Southwest Cooking

Signature Tastes of Phoenix: Favorite Recipes of our Local Restaurants

Do you remember enjoying a meal at that famous restaurant, and wishing you could get the recipe? Or visiting a city and eating at that cute little café that everyone raved about? Well now, you literally have your cake and eat it too. Or at least the recipe for the cake. Signature Tastes of Phoenix captures the recipes that …

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Whole Enchilada, The: Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine

Bright, full-flavored, subtle-yet-spicy Tex-Mex explosion!Bright spices and clean finishes accent the unique and complex flavor profiles of the Southwest. Food columnist Angelina LaRue knows that cooking delicious and healthy food seems difficult at times, but her cookbook includes simple and easy recipes that will remind you why Tex-Mex is as popular as it is! Sometimes people describe Mexican …

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Cooking with Cafe Pasqual’s: Recipes from Santa Fe’s Renowned Corner Cafe

For more than 25 years, Caf?© Pasqual’s has kept loyal fans coming back with this simple philosophy: serve wonderful, fresh food with friendly service in a festive atmosphere. Inspired by the cuisines of Old Mexico, New Mexico, and Asia, chef Katharine Kagel creates her memorable comfort food from the freshest cheeses, chile sauces, chorizos, and more. In COOKING …

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Cowgirls in the Kitchen: Recipes, Tales, and Tips for a Home on the Range

From the Barrel Racer cocktail (whiskey and powdered doughnuts) to slow-cooker stews and casseroles perfect for feeding the crowd on branding days to cast-iron recipes perfect for a pack trip into the mountains, Cowgirls in the Kitchen includes all the recipes that the modern cowgirl needs to keep her crew fed and her family happy. Combines the best …

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The New Mexico Farm Table Cookbook: 100 Homegrown Recipes from the Land of Enchantment (The Farm Table Cookbook)

If you think New Mexico cooking is all about burritos and enchiladas, you’re in for a surprise!Long before eating “farm to table” was de rigeur, New Mexico’s small farms and ranches provided its families and communities with homegrown vegetables, fruit, milk, meat, and eggs. The state’s traditional cuisine, a mixture of Indian, Spanish, and Mexican flavors, is unique. …

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Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook: Recipes from Lambert’s Texas Kitchens

The Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook is a proudly Texan collection of more than 100 recipes from chef Louis Lambert’s popular restaurants. Showcasing a signature cooking style that is unapologetically refined but not fussy, impeccable but with a hearty, rustic flair—what Lambert calls “elevated ranch cuisine.” Each dish showcases Lou’s classical French training and sure-handed facility for combining crowd-pleasing, soul-satisfying flavors.  If you’re …

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Tipsy Texan: Spirits and Cocktails from the Lone Star State

A Texas bartending authority takes you on a tipsy tour of the best cocktails, bars, and distilleries of the Lone Star state.“David Alan is the epitome of Oscar Wilde’s good advice: ‘Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.’ You can’t get more ‘yourself’ than David, known far and wide for his unique, creative, and delightful Tipsy Texan handcrafted …

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A Cowboy in the Kitchen: Recipes from Reata and Texas West of the Pecos

A haute take on one of America’s most traditional cuisines–that of the Texas ranch. Don’t be thinking this book is just full of ribs, beans, and biscuits . . . . unless, of course, you’re thinkin’ South Texas Venison Ribs with Peanut Dipping Sauce, Black Bean Nachos with Chargrilled Chicken, and West Texas Biscuit Pudding with Southern Comfort en …

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The Nolan Ryan Beef & Barbecue Cookbook: Recipes from a Texas Kitchen

Authentic, easy-to-prepare Texas beef and BBQ recipes from Baseball Hall of Famer and cattle rancher Nolan Ryan.Legendary pitcher Nolan Ryan grew up in Texas and early on developed a passion for cattle ranching that rivaled his interest in baseball. His first cookbook offers 75 recipes for sizzling T-bone and rib-eye steaks, mouthwatering burgers, slow-cooked barbecue ribs, and more. …

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