Gift it to the vegetarian in your life, or make something unexpected that will impress your friends at the next big dinner party! I usually hate recipe preambles, but the author's tales of living in Mexico make you want to pack up your vegetarian suitcase and go. For Miers – who won MasterChef in 2005 and is the brains behind the hugely successful Wahaca chain of Mexican restaurants (where 50 per cent of the menus are now vegetarian) – says: “I love that ancient Mexican food and the modern way we’re all kind of starting to eat, feel very in synergy together. Pound a quarter of the chilli to a paste in a pestle with the garlic and several pinches of salt, the cumin and the sugar.

This time I used chopped roasted hazelnuts and added them at the end rather than blending them with the chillies - I preferred them this way.

Mexican is my favourite cuisine and this book is simple to follow and delicious healthy meals created. Cook on one side for 20-30 seconds, until the tortilla starts to look cooked, with lovely browned spots of toasting. Yotam Ottolenghi Meat-Free Mexican proves that you don't need meat to make bold, tasty and exciting Mexican food, from the comfort of your own home. An ambassador for the Soil Association, she was awarded an OBE in 2019 for her services to the food industry. Paletas, which are essentially Mexican lollies made from the many tropical fruits native to the country, are an exceptionally pleasing way to slake one’s thirst in such a hot climate,” says Thomasina Miers.

I was a bit daunted at first reading through the ingredient recommendation chapter at the beginning as I couldn't find all the different chillis etc, but Thomasina makes substitution recommendations and actually these work great. Thomasina Miers captures the dazzling biodiversity of plant life that exists within Mexican cooking: herbs, zucchini blossoms, chillis, wild mushrooms, and so much more come alive in these vibrant recipes.To download and read this eBook on a PC or Mac you need Adobe Digital Editions (This is a free app specially developed for eBooks.