Fans of Southwest cuisine will love this collection. Carolyn Niethammer has scoured new Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado for the best recipes from the area's most renowned restaurants and resorts. The result is an eclectic collection of 135 recipes that represent the best of the best the Southwest has to offer.

You'll find both traditional Southwest dishes as well as nouvelle variations on the theme, so you'll never run out of ways to use traditional Southwest ingredients like chiles, corn (blue and other varieties) squash, pumpkins, tortillas, achiote and other Southwest staples. The recipes are written so home cooks can get gourmet results in their own kitchens.

You'll also learn about the 71 chefs and the restaurants and resorts that contributed to the collection, should you ever want to visit the establishments.

Chapters include: Introduction -- Just What Is Southwest Cuisine; Breakfast and Breads; Appetizers; Soups and Stews; Salads; Main Dishes - Beef, Poultry, Pork, Lamb and Game, Fish and Seafood, Vegetarian Entrees; Sides and Salsas; Desserts, beverages - Cocktails and Nonalcoholic Drinks; The Restaurants and Resorts.

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