New Mexico Magazine S The Best From New Mexico Kitchens

This cookbook is a New Mexico classic. It features an assortment of recipes from the kitchens of New Mexico homes and restaurants, many of which have been featured in the pages of New Mexico Magazine. Inside you will learn how to prepare chile and how to build an horno as well as find recipes for traditional favorites including tortillas, guacamole, posole, biscochitos, sopaipillas, and sangria. Additionally, you will find dishes like fettine di manzo alla pizzaiola and moussaka alongside recipes for obscure regional specialties like Santa Clara Bread Pudding, High Country Pea Soup, Las Cruces Pecan Pralines, and Silver City Nuggets. Savor and share the joys of New Mexican cooking as you prepare more than one hundred dishes from across the state in this remarkable collection of outstanding recipes.

New Mexican cooking is unique to New Mexico. The stacked enchiladas topped with an egg & smothered in thick red sauce, the posole stew , rich & meaty, the green chile & blue corn tortillas--these are typically New Mexican dishes. New Mexico cooking was originally based on Pueblo Indian dishes & on the foods grown by these people--& not on the foods prepared by the Indians of Mexico. As time went on, there were influences from Mexico, France, Britain, & the Eastern Seaboard colonies. A number of the recipes in this book have appeared in past issues of New Mexico Magazine. Some come from the kitchens of New Mexico restaurants. Most, however, come from home kitchens.

Provides recipes for appetizers, soups, breads, side dishes, main courses, and desserts which reflect the best of traditional Indian and Spanish, as well as modern, cuisine.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Celebrated food blogger and best-selling cookbook author Deb Perelman knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion—from salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe. “Innovative, creative, and effortlessly funny." —Cooking Light Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn’t a chef or a restaurant owner—she’s never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions—and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You’ll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that’s downright bad? With the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, is known for, here Deb presents more than 100 recipes—almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site—that guarantee delicious results every time. Gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you’ll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you’ll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you’ll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time. Deb tells you her favorite summer cocktail; how to lose your fear of cooking for a crowd; and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion. Look for Deb Perelman’s latest cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers!

Originally published: Santa Fe, New Mexico: Clear Light Publishing, 2009.

For centuries, Santa Fe has charmed visitors and captured the imagination and spirit of its residents. A central ingredient in the making of Santa Fe's charm has been the kitchens of the city and the surrounding area. Whether in the home or in restaurants, Santa Fe kitchens reflect the diversity of its residents and visitors, and blend the diverse cultures of New Mexico. Now, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation has collected more than 300 recipes from its membership, local chefs, artists and dignitaries to help create this exciting new cookbook. Unique and delicious recipes from some of New Mexico's most renowned chefs reflect the balance of Santa Fe's cultures and lifestyle. Featuring recipes from the most renowned kitchens of New Mexico, including: Coyote Cafe--Mark Miller, proprietor and chef; Bradley Borchardt, chef El Farol--David Salazar, proprietor; James C. Caruso, chef Fuego Restaurant--Bouneou Maxime Harry's Roadhouse--Harry Shapiro, proprietor and author Jane Butel Cooking School--Jane Butel, proprietor and author Jinja Cafe--Lesley Allin, proprietor and chef Los Pinos Guest Ranch, Pecos--Alice M. McSweeney, proprietor and chef Osteria D'Assisi--Lino Pertusini, proprietor; F. Ventricini, chef Santa Fe School of Cooking--Nicole Ammerman Paula Lambert, author, The Cheese Lover's Cookbook and Guide The Museum of New Mexico Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the four museums and six historical state monuments that comprise the Museum of New Mexico. The Foundation promotes excellence at the Museum of New Mexico through effective fundraising, innovative entrepreneurial ventures, community collaboration, and essential support services. The Museum Foundation of New Mexico includes The Palace of the Governors, The Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, Museum of International Folk Art, and The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.