The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook: The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico

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Summary: Taste the "land of enchantment."
Review: The authors of The Rancho de Chimayo cookbook DO love New Mexico. The sub-title states: "The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico," and the cookbook lives up to that statement. The first 48 pages gives history of New Mexico through native foods, folk-lore, spirituality and settlers bringing their own norms of food production. Unfortunately,you will not find the flavor of New Mexico in restaurants outside of N.M. I lived in N.M for 10 years. If you have ever been charmed by N.M.'s food & beauty you can re-create this experience through this cookbook. Try it!

Rating:
Summary: Taste the "land of enchantment."
Review: The authors of The Rancho de Chimayo cookbook DO love New Mexico. The sub-title states: "The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico," and the cookbook lives up to that statement. The first 48 pages gives history of New Mexico through native foods, folk-lore, spirituality and settlers bringing their own norms of food production. Unfortunately,you will not find the flavor of New Mexico in restaurants outside of N.M. I lived in N.M for 10 years. If you have ever been charmed by N.M.'s food & beauty you can re-create this experience through this cookbook. Try it!

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Summary: Disappointing as best
Review: The authors produced a much better book when they compiled The Border. Rancho de Chimayo has very few recipes, some of which call for Velveeta of all things, and the warnings about drinking and driving in the Cocktail chapter, are annoying.

This restaurant may be the darling of the New York food writers, but NY food writers don't know anything about Southwestern food.

Spend your money elsewhere.