the world at the time. Amanda Diaz is from the "divine caste," a small group of families of European descent who dominate the politics and economy of the region. Amanda's lifelong friend, Carmen, is from the opposite end of the social spectrum, a Mayan Indian who is the daughter of one of the Diaz family servants. Against the true historical background of rebellion and assassination in the unstable country, the whipping of Carmen by a Diaz neighbor exposes the sheltered existence of the two women and drives them apart.
K'Oben
Author: Amber M. O'Connor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442255269
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
K’Oben traces the Maya kitchen and its associated hardware, ingredients, and cooking styles from the earliest times for which we have archaeological evidence through today’s culinary tourism in the area. It focuses not only on what was eaten and how it was cooked, but the people involved: who grew or sourced the foods, who cooked them, who ate them. Additionally, the authors examine how Maya foodways and the people involved fit into the social system, particularly in how food is incorporated into culture, economy, and society. The authors provide a detailed literature review of hard-to-find sources including: out of print centuries old cookbooks, archaeological field notes, ethnographies and ethnohistories out of circulation and not available in English, thesis documents only available in Spanish and in university archives as well as current field research on the Maya. The more recent Maya foodways can be studied from cookbooks, ethnographies and ethnohistorical documentation. Between the two of us, we have assembled a small but representative collection of cookbooks, some self-published and rare, that were available in Merida and elsewhere in Mexico during the late 20th century. Some are quite old, and all reflect local traditional foodways. Geographically, the book concentrates on Yucatan, Tabasco and Chiapas in Mexico, but will include Pre-Classic and Classic evidence from Guatemala and El Salvador, whose foodways are influenced by Maya traditions.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442255269
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
K’Oben traces the Maya kitchen and its associated hardware, ingredients, and cooking styles from the earliest times for which we have archaeological evidence through today’s culinary tourism in the area. It focuses not only on what was eaten and how it was cooked, but the people involved: who grew or sourced the foods, who cooked them, who ate them. Additionally, the authors examine how Maya foodways and the people involved fit into the social system, particularly in how food is incorporated into culture, economy, and society. The authors provide a detailed literature review of hard-to-find sources including: out of print centuries old cookbooks, archaeological field notes, ethnographies and ethnohistories out of circulation and not available in English, thesis documents only available in Spanish and in university archives as well as current field research on the Maya. The more recent Maya foodways can be studied from cookbooks, ethnographies and ethnohistorical documentation. Between the two of us, we have assembled a small but representative collection of cookbooks, some self-published and rare, that were available in Merida and elsewhere in Mexico during the late 20th century. Some are quite old, and all reflect local traditional foodways. Geographically, the book concentrates on Yucatan, Tabasco and Chiapas in Mexico, but will include Pre-Classic and Classic evidence from Guatemala and El Salvador, whose foodways are influenced by Maya traditions.
Mayan Cuisine
Author: Daniel Hoyer
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423610243
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Brings us the authentic recipes of the Maya with Mayan Cuisine, along with his personal experiences that make the historical and cultural background of this people accessible and enjoyable.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423610243
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Brings us the authentic recipes of the Maya with Mayan Cuisine, along with his personal experiences that make the historical and cultural background of this people accessible and enjoyable.
Password
Author: Rick Strout
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479798371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
PASSWORD. Reg Reynolds was a junior associate with a small Investment and Banking firm in New York City. He was diligent in his work, too much so. Reg found out disturbing information within his firm and lost his life because of it. His newly married wife Claire, along with new friends Denise and Jimmie Mitchell do what they can to find his killers and uncover the reasons for his death. Their journey takes them to the Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan. Uncovered evidence suggests the answers lie there. Brick Mason, P.I., under contract for a 'special' group of investors follows and looks for the culprit stealing millions from his employers and perhaps a murderer. How are they connected? The ancient Mayans know...
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479798371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
PASSWORD. Reg Reynolds was a junior associate with a small Investment and Banking firm in New York City. He was diligent in his work, too much so. Reg found out disturbing information within his firm and lost his life because of it. His newly married wife Claire, along with new friends Denise and Jimmie Mitchell do what they can to find his killers and uncover the reasons for his death. Their journey takes them to the Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan. Uncovered evidence suggests the answers lie there. Brick Mason, P.I., under contract for a 'special' group of investors follows and looks for the culprit stealing millions from his employers and perhaps a murderer. How are they connected? The ancient Mayans know...
