Description: Dining with the Dead is an unforgettable cultural and culinary odyssey. Traditional, celebratory Mexican food is the soul of this one-of-a-kind Day of the Dead cookbook. Featuring more than 100 recipes and 540 photographs. Make tamales, pozoles, pan de muerto, and many other festive, iconic dishes. Learn about altars, sugar skulls, and decorations. Unlock the essence of chiles, make scratch tortillas, and perfect the king of the moles.
Brief description: Mariana Nuño Ruiz was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. After years as an architect, she acquired a culinary arts degree and since then has cooked in restaurants, catered, baked, and sculpted cakes. Ian McEnroe has a University of Texas Fine Arts degree and is an award-winning photographer, consultant, and instructor. In 2013 Ian and Mariana co-created the blog, Yes, more please!, which the Austin Chronicle named a top ten local cooking blog. They develop brand recipes, and their work has appeared in Huffpost, Food52, The Kitchn, Country Living, the Austin American Statesman, and more. Ian and Mariana are happily married in Austin, Texas. Visit them at www.yes-moreplease.com.