Rick Martinez's New Book Changed the Way He Cooks
Food with Mark Bittman
Sweetness and Light
4.9 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Writer and cook Rick Martinez talks to Mark and Kate about parental inspiration; being a cheesecake-obsessed teen; how Mexican-Americans are pigeonholed, culinarily; how and why he relocated from New York to Mazatlan; and his new book, Salsa Daddy.
The Bittman Project is featuring two recipes from Rick's book, Salsa Daddy:
Breakfast Tacos: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/ricks-breakfast-tacos/
La Mañanera (The Morning Salsa): https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/la-mananera-the-morning-salsa/
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| 1:12.5 | UK for terms. When I first heard about Rick Martinez's new book, Salsa Daddy, Dip Your Way into Mexican |
| 1:28.7 | Cooking, I found it hard to imagine how a cookbook could contain just salsas. |
| 1:33.6 | Well, it's 80% salsas. |
| 1:35.7 | There are other delicious things in there, too. |
| 1:38.1 | And that's not because sauces aren't abundant and versatile because they are, which |
| 1:42.2 | I'm now even more aware of thanks to Rick, but because |
| 1:45.8 | that's a lot of salsa. So I looked through salsa daddy and was honestly incredulous. The variety |
| 1:53.0 | of ingredients, the ways in which Rick utilizes salsas and dishes so far from the typical |
| 1:59.0 | tortilla chip presentation, and the combinations of textures and |
| 2:03.0 | mix-ins, and Rick's sheer enthusiasm for all of it is intriguing, and the book is going to be |
| 2:08.7 | so much fun to cook with. Rick Martinez, if you don't know him, is a very talented cook |
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