Vitamina T: Your Daily Dose of Tacos, Tortas, Tamales, and More Mexican Street Food Classics - Hardcover

by Jorge Gaviria (Author), Fermín Núñez (Author), Allegra Ben-Amotz (With)

Get your daily dose of vitamin T--the unofficial Mexican food group that celebrates tacos, tortas, tamales, and more--with over 100 delicious recipes that add a fun twist to these classic street foods.

Tacos, tostadas, tamales, and other vitamin T favorites represent the culinary experience of street foods across Mexican foodways. In Vitamina T, celebrated chef Fermín Núñez and masa-purveyor-to-the-stars Jorge Gaviria take us on a journey through the sizzling streets of Mexico to show us how we can capture some of the magic of this cuisine in our home kitchens. Explore the beautiful sights and bold flavors of a late-night taqueria, a charcoal-burning clay comal teeming with hoja-santa-wrapped tetelas, and all of the tamales at all of the times. Vitamina T features over 100 mouthwatering Mexican staples as well as contemporary twists:

• Tacos: Al Pastor, Barbacoa, and Carnitas Tacos
• Tamales: Bean and Cheese, Duck Confit Tamales (with a delicious Mole Negro)
• Tostadas: Tinga, Beet-Avocado, and Red Snapper Ceviche Tostadas
• Tortas: Butternut Squash in Chile Colorado, Brisket "de la Barda," and Cubana Tortas
• Todo Lo Demás: Sopes, Gorditas, Flautas, Chilaquiles, and more

These dishes are emblematic of what makes Mexico a culinary cornerstone, and Vitamina T translates them into approachable recipes for home cooks. Through traditional techniques, practices developed by Fermín and Jorge, and recipes for any occasion, this book has everything you need to bring an all-day Mexico City street food crawl into your own home.

Author Biography

Jorge Gaviria is the James Beard Award-winning founder of Masienda and the bestselling author of MASA: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple. Prior to founding Masienda, he was an educator, pig herder, and line cook. He has trained at Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group and Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

A native of Torreón, México, Fermín Núñez is the chef and co-owner of the award-winning Suerte, Este and Bar Toti restaurants in Austin, Texas. Nuñez has been named among Food & Wine's Best New Chefs and Eater Austin's Chef of the Year. He has been featured on the Food Network, Netflix's Taco Chronicles, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly.