Recetario (various)
- Year
- 1940-1968
- Era
- 20th century
- Origin
- Mexico · Americas
- Language
- Spanish
- Category
- Latin America
Across nearly three decades, Josefina Velázquez de León produced an extensive series of recetarios documenting Mexican cookery on a regional basis, with separate volumes devoted to the cuisines of individual states alongside more general compilations. The regional titles are particularly prized, as they represent one of the earliest systematic efforts to record state-by-state culinary traditions in Spanish, shaping modern understanding of Mexican gastronomy and informing later scholarship.
Cooking from this book
Chiles en Nogada
Signature dishA celebrated emblem of Mexican regional cookery, this Pueblan classic features roasted poblano peppers stuffed with a spiced meat and fruit picadillo, blanketed in a creamy walnut sauce and scattered with pomegranate seeds and parsley to echo the national flag. Josefina Velazquez de Leon championed such regional treasures throughout her prolific career, and her state by state recetarios helped enshrine dishes like this one as cornerstones of Mexico's culinary identity.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
