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Hi
I know this comment is much later than the ones posted here, but it is relevant and sorry but I'm new here.

I too am searching for an "authentic" Mexican Cookbook, but I have somewhat of a problem with the suggestion of Rick Bayless, Dianne Kennedy, or any other "chef". Although these people are very good at what they do and create some very tasty dishes, they're not "authentic". They were not born and raised in Mexico cooking mexican food from the time they were old enough to see over the top of a stove. I'm from Texas and have eaten the cooking of people I worked with that were Mexican. I'm looking for recipes that have been handed down for at least a hundred years (authentic), from great grandmother to grandmother to mother to daughter. For instance, if I wanted to cook a mexican soup of some kind, I would have to go pick some tomatoes, skin them, scald them, peel them and then make a stock to start creating my soup, or to stew my tomatoes. This is what I think of when I say "Authentic".