Masa

ON MASA is the first definitive guide to making authentic, high-quality masa from scratch and cooking with it in your home kitchen. Brimming with history, replicable techniques, and reflections from masa authorities, including third-generation tortillerxs and acclaimed chefs, ON MASA reveals the beauty and longstanding traditions behind this elemental staple.In addition to teaching how to make masa from dried corn kernel to fully realized dish, this book also shows you how to use masa in 50 base recipes for tortillas, pozole, arepas, and more, empowering cooks of any level to think creatively and adapt recipes confidently for their own use. In addition, 10 well-known chefs offer inventive recipes - such as tamal gnocchi, masa waffles, and shrimp and masa grits - to inspire new ways of relating to this timeless, dynamic food.Like sourdough before it, craft masa is on the brink of a global culinary movement. Here is the definitive authority: The first ever and the only book you''ll ever need on masa.

Auteur

Jorge Gaviria is the founder of Masienda, a resource and supplier of high-quality masa and masa products. Jorge trained at top restaurants, including Maialino and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, before founding his company in 2014. He has been recognized by top international press outlets for his work and was awarded Forbes "30 Under 30" for food and wine in 2017. He lives in Los Angeles.

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A James Beard Award Nominee, 2023 IACP Award Finalist, National Bestseller, and Best Cookbook of 2022 from Los Angeles Times, Food and Wine, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, and Saveur.

MASA is your guide to making authentic, high-quality masa from scratch and cooking with it in your home kitchen.

It's time to learn the way to a perfect taco, and it all starts with the masa. Like sourdough before it, craft masa is on the brink of a global culinary movement. Jorge Gaviria's company, Masienda, has become a proxy message board at the center of the swelling masa conversation and with this cookbook he completes the story of how to create this special building block from scratch.

Brimming with history, replicable techniques, and reflections from masa authorities, including third-generation tortillerxs and acclaimed chefs, MASA reveals the beauty and longstanding traditions behind this elemental staple. In addition to teaching how to make masa from dried corn kernel to fully realized dish, this book also shows cooks how to use masa in 50 base recipes for tortillas, pozole, tamales, and more, empowering chefs of any level to think creatively and adapt recipes confidently for their own use.

In addition, ten well-known chefs offer inventive recipes-such as tamal gnocchi, masa waffles, and shrimp and masa grits-to inspire new ways of relating to this timeless, dynamic food.

TORTILLAS ARE EVERYWHERE: For years now, tortillas, the most common masa application, have outpaced the consumption of hamburger buns in the United States, and their companion condiment, salsa, has outsold ketchup as the nation's leading condiment.

ENDLESS DINNER INSPIRATION: This book features a wide range of recipes from the traditional basics—Tortillas, Pupusas, and Arepas—to the inventive, like Blue Masa Sourdough Bread, Tamal Gnocchi, and Shrimp and Masa Grits.

THE MASTER ON MASA: Jorge Gaviria is the founder of Masienda, a resource and supplier of high-quality masa and masa products. Jorge Gaviria wrote MASA after successfully working through tens of thousands of inquiries from home cooks on everything from the best equipment to ideal cooking temperatures to how to prevent a tortilla from falling apart during reheating.

Résumé
A National Bestseller and Best Cookbook of 2022 from Los Angeles Times, Food and Wine, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, and Saveur. ON MASA is the first definitive guide to making authentic, high-quality masa from scratch and cooking with it in your home kitchen. Brimming with history, replicable techniques, and reflections from masa authorities, including third-generation tortillerxs and acclaimed chefs, ON MASA reveals the beauty and longstanding traditions behind this elemental staple. In addition to teaching how to make masa from dried corn kernel to fully realized dish, this book also shows you how to use masa in 50 base recipes for tortillas, pozole, arepas, and more, empowering cooks of any level to think creatively and adapt recipes confidently for their own use. In addition, 10 well-known chefs offer inventive recipes - such as tamal gnocchi, masa waffles, and shrimp and masa grits - to inspire new ways of relating to this timeless, dynamic food. Like sourdough before it, craft masa is on the brink of a global culinary movement. Here is the definitive authority: The first ever and the only book you'll ever need on masa.