(MEXICAN COOKERY.) María Antonia Martínez. Early manuscript cookbook titled "Libro de
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(MEXICAN COOKERY.) María Antonia Martínez. Early manuscript cookbook titled "Libro de Cosina." [2], 225, [15] pages. Small 8vo, modern ¼ morocco; water damage to bottom edge, stabilized with tasteful conservation but affecting the legibility of a line or two on many pages. No place, 1827 This manuscript was written four years before the first printed Mexican cookbook. The recipes are arranged under the headings of guisados, dulces finos (starting on page 83), arina (183), and nevados (221). Many of the recipes are distinctively Mexican, such as nogada (page 7), mole verde (page 19), "estofado megicano" (34), mole poblano (37), chilhuacle (39), Oaxaceño stew with veal (44), Poblana quince jam (92), and mamey (153). The recipe for alfajores cubiertos (iced almond cookies) on pages 146-147 includes an illustration.
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