It may be that it is the pandemic that has made this book such a hit at our house. We have always loved chili peppers in our kitchen and we had a goodly supply of them before we picked this book up, but needless to day, a trip to the Mexican grocery was a necessary early step in getting really in to this book. We sent our youngest to brave the COVID world, wearing a mask and having a pocketful of hand sanitizer. There were almost no shoppers, a very helpful clerk, and an odyssey of fresh and dried chilis to work with.
My spouse made the Amá spice mix, which almost made us abandon ship it was so pungent. Maybe do this outdoors if you can manage it. Then we plunged in. The Spanish rice and Borracho Beans are very easy to make and delicious. One of the early dishes was the Tumeric-Ginger Chicken Fajitas, which were both unusual and spectacularly delicious. We know we had a keeper and we did not look back. At this point we have made more than a quarter of the dishes and no end in sight.
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