{"product_id":"the-texas-mexican-plant-based-cookbook-adan-medrano-hardcover","title":"The Texas Mexican Plant-Based Cookbook -- Adán Medrano, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn 15,000-year-old archaeological\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nsites throughout Texas and Northeastern Mexico, records left by Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Apache, and other Indigenous communities tell stories about their\n\nfood practices, the roots of Texas Mexican cuisine. Author and chef Adán\n\nMedrano, a Coahuiltecan descendant, has made it his life's work to document\n\nthese food practices and the stories they narrate. In \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Mexican\n\nPlant-Based Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, he honors the plant-based cooking history, traditions, and knowledge that make up the comida casera (home cooking) of today's Texas\n\nMexican community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the 90 kitchen-tested\n\nrecipes includes detailed cooking instructions intended for contemporary home\n\ncooks. Headnotes for each recipe describe how the dish entered the region's\n\nculinary traditions and became integral to the culinary act of meaning-making\n\nin the community. The book provides explanations of the origins of iconic\n\ningredients like squash, cactus, mesquite, and sunflowers, as well as more\n\nrecent, post-Conquest ingredients like watermelon, rice, and cauliflower. Texas\n\nancestors ate pecans and black walnuts, along with acorns, grapes, berries, seeds, and tubers. Mesquite and cactus were central to celebrations.Home cooks of all\n\nlevels can discover and reclaim ancient ingredients and simple techniques in\n\nthis volume and come away with a deeper knowledge of the agricultural systems\n\nthat belie our current foodways.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adán Medrano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.65 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.1\" H x 8.9\" L x 1.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781682832738\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50798001914160,"sku":"9781682832738","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781682832738.jpg?v=1774378680","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-texas-mexican-plant-based-cookbook-adan-medrano-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}