Before You Begin Cooking

Before You Begin Cooking
Cooking any dish, plain or fancy, is easier and more fun if you are familiar with the ingredients. Mexican cooking makes use of some ingredients that you may not know. Sometimes special cookware is used, too, although the recipes in this book can easily be prepared with ordinary utensils and pans.

Before You Begin Cooking
Before you start cooking, read The Careful Cook and carefully study the following dictionary of special ingredients and terms. Next, read through the recipe you want to try from beginning to end. Then you will be ready to shop for ingredients and to organize the cookware you will need. Once you have assembled everything, you can begin to cook.

Category: Cooking The Mexican Way