- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc (15 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1555611214
- ISBN-13: 978-1555611217
- Product Dimensions: 29.3 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,242,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Recipes and lore from El Charro Caf, a Tucson landmark famous for its vibrant, fresh Mexican food. .
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A family, its traditions and its famous cafe in a cookbook,
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This review is from: El Charro Cafe: The Tastes and Traditions of Tucson (Hardcover)
Many of us collect cookbooks for their unique and/or useful recipes. Rarely does a recipe-book come along that is one you want to curl up with on the couch and read and enjoy for its own sake. Carlotta Flores' El Charro Cafe is one. It is a joyful tribute to past and future by the author and is full of the color of Mexican flavor in the Southwest U.S. Fisher Books did an outstanding job on the full-color photography on nearly every page, not only of platters of food but of kichey artifacts and symbols of the rich culture as it is lived on both sides of our long border and especially at El Charro. Throughout the pages are amusing and touching family anecdotes from the time Carlotta's great-aunt Monica began serving cowboys and their familias frijoles and tamales in the dusty, wild Tucson of 1922,to the third and fourth generation's tasteful updates that have made El Charro an international destination-restaurant. I can think of dozens of friends and relatives who would love to find this prize under the Christmas tree. It would not need wrapping!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent regional cookbook.,
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This review is from: El Charro Cafe: The Tastes and Traditions of Tucson (Hardcover)
I first encountered this cookbook at my in-laws' house in Florida. They had dined at El Charro on a recent trip to Tucson, and were so enamored with the restaurant and the food, they bought the book. Unfortunately for them, they can't get many of the authentic spices and foodstuffs in Florida. Fortunately for me in Colorado, I can (excepting the preparation of the carne seca, which is one of the few drawbacks of this book). Gracias, El Charro e Senora Flores.
5.0 out of 5 stars
MY FAMILY LOVED EVERY RECIPE!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: El Charro Cafe: The Tastes and Traditions of Tucson (Hardcover)
BEING FROM THE WEST COAST, I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT MEXICAN FOOD, AND BEING FROM TUCSON AND KNOWING THE EL CHARRO QUALITY MADE ME THINK I KNEW IT ALL. I WAS WRONG!!! THIS BOOK IS GREAT, IT TELLS A GREAT STORY OF THE TRADITION AND HISTORY OF THE CULTURE BEHIND THE FOOD. THE RECIPES WERE CLEAR AND CONCISE AND FUN TO MAKE. MY FAMILY WAS AMAZED HOW GOOD A COOK THIS BOOK MADE ME. I WAS MORE INTRIGUED WITH MAKING FOOD FROM A BOOK THAT I FELT A CONNECTION TO THE CULTURE THAT MADE THE RECIPES POSSIBLE. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE RESTAURANTS FOR SOME TIME NOW AND I FEAR IT MAY BE LONGER AS I AM ENJOYING COOKING AT HOME SO MUCH! BUY THIS BOOK!
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