Mexican Food Made Simple - Season 1

Author, chef and restaurateur Thomasina Miers sets off on a hunt for full-on flavour in local festivals, bustling bars and family celebrations across Mexico. There she eats her way through the busy markets of Mexico City and Oaxaca in search of the perfect taco, tamales or tostada before whipping up her own easy-to-do version at home, cooking alongside everyone from internationally acclaimed chefs to Mexican great-grandmothers.

Mexican Food Made Simple follows Thomasina Miers as she travels around Mexico looking for the country's most popular recipes. When she returns back home to her London kitchen she attempts to demonstrate how to make the different meals.

Episode 01: 05 July 2011
Thomasina starts her travels around Mexico by visiting the villages of the Oaxaca valley where she samples different local dishes.

Episode 02: 12 July 2011
Thomasina creates a salsa, before tastinga great seafood stew out on the streets. She also gets hot with some saucy sardines and has pineapple for pudding.

Episode 03: 19 July 2011
Thomasina creates the most important meal of the day Mexican-style. She then learns more about the art of quesadilla-making.

Episode 04: 26 July 2011
Thomasina attempts to create a spicy vegetable soup and a rosy plum pudding.

Episode 05: 09 August 2011
Thomasina creates empanadas and a spicy crab noodle dish as well as a juicy jelly pudding.

Episode 06: 16 August 2011
Thomasina shows how to give the prawn cocktail a Mexican makeover. She also creates a chorizo and squash salad and a homemade churros.

Episode 07: 23 August 2011
Thomasina learns more about the secret of cooking with spices and also creates some wonderful recipes using chocolate.

Episode 08: 30 August 2011
Thomasina takes a look around the famous blue house of artist Frida Kahlo and visits an open-air rural market in southern Mexico. She also creates a dish using coconut and sea bass ceviche.