Southwest: The Beautiful Cookbook

by Barbara Pool Fenzl

Book Overview

Southwest the Beautiful Cookbook explores a cuisine as diverse as the terrain and the people who settled there. The region's culinary originality derives from a historic union of native American, European and Mexican cultures, each contributing its own distinctive cooking traditions to produce what we know today as Southwestern fare. This cuisine is sumptuously presented in Southwest the Beautiful Cookbook with more than 200 recipes illustrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002553481
• ISBN13: 9780002553483
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Beautiful Cookbooks
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 14.3"

Customer Reviews

Southwest: The Beautiful Cookbook

If you love Mexican food, you will love this book! As with all of the books in the Beautiful Cookbook series, the pictures are beautiful. I place my cookbooks in a stand and display them as artwork.

WOW!

Not only does this book include excellent recipes, it is of coffee-table quality for its beautiful pictures and history of the southwest. Definitely try the tortilla soup, the stuffed pork roast, the fiesta shrimp, etc., etc., etc.

First Cookbook

This was my first cookbook, and I loved it. I usually eat on the go, and I wanted to buy something for special occasions. Most cookbooks I saw seemed to be aimed at housewives or low-fat faddish consumers. When I saw this book, the huge pictures and great presentations convinced me to take it home, but the fun began when I began to use it. The glossary of ingredients at the end was very helpful for a beginner like me. I did my own variation of the Guacamole recipe and combined it with my own variation of the green salsa recipe for an office pot-luck. (I am a musician, I can't help but tinker with things). I even used the molcajete. (I think the variety of fresh vegetables combined with the non-blender approach really did it here). I never heard the end from everybody on how they loved the guacamole. (It was gone in about 10 minutes even though I made quite a bit). I also tried dishes I never had before, such as the jicama salad. That was great. Also, the smoked salmon enchiladas were awesome. I tried the chimichangas, but I think that was a little advanced for my level (especially since I tried to use tamale flour mix)....they did not hold together very well, although they were still delicious. I did better than most restaurants, and I've been to quite a few good ones. Too bad this book is out of print, and no, don't e-mail me 'cause I aint' selling it to ya.

Only five stars?!!!

This is one of the best cookbooks I've ever had the pleasure to work with. (The Whole series for that matter) If you get the chance, definitely try the chocolate ancho pie and the Navajo Tacos.

Great cookbook and a lovely book!

If I had to pick a single, favorite cookbook, this is it. "The Beautiful" series all have nice pictures, but this one really stands out due to it's superb collection of recipes: a great mixture of 4-star restaurant entrees, simple-and-healthy, and more basic, stick-to-your-ribs fare. This is the first book I turn to for knock-out appetizers, and the tortilla soup recipe is a favorite.