Feniger Susan - Mexican Cooking For Dummies

by Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger with Helene Siegel

Mexican Cooking For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 99-65875

ISBN: 0-7645-5169-8

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"Mom was never as amusing as Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken... the two banter and bicker as they cook Latin American food and dispense cooking tips... " Forbes

"They exhibit a patience, a palpable love for their work." Los Angeles Times Magazine

"Milliken and Feniger... [are] friendly, familiar, and unabashedly enthusiastic about all sorts of food." Los Angeles Times Magazine

"... Their philosophy is avante garde: They want to bridge the gap between their formal French training and the worlds ethnic cuisines with their bold flavors and rustic textures... multiculturalism at its best. As superb teachers, hip personae, and (in their own words) serious sensory junkies, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger are doing much more... " Camille Paglia, The Advocate

"So-Cals most innovative Mexican cuisine... " Esquire

Feniger and Millikens knowledge of and reverence for Mexican food runs as deep and rich as its flavors... They are (among) its pre-eminent American translators." New York Newsday

"The fiesta-bright Border Grill is a stylishly funky, pleasantly raucous place, serving wildly authentic Mexican and Central American food." Travel and Leisure

"This is lighthearted yet gutsy cooking. The kitchen revels in bold flavors and exotic ingredients." Los Angeles Times Magazine

"Ciudads menu is a fantasy, a giddy, Bacardi-fueled Latin American journey..." Los Angeles Magazine

"... an exciting world on the plate... Feniger and Milliken are true visionaries and Ciudad shows us the rich diversity of Los Angeles at the turn of the twentieth century." Gourmet

"The Too Hot Tamales have done it again. At Ciudad, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have renewed their passports as intrepid intercultural trendsetters with a wildly inventive menu that showcases the tastes of Central and South America... " "The Top Ten" new restaurants, Los Angeles Magazine

"... And if there ever was a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans of the kitchen range, its the Too Hot Tamales, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger... With influences from Havana to Rio and Buenos Aires, and across the Atlantic to Lisbon and Barcelona, Ciudad pays tribute to the bold flavors of the Latin world... From Ecaudorian salmon tartare and quinoa fritters to plantain gnocchi and grilled Argentine gaucho steak, these Too Hot Tamales deliver." Flaunt

"... For a parade of Pan-American dishes in a sleek, humming setting, head for Ciudad... the latest venture of the Too Hot Tamales team of Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The ingredients, not to mention the exotic house cocktails, may be unfamiliar, but plunge in the mixed Spanish antipasto plates... and youll never look back." The New York Times

Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger may be two gringas from the Midwest, but they fell deeply in love with Mexican food when first introduced to it more than 20 years ago. The two chefs became friends in the late 70s while working in the otherwise all-male kitchen of a prestigious French restaurant in Chicago called Le Perroquet. After honing their skills in fine restaurants in France and America, they opened their first restaurant, the highly celebrated City Cafe, in Los Angeles in 1981. These days, they divide their time between their three restaurants, Border Grills in Santa Monica and Las Vegas, and the upscale Ciudad in downtown Los Angeles. They also have authored four previous cookbooks, host the popular Television Food Network series, Too Hot Tamales, and are heard regularly on Southern California radio.

Helene Siegel is the co-author with Mary Sue and Susan of City Cuisine, Mesa Mexicana, and Cooking with the Too Hot Tamales. She also is the author of The Ethnic Kitchen series and 32 single-subject cookbooks in the best-selling Totally Cookbook series. Her articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Times Syndicate, Fine Cooking, and on the Web at cuisinenet.com.

Mary Sue and Susan value your feedback and would love to hear from you! Visit their Web site at www.bordergrill.com.