This is fun cookbook with lots of great recipes you will be dying to try if you love tacos! The premise of the book is Taco Tuesday, so the author gives us 52 different taco recipes, ensuring that if you so desired, you could make a different kind of taco every week for a year. She even offers a Weekly Plan at the back of the book with a suggested schedule to follow, and includes the page numbers where you can find each recipe.
Every recipe is detailed, well written, and includes a full color, full page picture. Many recipes also include a “Laura’s Tip” from the author, where she offers an alternative serving suggestion, or ideas for substitutions. The book is organized into logical sections: Breakfast Tacos, Vegetarian Tacos, Chicken Tacos, Beef Tacos, Pork Tacos and Tacos del Mar (seafood). And the recipes all look great. I have several I am going to try this weekend and next…
But some of the best strengths of this cookbook go beyond the Taco recipes. The author also includes recipes and instructions for guacamole and salsas, sauces, tortillas, and beverages. And all the taco recipes included are so versatile, you can easily change or add one ingredient and make it a completely different taco–so this cookbook is so much more than 52 weeks of taco recipes. The author gives you the tools to make countless variations of tacos, along with the crucial seasonings, sauces, tortillas, etc that you need to accompany them. There’s a terrific detailed table of contents at the beginning and an index–its super easy to find any recipe in this book. The only negative is the lack of nutritional information in the recipes, but that’s very minor and doesn’t detract from the value of this collection of taco recipes.
I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Rating: 5 Stars
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