On Our Local Bookshelf
Southwest Cookbooks
Last Updated January 13, 2019
Our favorite local cookbooks - celebrating local authors and Southwest cuisine.
Cooking the Wild Southwest by Carolyn Niethammer
Carolyn Niethammer has been writing about desert foods and culture for over 20 years. Her early books were our first introduction to...
The Border Cookbook by Cheryl and Bill Jamison
The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico
by Cheryl & Bill Jamison (Harvard...
Tasting New Mexico by Cheryl and Bill Jamison
During a recent visit to Phoenix and Les Gourmettes Cooking School, the Jamisons introduced their newest cookbook, Tasting New Mexico....
The Green Southwest Cookbook by Janet Taylor
Janet Taylor's newest cookbook is a primer not only on Southwest flavors but on cooking healthy, sustainable meals. She is a strong...
Modern Southwest Cooking by Ryan Clark
Modern Southwest Cooking: Seriously Delicious Inventions
by Ryan Clark (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2013)
Appeals to: Fans of...
The New Southwest by Megan Micozzi
Classic Flavors with a Modern Twist
Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair
Mesquite: An Arboreal Love AffairBy Gary Paul Nabhan (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018)
This whimsical, lyrical, anthropomorphic look at our...
100 Years, 100 Chefs, 100 Recipes by Nikki Buchanan, et al
In a cookbook dedicated to the Arizona Centennial, we find 100 of Arizona's top chefs contributing recipes to a colorful but tasteful...
Eat Mesquite and More: A Cookbook for Sonoran Desert Foods and Living
Eat Mesquite and More: A Cookbook for Sonoran Desert Foods and Living by Desert Harvesters (RainSource Press, 2017). Order at...
Tastes & Treasures II
The new Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona (Historical League, Inc., 2018) highlights recipes from...
The Elote Cafe Cookbook V2
Elote Cafe Cookbook V2 replaces/updates the Elote Cafe Notebook. The original review is below.
Editor’s Note: This second volume has...
Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue Cookbook by Bryan Dooley
Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue Cookbook is a collaboration between Chef Bryan Dooley and co-author/writer Leslie V. Bay. It brings...
Queen Creek Olive Mill Family Cookbook
The Queen Creek Olive Mill Family Cookbook (2012) is the Rea Family's celebration of their Italian heritage, home cooking and recipes from...
Little Local Southwest Cookbook
The Little Local Southwest Cookbook: Recipes for Classic Dishes (Countryman Press, 2020) by Marilyn Noble will be released at the end of...
Urban Food Forest Recipe Book
The Urban Food Forest Recipe Book was community-sourced by the nonprofit Trees Matter as a fund-raiser. Their mission is to “inspire and...
Navajo Foodways
A concerted effort is underway to preserve vanishing Navajo (Diné) foodways in the light of fast and commodity food, food deserts and...
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