The world of Latin American cuisine is made available to food enthusiasts with this cookbook that includes old favorites and little-known specialities, such as brownies and tortillas, caipirinha brandy cocktail, and farofa (toasted meal). Familiar ingredients are put to surprising uses while unfamiliar ingredients are introduced and explained. The recipes are accompanied by stunning photographs of both the individual ingredients and the prepared dishes. Incluye recetas populares y especialidades menos conocidas como brownies y tortillas, un coctel de caipirinha y farofa. Ingredientes familiares son usados de maneras sorprendentes mientras ingredientes nuevos son introducidos y explicados. Las recetas vienen acompan adas de fotografi as de las recetas y los platos terminados.