"Music and food are both created from the heart. This beautiful and fascinating book provides a doorway into the magical world of Noel and Rachel and touches the soul of Mexico. I have always loved the music and the food, and Noel's cooking never fails to enrich my Mexican experience." --John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin bassist "This is so much more than your traditional Mexican cookbook. It showcases the hospitality, the vibrancy, and the stories of Mexican people. Food and its traditions are the heart of Mexican culture, and Rachel Glueck and Noel Morales celebrate these in a way that made me nostalgic for my home country. Felicidades !!" --Gonzalo Gonzales Guzman, coauthor of Nopalito and chef-partner of Nopalito " The Native Mexican Kitchen is an earnest, beautiful, and accessible account of regional Mexican cooking and culture. Woven in between the recipes are enjoyable forays into the markets, festivals, churches, and innumerable cultural cornerstones of Mexico that all lead back to the table.

It is an inspired and delightful read." --Stephen Satterfield, cofounder, Whetstone Magazine "Who knew that pre-hispanic cuisine was so suited to the aspirations of the contemporary diet? Wait, all those native peoples of the Americas had to eat healthy, that's why. Add mezcal, the stories of how all the pieces fit together in a cultural context, and you get this book, which will enlighten your culinary ambitions along with your understanding of the centrality of Mexico to our lives. It includes all the basics (make your own masa!) to the more exotic (ant salsa) and places in-between, while providing the critical cultural context of how the recipes fit into local traditions." --Maz Garrone, cofounder, Mezcalistas "I'm a sucker for a good love song, and that's what The Native Mexican Kitchen is: Rachel Glueck's love song to her country-in-law. She followed her husband back to his native home and the result is this enchanting love ballad. The recipes are the chorus, celebrating the first kiss; the stories of the people and places are the verses, welcoming you into hearts and homes, in the same way those very real rural Mexican communities will do when you show up unannounced on their doorstep. Read Rachel's The Native Mexican Kitchen , then make your plans to visit our sister to the south, so you can write your own love song.

" --Lou Bank, Founder, SACRED: Saving Agave for Culture, Recreation, Education, and Development.