Presilla, a marketing consultant for a Latin American chocolate producer, explains the history, science and production of what many consider the world's most delectable snack. Guiding readers into the Latin American tropics for an extended look...
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Maricel E. Presilla, Author Henry Holt & Company $19.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3801-9
As in her Life Around the Lake (coauthored with Gloria Soto), Presilla again examines a little-known culture by means of its textile arts. This time her subject is the Cuna Indians, who inhabit the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama, and the...
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Maricel E. Presilla. Norton, $45 (864p) ISBN 978-0-393-05069-1
Presilla, who runs a restaurant in Hoboken, N.J., and holds a doctorate in medieval Spanish history, offers this bible of Latin American food. Well researched, organized, and impressive, this book covers dishes from Mexico, Argentina, and the...
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Maricel E. Presilla, photos by Romulo Yanse, illus. by Julio Figueroa. Ten Speed/Jones, $35 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-57892-2
A James Beard Best Chef, Presilla (Gran Cocina Latina, The New Taste of Chocolate) presents a botanical compendium and culinary history of peppers. A specialist in Latin American and Spanish foods, Presilla describes the spread of peppers, “the...
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Maricel E. Presilla, Author, Women Of Lake Patzcuaro, Illustrator, Women Embroiderers of Lake Patzcuaro, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3800-2
In a plaintive text that will likely prove ponderous for the average picture book reader, the authors tell the bittersweet story of the Tarascan Indians living along the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in west-central Mexico. Poor drainage and lack of...
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