Essential Southwest Cookbook

Southwestern cooks share the recipes essential for anyone who loves the flavors and ingredients of the region. Learn how to make a perfect tamale. Savor a refreshing gazpacho. Excite your palate with the spice of chiles. Indulge in rich dulche de leche. This book is the source for delicious Southwestern dishes. From breakfast to dessert, beverages included! 100 flavorful recipes. Gorgeous full-color photos. All skill levels.

Although she was born in Chihuahua in 1950, Susan Lowell is a fourth-generation Arizonan who now divides her time between Tucson and a cattle ranch on the Mexican border. She was educated in public schools and at Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton Universities, and she has worked as a journalist, a professor, and a freelance writer. As well as many short pieces, she has published nineteen books for adults and children. Her honors include Arizona Author of the Year, OneBook Arizona, a New York Times Notable Book, the Milkweed Editions National Fiction Award, and the George Garrett Fiction Prize.