One of the reasons we go to a Mexican restaurant is to eat tortillas with our meal. We love tortillas and I wanted to know how to make them at home. This is the perfect book for that. Dotty starts off with telling which tortilla presses are the best and how to use them to make the perfect tortilla. Followed by corn and flour tortilla recipes. Then throughout the rest of the book you can find detailed easy to make authentic Mexican recipes with pictures that use tortillas, mixed with so many tips that I never knew were so easy to do. Best book I read in a very long time and will be used over and over again.

Harvard Common Press and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

The cookbook starts out with the cornerstone of many Mexican recipes: the tortilla. The author talks readers through the history, as well as how to make different types of tortillas. With recommendations on quality presses to make your own tortillas quick and easy, the author takes the guesswork out of shopping for the appliance.

I like the fact that there is a prominent section devoted to Foundations: Fillings, Sauces, and Salsas. This makes it easy to prepare items ahead of time, instead of having to search through the main recipe for the instructions. The author gives page numbers to recipes that use the particular item, giving readers different options.

The one recipe that I am most excited to try is the Beer Battered Fried Fish (p. 78), as I have been searching for a good recipe to make the great fish tacos. The Tacos (and more) section has recipes like Crispy Tacos, with options for fillings listed with page number references. A great collection of easy recipes can be found in the Snacks and Starters, with recipes for delectable treats such as Loaded Nachos, Flautas (Taquitos), and Chalupas. Rounding out the cookbook are: Main Frames: Enchiladas, Fajitas, and Taco Salads; Sop it up: Soups and Stews; and The Flatbread Chameleon and Tortilla Desserts. With inspirational ways of using tortillas from starters to desserts, readers will find many recipes to try and to use their creativity.

With great accompanying photos and lighthearted quips throughout the pages, The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook will give readers inspiration to try something new. This cookbook does an excellent job of teaching the basics, with great homemade foundations to some of the best food that Mexico has to offer. I highly recommend The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook to other readers.

I have a tortilla press, my mom gave me one a couple years ago and to this day I have been using it to make quesadillas, warming up frozen parathas, and occasionally warming up store bought tortillas. I had no idea how to use the press to make actual tortillas, which does kinda defeat the point of having a press.

And now, thanks to this book, I finally know! The book shows how to use a variety of flours to make the various tortillas and then is chocked full of great recipes for what to do with the tortillas after you have made them. Complete with clear instructions and pictures, this cookbook gets a perfect score in my book!

I received a free e-copy of The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook by Dotty Griffith from NetGalley for my honest review. This cookbook, with 125 recipes, is amazing. I am so happy someone has written a good cookbook on how to make tortillas with a tortilla press. My Aunt gave me a tortilla press last year and I love the idea of it but never had the details or recipes on how to utilize it. Now, at last, I am able to use the press and with great recipes it is a breeze. The book explains the history of tortillas, how to make them, and recipes for fillings, sauces, nachos, tacos, Quesadillas, Flautas, Sopes, Chimichangas and Gorditas. Great for any kitchen or a beautiful gift.

I love tacos and burritos, so when I saw this book, I couldn’t wait to find out how to make my own. The book certainly delivers with a lot of information on what tortilla press is the best one to buy; the author even names names! It includes a history of tortillas and step-by-step instructions.

The selection of tortillas is broad with varieties I never would have thought of. I looked to this book for ideas on what to fill a store-bought tortilla with, never suspecting that I would come away thinking, “I really want that press!”

Here is a small selection of the tortilla recipes: flour, corn, blue corn, gluten-free, gorditas, sopes, sweet potato pumpkin, black bean, brown rice and mixed grain.

Fillings: ground beef, beef brisket, braised pork, beef and chicken fajita, homemade chorizo, roast duck; shrimp; grilled fish, beer-battered fish, refried beans, red rice, grilled vegetables and mole.

There are sauces and dips, snacks and starters, soups to go with the tortillas and even desserts. This book is stuffed with recipes, and I highly recommend it.

All right, tortilla presses, have your moment! Here is the book that you should gift anyone who has just gotten a tortilla press or who has one and is not a complete expert in the press's care and use. Or anyone who loves Mexican food. OR, gift them a press and this book together (brass-faced hint to family and friends).

Besides being full of delicious recipes, this book serves as a guide to maximizing home use of a tortilla press. Making homemade tortillas is not too difficult without a press, but having a press makes it even quicker and easier. And it is fun. Once you get started, you feel like you can quickly press out 1000 without breaking a sweat. And homemade tortillas are cheaper, more delicious, and you have complete control over the ingredients, which is something I really value.

Starting out, we read a very short history of tortillas, an objective comparison of electric and manual presses, and some recommendations on which presses to purchase. Next are step-by-step use instructions for both types of presses for corn and flour versions, and how best to keep them warm until eaten.

Ah, now here are some recipes - 125 to be exact. Does anyone really need that many tortilla-related recipes? I say YES! (I might not be objective) Basic recipes are first, and then variations on how to make flavoured varieties. Think garlic, cumin, black bean and lime for the corn tortillas, and sweet potato, brown rice, and non-wheat flours for the flour tortillas. There is also a gluten-free flour-style tortilla recipe.

Once you have your favorite tortillas made, turn to the pages of filling recipes for fish, poultry, meats, beans, rice and veggies. Sauce recipes follow, even two mole recipes: a 'Real Deal' mole with over 20 ingredients, and an easier version for those who do not want to spend all day in the kitchen.

Following that, recipes for quesadillas, chips, taquitos, tacos, burritos, chimichangas, fajitas, soups, and my all-time favorite - Huevos Rancheros. The dessert section is inspired, and even though I was allowed to review a digital edition of this book, I need to own this cookbook in print form.

Very Highly Recommended.

I enjoyed looking at the different mexican reciepes. I would not make tortillas from scratch but it does explain step by step how to make them.