I listened to this book on tape, unabridged, and afraid IN THIS FORM it was drawn out and rather boring, hard to keep track of characters too. It is a much better "paper" read. Had hoped for more Native American cultural and religious education through this fiction; instead it was a who-dunnit like almost any other. Did like the twist of having the downtrodden fight back with modern technology and means, though.

I am an 8th grader and this book was a very quick read. It was very gripping and well written! I never got bored with it, and I finished it in two days. I reccomend this book to anyone 5th grade and up who likes mystery or action books!

Even though Tex-Mex food is on every nutrionist's "Index of Forbidden Cuisines," I love the stuff. I ordered this book prepared to like it; and,overall, I'm glad I've got it. For one thing, nearly every item listed in the recipes can be found in my local grocery store located in a town of 8,000 souls in the Northeast.

So, what are my reservations? Though the recipes it contains can expand your waistline, it is rather slender in scope. For myself there are about ten recipes that I would fix at home. If you are not on a restricted budget, buying this book may not be an issue. If you have to be careful with your bucks, then think carefully before placing this item in your shopping cart.

I've never used a book that produced meals that get more compliments from my Dallasite friends or Houston in-laws (and that's no easy feat as they are Tex-Mex experts). Matt's recipes are much simpler than those I've tried from other cookbooks while producing the same or superior results without having to soak chilies, grind them in a blender, etc. I may have to tweak flavorings some (hence 4 stars instead of 5) but the techniques and overall results can't be beat. As to how many recipes a person will use from any given cookbook ... well, in Dallas we eat a lot of this kind of food and I consider the money well spent.

It has been long assumed that students learn better in a "total immerison" situation. This book, assuming that the adage is true, contains entirely French. There are no English words, not even in the usual dictionary that is found in the back of nearly all foreign language textbooks. Therefore, to find the meanings of new vocabulary, students must rely on their knowledge of basic French to decipher the words. The greatest disadvantage of this book is that it is not part of a series of books, with a text specific for each level (such as found in the "Allez Viens!" and "On y Va!" series). Most publishing companies use this format, so that a student may be accustomed to a familiar setting for each year of the language they may take. This book, being single, has no predecessor, and therefore, has students of all different levels of French knowledge, resulting in a mishmash of comprehension levels. I am a 7th-year French student, and this book still strikes me as extremely unclear and not very attention-grabbing. The pages are relatively drab, with no color at all, and the meanings are extremely unclear. This book is meant for a AP French 4 Class at my high school, but I can only wonder if this is a book meant for use by people who HAVE been speaking French all their lives--perhaps this book is on the wrong side of the Atlantic?

As a student using this work book for an honors french class, I must say that I do not like it one bit. This book drives me crazy, but I have to admit it is for some pretty bogus/frivvolous reasons. The thing about this book - it is completely in French. Sure, my french teacher argues that it is good for us to be exposed to a wider vocabulary in the directions and definitions the book provides, but it is still very confusing and hard for me to use. The book has no French/English dictionary in the back, and the accompanying workbook is in the same hard-to-translate complete French. For me, this book is too hard to use, but for others, who are perhaps better at French or are looking for this particular all-French style, it would be good. My only argument is, if you're good enough to understand everything in the book, why do you need the book to learn more French? This book, I believe, would be incredibly hard to follow without an instructer. I do not reccomned it.

This book is fabulous for any French IV student. It is completely en francais, finally ending the use of unnecessary English explanations. The best part is that new vocabulary words are defined with words one should already be familiar with. Immersion, immersion, immersion! Also, there are great sections on francophone culture. C'est fabuleux!

Recipes are just like following instructions from any product you buy in a supermarket. You can't find any innovating stuff.

I'm a huge Mr. Food fan, but his is my least favorite of his cookbooks. I found the recipes repetitive and not as appealing as the ones in his other books.

Unless you're desperate for Tex-Mex, I would try some of Mr. Food's other cookbooks before trying this one.

It's a great cookbook with a lot of tasty recipes for any occasion. Some of the captions are really lame, but the recipes are easy to fix and taste great, not too spicy. I'd recommend this for anyone who likes mexican and tex-mex food.

it's a cookbook of people of the town of gingerbread. since there is not info for it here i wanted to let people know as the title is very misleading. as far as a general cookbook, not too impressed at all.

I am a collector of cookbooks and have read over 300. I found this cookbook one that I often refer to for a dependable recipe. Nothing fancy but a wonderful collection of recipes. I hope you enjoy as much as I have. Kimber

In my lifetime of cooking southwestern food I've never read a book that contained so many ghastly sounding recipes.

This is Santa Fe cooking as distorted by the rich people who have driven most Santa Feans out of the city. Even the chile required (and Ms. Stacy does spell chile correctly) is mild or medium. The food is bland and contains endless tomatoes and almost flavorless roasted garlic.

Don't fail to buy the book if you like phony Santa Fe cooking. You might enjoy it. But please, I beg you, don't call it southwestern. It isn't.