Food & Recipes

Cooking with Claudia: Mexican Classics

Discover the flavours of Mexican home cooking, one family recipe at a time.

Cooking with Claudia: Mexican Classics celebrates the warmth, colour and distinctive flavours of traditional Mexican home cooking.

More than a collection of recipes, the book brings together family, tradition and the dishes that return to the table generation after generation. Drawing upon family recipes with roots in , alongside favourites learned from friends and other regional traditions, the collection offers a personal introduction to the food Claudia grew up knowing and enjoying.

A Taste of Mexico

The book brings together 10 classic recipes connected with different regions and traditions of Mexican cooking

Red Pozole —Jalisco: A rich and comforting dish traditionally made for sharing.
Carnitas — Michoacán: Golden pork traditionally served with warm tortillas and accompaniments.
Cochinita Pibil — Yucatán: Pork marinated with achiote, orange, spices and vinegar.
Carne al Pastor — Mexico City: A familiar combination of chilli, spices, pineapple, onion and coriander.
Frijoles Charros: A hearty Mexican favourite combining beans with savoury meats.

The collection also includes , alongside refreshing homemade and comforting .

Family, Place & Tradition

The recipes introduce ingredients and flavours fundamental to Mexican cooking, including .

Together, the dishes reflect culinary traditions associated with , demonstrating the variety that exists within Mexican cuisine.

Some are dishes for everyday family meals. Others belong naturally to celebrations, weekends and gatherings around the table.

What connects them is a personal relationship with food: recipes remembered, inherited, shared, learned and prepared again.

For Claudia, Mexican cooking is not simply about recreating a dish. It is about preserving the flavours, memories and traditions associated with it.

Prepared with tradition. Shared with family. Made with love.

Available Editions

Original Edition — Kindle: English · Spanish.

Cooking with Claudia: Mexican Chicken

Everyday chicken, transformed through the flavours of Mexico.

Cooking with Claudia: Mexican Chicken brings together ten recipes exploring the versatility of chicken through traditional Mexican chillies, aromatic spices, moles, sauces and regional flavours.

From the warmth of and the smoky character of to , the collection demonstrates how a familiar everyday ingredient can take on very different characters through Mexican cooking.

Ten Ways with Chicken

The collection brings together , each exploring a different combination of ingredients, techniques and flavours.

Tlalpeño Broth: A warming and comforting Mexican chicken soup.
Chicken Tinga: Chicken combined with the distinctive smoky character of chipotle.
Chicken Mixiote: A traditional preparation bringing together chicken, chillies and aromatic seasoning.
Poblano Chicken: A creamy dish built around the characteristic flavour of poblano chilli.
Pasilla Chicken: A rich preparation highlighting the depth of pasilla chilli.
Chipotle Chicken: A smoky and distinctive interpretation using one of Mexico's most recognisable chillies.

The collection also includes two contrasting mole preparations: and .

Chilli, Spice & Flavour

Mexican chillies provide much of the character and variety within the collection.

Poblano, pasilla, chipotle, mulato, ancho and guajillo each contribute something different—from warmth and smokiness to sweetness, depth and complexity.

Combined with spices, nuts and other ingredients, they allow chicken to move between light, comforting, smoky, creamy and richly flavoured dishes.

Many of the recipes can be accompanied by , allowing them to become part of different everyday meals and occasions.

The sauces and salsas can also provide inspiration beyond the recipes themselves, creating possibilities for experimenting with other meats and vegetables.

Mexican Cooking at Home

At the centre of is a simple idea: an everyday ingredient does not have to produce an everyday result.

Through different chillies, sauces, spices and cooking methods, the collection explores the variety that Mexican cooking can bring to something as familiar as chicken.

Part of the series, the book continues Claudia's exploration of Mexican home cooking through recipes intended to be prepared, shared and enjoyed around the table.

Familiar ingredients. Distinctive flavours. A taste of Mexico at home.

Available Editions

Original Edition — Kindle: English · Spanish.

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