From Mexico to Your Kitchen: Lessons From an Ambassador of Mexican Home Cooking

In her debut cookbook, food blogger Mely Martínez shares the classic, comforting fare found in home kitchens across Mexico

Entomatadas, corn tortillas that are folded or rolled, stuffed with cheese, and covered in a tomato sauce. were one of Martinez's mother's favorite quick and easy dishes to make for lunch. Courtesy of Mely Martínez

When Mely Martínez started her popular food blog, “Mexico in My Kitchen,” in 2008, she was thinking of her then-teenage son’s future.

She imagined him grown, married, and perhaps somewhere far from home, and “I wanted him and his wife to have somewhere to look for the recipes I made at home for him,” Martínez said. “That was my idea.”