Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Tacos & Margaritas

Book excerpt: This is a smart, fun collection of everyone’s favorite foods in a single book—who doesn’t love hot dogs, hamburgers, tacos, and margaritas? With more than 100 recipes, from quick and easy to classic to more gourmet fare, including some more unusual ingredients, this book brings all of your fast-food favorites together in one place (alongside some awesome accompaniments like fries, coleslaw, mash, and milk shakes)—making it the perfect companion for casual weekends and entertaining friends (or just yourself, if you’re feeling greedy). The hot dogs chapter features a range of recipes including pork & fried onion, chipolata & potato salad, beef sausage and Stilton, and chorizo, queso freso, and guacamole. In the burger chapter, you’ll find recipes for the essentials like buns and how to master the perfect patty, before moving on to classics such as a bacon cheeseburger, blue cheese, and southern fried chicken, as well as burgers that take inspiration from all over the world, including an Irish burger, English burger, Spanish burger, and a spicy Indian burger that pairs beautifully with a crisp lager. The tacos and margaritas chapters contain all of the popular tacos such as carnitas, roast chicken, carne asada, chorizo and potato, ceviche, and baja fish as well as all of the tequila-spiked cocktail recipes you need to turn your feast into a fiesta.