Last week a very lucky group of bloggers and journalists were invited to take part of a Mexican workshop with Thomasina Miers at Wahaca Westfield Stratford, one of six branches in London. Thomasina is a cook, food writer, and the winner of MasterChef 2005. Tommi, as she likes to be called, has written four books and has contributed for many high profile British newspapers and magazines. She has also co-presented two C4 cooking series and her latest show, Mexican Food Made Simple, was on air last summer throughout July and August in the UK.
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| left: Thomasina working her magic |
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| Our finished dishes left: Guacamole, right: Cucumber and Beet salad, sea bass, ceviche and guacamole recipes in the new book |
We tried our hands at three recipes ceviche, classic guacamole and my new favourite salad cucumber, chilli, beetroot and ricotta salad. We prepared the dishes in pairs, I was paired with a rather nice food & fashion blogger Clare from Humbugs and Handbags . All recipes came with a very pleasing and descriptive intro. Tommi’s enthused the room with her energy and knowledge about all things Mexican. We were also given a copy of her new book Wahaca Mexican food at home, a collection of 130 recipes based on cantinas, street food, markets and parties collected by Tommi’s over the last 5 years.
This colourful book has just over 250 pages full of pictures and it contains breakfast, robust lunches and dinners to glorious cocktails ideas. The book has easy to follow steps to make a wonderful Mexican inspired meals at home. When I opened the book for the first time I wanted to try all recipes! The book starts with breakfast, one meal of the day that I think is overlooked but majority of us. So far, I have tried one recipe from this book at home, the banana pecan and chocolate bread. It is heaven! Instructions are very clear and ingredients can be easily found in your cupboard. What a treat!
The book is divided in a lovely intro, Mexican store cupboard must-haves, a charter about Mexican chillies, market food, cantina, fiestas (parties) and very useful chapter: suppliers. Majority of the recipes will need one or more Mexican ingredients that can be found either at local supermarkets or/and some specialised shops.
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| Banana, Pecan and Chocolate bread |
Thanks to Tommi, Wahaca and Propellernet for a very educational and delicious evening.
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Oooh, that bread looks sumptious, must try making it myself!
Was great to see you again Rosana, didn't have much time to chat mind – must put that to rights sometime.
Enjoyed reading your account of a wonderful evening. xx
Oooh, that bread looks sumptious, must try making it myself!
Was great to see you again Rosana, didn't have much time to chat mind – must put that to rights sometime.
Enjoyed reading your account of a wonderful evening. xx
Hi Nic, thanks and I hope to see you soon for a proper catch up x
THe bread is superb, I made it a while back, it was gone in 2 days