Each cookbook in Quail Ridge Press' acclaimed Best of the Best State Cookbook Series contains favorite recipes submitted from the most popular cookbooks published in the state. The cookbooks are contributed by junior leagues, community organizations, popular restaurants, noted chefs, and just plain good cooks. From best-selling favorites to small community treasures, each contributing cookbook is featured in a catalog section that provides a description and ordering information -- a bonanza for anyone who collects cookbooks.Beautiful photographs, interesting facts, original illustrations and delicious recipes capture the special flavor of each state.

This unique book explores the age-old recipes that are rich with the heritage that is New Mexico. Influenced by Old Mexico, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Taos, and many other styles...these recipes present a tantalizing taste of New Mexico.

Red and green chiles share the spotlight with delectable sweets in these easy-to-follow recipes. The reader will find many useful hints and interesting variations on familiar dishes, all happily perfected by generations of the Ortiz family. The Ortiz tradition of New Mexican cooking brought raves from patrons of La Mancha Restaurant in Galisteo, New Mexico and these family recipes are now shared with you in this collection of flavorful Southwestern dishes. "...the restaurant that had the most wonderful New Mexican food I've every tasted." -Los Angeles Times, "...such is the fame of these and other Ortiz dishes that visitors from all over the world made a detour to their restaurant from Santa Fe." -St. Louis Dispatch

Offers penetrating views of the richness of the basketmaking tradition of Southwestern tribes and the current revival of the art and the beauty of the baskets themselves.

This classic work on traditional New Mexico life & cooking by Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert is the culmination of the author's thirty years of experience as a home economist with Spanish-speaking residents in northern New Mexico. The Good Life is in two parts. The first part is a series of stories that evoke the customs & traditions of an Hispanic family in New Mexico. The second part is a cookbook that includes the complete repertoire of native New Mexian food. Over 100 recipes are included -- dishes that have been adapted & tested for the contemporary cook.

Simply Simpatico is dedicated to New Mexico's heritage and to the congenial style of living that has emerged from its unique cultural matrix. It focuses on the cornucopia of foods which so vividly reflect the lifestyles and culinary traits of modern-day New Mexicans - foods that have roots in New Mexico's past, but which are a contemporary expression of today's gracious, casual simpatico living.