As Always or Well Filled Tortilla Cookbook

As Always: Recipes and Remembrances from Norma's

Author: N Murray

For years, restaurateur Norma Murray has been encouraged to publish a cookbook to include her famous and most sought-after recipes. As Always includes Norma's favorites, like Chicken Salad, Seafood Gumbo, and Bread Pudding. Her cookbook reflects what patrons are so attracted to in her cafes...delicious made-from-scratch, gourmet food, unique ambience, and her gentle charm.

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Well-Filled Tortilla Cookbook

Author: Victoria Wis

Like a blank canvas but much tastier, the ubiquitous corn or flour tortilla is the perfect vehicle for every sort of food. And taco-making-the art of filling tortillas with dozens of zesty and unexpected concoctions-turns the ordinary into the irrepressible.

Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman, both life-long tortilla aficionados, fill them with Fiesta Ground Beef, Chicken Mole, Spicy Shrimp Salad, Green Olive Cilantro Salsa Ancho Chili Sauce, Pear Lime Salsa, and much more.

Here are over 200 recipes for well-filled tortillas. Tacos from around the world-Portuguese-style Grilled Fish Taco, Oriental Stir-Fry Beef Taco, Thai-Style Shrimp Taco, add variety to the spice of such Cal-Mex favorites as Basic Beef Fajita Taco, Black Bean Taco, Chorizo Taco, Snapper Vera Cruz Taco, and Taco de Carnitas. Dessert tacos and tostada sundaes bring the most festive food into the most festive course.

Whether store-bought or home-pressed (the recipes are here, for corn and flour), a stack of tortillas means delicious, down-home, fun food for any occasion-to eat with your fingers in messy splendor. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's The Good Cook Club. 250,000 copies in print.

Table of Contents:

Why We Dote on Well-Filled Tortillas

The Larder

Equipment

TORTILLAS

Tortillas: Little Cakes Become Edible Platters

Preparing Tortillas for Filling

Tortilla Tips

Corn Tortillas

Flour Tortillas

Hominy Tortillas

Tortilla Chips

SALSAS AND TOPPINGS

Starting at the Top

Salsas

Toppings

THE FILLINGS

The Heart of the Matter

Beef

Pork

Lamb and Goat

Chicken

Turkey

Duck

Fish

Shellfish

Potatoes, Beans, and Vegetables

Eggs

Quesadillas

Tostadas

SIDE SALADS

Cool Downs

TORTILLA DESSERTS

Dessert Tacos and Tostada Sundaes

Party Menus

Index