Mexico: The Cookbook (2014)

This is the reference shelf in one doorstop: around 600 recipes over more than 700 pages, gathered by Mexican chef Margarita Carrillo Arronte from every region of the country. Most recipes are short, which makes it great for looking up a dish you ate once and want to make again, and less great as a hand-holding course. Use it alongside a teaching book like Kennedy or Bayless, and check your local Mexican market before you start, because it does not water down the ingredient lists.