Authentic Mexican recipes abound Ricky Martínez's cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

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🗓️ 19 May 2022

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Just like every person has a story, every recipe has a memory. For famous chef Rick Martínez, those memories often come from his time in Mexico, where he traveled through the country's 32 states stepping into kitchens, houses, and markets learning from locals how to make true, authentic Mexican food. For Morning Edition, Martinez invited Rachel Martin into his kitchen, where they cooked Salsa de Chipotle and Chile de Árbol together as they spoke about reclaiming identity and heritage through food.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Something a little different today,
0:07.2	a cookbook from Rick Martinez. You might recognize him from those Bon Appetit videos he used to do,
0:12.8	or the videos he's doing lately for Food 52. His new book is called Mi Kucina, and it's an
0:18.7	exploration of Mexican food. And as a Mexican-American,
0:22.2	Martina says that for most of his career, he'd been cooking for American people. But a part of
0:27.7	him really, really wanted validation from Mexican people. And he gets into how it felt when it
0:33.8	actually happened, but not before walking NPR's Rachel Martin through making one of his salsa recipes.
0:39.6	It's a real fun interview. Give it a listen.
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0:46.7	Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, sources and methods.
0:53.3	NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories
0:55.5	of real people helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and
1:02.0	methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever wondered what it would
1:07.6	be like to just quit your job and move abroad? Rick Martinez did. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to just quit your job and move abroad? Rick Martinez did.
1:14.3	A few years ago, he started doing research for a regional Mexican cookbook. He flew to Mexico
1:19.9	City, bought a car, and ate his way through all 32 states in the country. He fell in love
1:25.8	with it. So we left his job in New York City, found a place
1:28.4	by the beach, and stayed. Now, Rick hosts a couple of cooking shows and has published that
1:33.7	cookbook. It's called My Kocina, recipes and rapture from my kitchen in Mexico.
1:39.9	When I was asked to develop recipes for publications or for YouTube, I was always asked to develop a variation of, you know, an existing dish.
1:49.2	So a different version of an enchilada or a taco or a burrito.
1:53.5	And I was like, I wanted to expand the canon.
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