Mi Cocina : Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico (2022)

Rick Martínez traveled through all 32 Mexican states and 156 cities for this book, and the result is organized by region, in seven sections, rather than by course. That structure is the point: you can cook your way along the Pacific coast or through the southeast and taste how the same idea shifts from place to place, from a smoky chipotle meatball sauce out of Oaxaca onward. With more than 100 recipes, it suits a cook who already has the basics and wants the map. Martínez now lives in Mazatlán, and his enthusiasm for the country carries every page.