Forget everything Tex-Mex taught you. Chef Jose Montan runs this one from street corner to Yucatán kitchen: volcanes built on crisp corn tortillas with chorizo you make yourself, a kale salad with charred poblanos and lime agave, then cochinita pibil — pork marinated in achiote and naranja agria, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked until it collapses. Pickled onions on top. This is the real thing, taught properly.

Cocina Mexicana: A Culinary Journey