The Hidden Codex
Author: James O'Kon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136535802X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Archaeoengineer Josh Stone is challenged by the CIA to interpret ancient Maya hieroglyphics that reveal clues to the location of a book hidden by 8th century Maya scientists. The book contains the secret of a horrible weapon. Josh is competing with extreme terrorists, who are driven by lust to seize the weapon for world domination. Using digital technology to uncover clues in pursuit of the ancient artifact, Dr. Stone journeys from London and Madrid and to the rain forests of Mexico, in a journey punctuated by terrorist attacks, intervention by Maya warriors and encounters with deadly wild river whirlpools. Jim O'Kon has created an unforgettable portrait of ancient Maya and modern technology, a celebration of a remarkable achievements and a chronicle of an extraordinary adventure in time and space bringing compelling historical events to life.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136535802X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Archaeoengineer Josh Stone is challenged by the CIA to interpret ancient Maya hieroglyphics that reveal clues to the location of a book hidden by 8th century Maya scientists. The book contains the secret of a horrible weapon. Josh is competing with extreme terrorists, who are driven by lust to seize the weapon for world domination. Using digital technology to uncover clues in pursuit of the ancient artifact, Dr. Stone journeys from London and Madrid and to the rain forests of Mexico, in a journey punctuated by terrorist attacks, intervention by Maya warriors and encounters with deadly wild river whirlpools. Jim O'Kon has created an unforgettable portrait of ancient Maya and modern technology, a celebration of a remarkable achievements and a chronicle of an extraordinary adventure in time and space bringing compelling historical events to life.
The Unofficial Guide to Mexico's Best Beach Resorts
Author: Maribeth Mellin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470052236
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World "A Tourist's Best Friend!" —Chicago Sun-Times "Indispensable" —The New York Times The Top 10 Ways The Unofficial Guide to Mexico's Best Beach Resorts Can Help You Have the Perfect Trip: Premier beach resort areas on Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts described and evaluated, including Canc¿n, Cozumel, Acapulco, and Los Cabos Over 125 hotel profiles, from sprawling mega-resorts to secluded, romantic getaways More than 100 restaurant profiles, from fine dining to local cuisine In-depth descriptions and quick facts for each regional destination Maps that show how to get from your hotel to restaurants, beaches, attractions, and more Detailed information on the best sight-seeing and nightlife Expert guidance on selecting tours and packages The need-to-knows of traveling to Mexico, including booking airfare, required documents, insurance, and medical concerns Crash courses in how Mexican hotels, restaurants, and other institutions operate, including elementary Spanish words and phrases that will come in handy Insider advice on how, when, and where to travel in Mexico (and how to get around once you're there), with options for every budget or interest Get the unbiased truth on hundreds of hotels, restaurants, attractions, and more in The Unofficial Guide® to Mexico's Best Beach Resorts—the resource that helps you save money, save time, and make your trip the best it can be.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470052236
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World "A Tourist's Best Friend!" —Chicago Sun-Times "Indispensable" —The New York Times The Top 10 Ways The Unofficial Guide to Mexico's Best Beach Resorts Can Help You Have the Perfect Trip: Premier beach resort areas on Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts described and evaluated, including Canc¿n, Cozumel, Acapulco, and Los Cabos Over 125 hotel profiles, from sprawling mega-resorts to secluded, romantic getaways More than 100 restaurant profiles, from fine dining to local cuisine In-depth descriptions and quick facts for each regional destination Maps that show how to get from your hotel to restaurants, beaches, attractions, and more Detailed information on the best sight-seeing and nightlife Expert guidance on selecting tours and packages The need-to-knows of traveling to Mexico, including booking airfare, required documents, insurance, and medical concerns Crash courses in how Mexican hotels, restaurants, and other institutions operate, including elementary Spanish words and phrases that will come in handy Insider advice on how, when, and where to travel in Mexico (and how to get around once you're there), with options for every budget or interest Get the unbiased truth on hundreds of hotels, restaurants, attractions, and more in The Unofficial Guide® to Mexico's Best Beach Resorts—the resource that helps you save money, save time, and make your trip the best it can be.
Fodor's 2010 Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula
Author: Michele Joyce
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 140000845X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Discusses sightseeing, beaches, dining, and accommodations
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 140000845X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Discusses sightseeing, beaches, dining, and accommodations