This book is more "fluff" than "The Best of New Mexico Kitchens" -- more trendy restaurant recipes, PLUS the infamous "How to Boil Water" recipe. If you want traditional New Mexico -- not restaurant versions -- buy "The Best of New Mexico Kitchens" instead of this version.

I agree with the other reviewer. I am from South Texas, and the assesment of our food was cursory, and unresearched opinions.

I really didn't like the interview from the East Texans, which was an essay written by a woman who reminices about the food cooked for them by "the blacks that worked for Daddy."

I know historically African Americans have been in the position of being employed, rather than being the employer. However, I thought that if this book were published in 1989, the subject would have been presented more sensitively.

'Nuf sed.

I'll be honest with you. I only read the section which interviewed the lady from South Texas on Mexican American cooking. But I came across enough errors, to indicate that the journalism was pretty sloppy, at least in this section. Errors which should not have been made and which could have been avoided by checking a couple of sources and coincidentally would have made for a more interesting story.

Example 1: "Taco" is defined as a snack. The word taco comes from "wedge" or "wad", the wadding such as was used to stuff a cannon or rifle. Because tortilla tacos were originally soft and round, well, you can see how you'd get to the image of stuffing a wad of food into your mouth.

Example 2: A little research would have turned up that enchilada is a shortened form of tortilla enchilada, "chili'ed tortilla" in other words. They shouldn't have missed this one.

Example 3: The dicho for "como el agua para chocolate" is completely wrong.

SC without Myrtle Beach? NC without Ocracoke or Hatteras? VA and MD, but no Washington DC? This book is useless! There are Area Attactions, but no indication how far they are from the airport. There is a Transporation section, but it leaves out important mass transit options. Most of what is in this book is in my A/FD (and it covers EVERY airport). My (free) AOPA Airport Directory does a better job. I'm sending my copy back for a refund.

poor information, for instance only 6 airports in AZ (GCN,PHX(2x!),DVD,IWA,TUS,RYN). baja not covered at all. CO, KA, OK, TX are not really in the southwest, a current A/FD is a better buy,

Two problems exist with this book. First, the title misrepresents the content as no information exists in the book on Baja. Second, the information on Southwestern airports is sketchy and incomplete. The book is a dud.

Despite being so cheap, I found this overpriced ... it is merely a thin pamphlet comprised of 12 recipes for Christmas. That would have been fine, and I would have been delighted even at many times the price *IF* it had told anything about the recipes, how the family/friends enjoyed them, where the recipes came from, or even if the author had ever tasted them. But just a terse printing of 12 recipes w/o descriptions seems to be a complete waste of space. I was very disappointed; I had really been looking forward to this, mistakingly thinking that it would include brief descriptions and/or recollections. Instead, it didn't include either.

This is absolutely one of the worst cookbooks ever written--if it doesn't have cilantro, avocado, Rotel canned tomatoes or LOTS of heavy cream as an ingredient, it's probably not in this book. This one is right up there with Enron!