• talieUS on December 27, 2015

  One of the review says that it's for reading only.....totally disagreed! it's a wonderful book with amazing recipes. I love the cervices and made already few of them with fishes similar to the ones recommended in the recipe. A beautiful and very inspiring book. Enjoy it.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Pickled jamaica eggs

  • zekekoch on January 16, 2016

    boil 12 eggs 8 min peel eggs and add to: 1/2 cup sugar + 1 cup dried hibiscus flowers + 1 qt white vinegar let sit for 8 hours (stirring occasionally)

  • zekekoch on January 16, 2016

    (the recipe calls for 1 cup sugar, but I cut it in half)

• Lime and honey vinaigrette

  • peaceoutdesign on December 29, 2025

    A Good standard recipe. I made this for the white bean salad on pg 171 of Hartwood.

• Roasted camotes with chamomile, honey, and pepitas

  • MmeFleiss on February 09, 2017

    I made this as my side dish today, and while it tasted fine it didn't wow me. Not worth a repeat for me.

• Roasted beets with avocado-habanero crema

  • meggan on February 07, 2020

    I kind of shortcut the crema - instead of sour cream I used Mexican Crema and added mashed avocado and habanero hot sauce. It was very good!

• Ceviche de atún with ruby red leche de tigre

  • peaceoutdesign on December 29, 2025

    This added nothing to the taste of the fish. The fish was fresh and would have been better on its own. I love a good leche de Tigre, but this was a disappointment.

• Ceviche de jurel with saramuyo and coconut water

  • mjes on August 23, 2021

    This is one of those I-really-want-to-cook recipes that one uses occasionally, not because of difficult techniques or extensive time commitments but simply because star fruit, dragon fruit, custard apple, and amaranth leaves are not staples in my local grocers -- green or ethnic. I used snapper as the fish rather than going on a quixotic search of fishmongers for jurel. The results are worth the shopping effort.

• Grouper with white bean salad and cilantro crema

  • peaceoutdesign on December 29, 2025

    My plan was to make the entire recipe, but we had so much food that I ended up with just the bean salad. The roasted onions, intended to top the fish, were also added to the salad. The cilantro crema was great, and the extra was used to top Nachos the next day.

• Costillas

  • MmeFleiss on February 09, 2017

    Wow. I was initially worried that this would be overcooked due to the long cooking time, but it was succulent and finger-licking good. Like the Momofuku bo ssam, this was a fairly easy recipe that just takes all day to cook (most of which is hands off until the last 15 mins or so). I covered mine with a banana leaf, but I don't it's worth the trouble getting it just for this dish especially since I didn't feel like its use was noticeable in the final product.

• Rib eye with pepita-lime butter

  • peaceoutdesign on June 15, 2022

    Good flavors, love the butter but I doubled the pepitas.

• Avocado-leaf short ribs with serrano-chile creamed corn

  • TrishaCP on September 12, 2017

    The ribs were good but the corn was absolutely outstanding. There are many steps, and I chose to cook the short ribs, reduce the sauce, and grill the corn/jalapeno the day before when I had more time, making this a two-day project. I found the description of what type of ribs to use to be totally confusing, but I had about 1 1/2 pounds of standard beef ribs from the farmer's market, so just went with those and braised them until the meat fell off the bones. I included all of the braising elements, but had to use dried avocado leaves. (Fennel pollen or seeds are an option provided.) I forgot to retain the chiles when I strained the liquid for the sauce, so I didn't serve any, but I also puzzled over whether they meant the ancho chiles as well? The corn was spicy and creamy, even though I only added enough sour cream to blend it. I only used one serrano, and it was hot enough since my jalapeno was spicy.

• Grilled pineapple upside-down cake

  • peaceoutdesign on December 29, 2025

    I totally misread the ingredients when I went shopping and bought milk, not yogurt. It was the holidays so I did not attempt the grocery store again, but substituted sour cream in one cake and 1/2 sour cream and 1/2 cottage cheese in the other. Both turned out excellent. The cake was as they described, a cake but also custardy.

• Candied jamaica flowers

  • peaceoutdesign on December 28, 2025

    I forgot to put this on the cake when I served it so I guess it will make a great garnish for cocktails. Keep the water that you soften the flowers in because it is a tangy beverage (known a Agua Jamaica), and so also great in Margaritas.

  • peaceoutdesign on December 28, 2025

    I forgot to put this on the cake when I served it so I guess it will make a great garnish for cocktails. Keep the water that you soften the flowers in because it is a tangy beverage (known a Agua Jamaica), and so also great in Margaritas.

• Eat Your Books by Jenny Hartin

  ...bask in the spirit of the Hartwood restaurant, make the recipes at home and be transported to the heart of the Yucatan.

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• What's Gaby Cooking

  I’ve been dying to get myself to Tulum specifically to eat at Hartwood – but in the meantime, I’ll settle for this cookbook.

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• San Francisco Chronicle

  Best Cookbooks of 2015: Hartwood has since become a place where the ultra-local cuisine...has drawn an international following, and its two happy chef-partners have built a home. We want in.

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• Eater

  This is not a book most people will cook from...It is a book meant to be read and admired and left on coffee tables until the next beautiful momento takes its place.

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