The Tortilla Book

What is a tortilla? A round, thin "pancake" of unleavened corn dough (not including in this book the wheat-flour tortillas of northern Mexico) that has been prepared and eaten in Mexico from the earliest times until the present day. This is not meant to be a "compleat" or definitive book encompassing all the regional variations of the taco and enchilada ad infinitum, but a small selection from the hundreds of versions both known and rare. It is a "how-to" book designed to show that interesting and unexpected dishes can be concocted from tortillas--fresh, stale, or dried out to a crisp--with a minimum of basic equipment and exotic ingredients.