Foodways of the Río Grande
Las Comidas del Río Grande

Reference Desk



Adult Bibliography

Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, Fabiola. The Good Life: New Mexico Traditions and Food. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1982.

Cameron, Sheila MacNiven. The Best from New Mexican Kitchens. Santa Fe: New Mexico Magazine, 1978.

Cameron, Sheila MacNiven. More of the Best from New Mexico's Kitchens. Santa Fe: New Mexico Magazine, 1983.

Casey, Clyde. New Mexico Cooking: Southwestern Flavors of the Past and Present. Fisher Books, 1994.

Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca. The Good Life: New Mexico Traditions and Food. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1982.


Children's Bibliography

Aliki. Corn is Maize: the Gift of the Indians. New York: Harper Collins, 1976.

Parke, Marilyn. Quetzalcoatl Tale of Corn. New York: Simon Y Schuster, 1992.

Paulsen, Gary. The Tortilla Factory. Illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen. San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1995.

Peyton, James W. La Cocina de la Frontera: Mexican-American Cooking from the Southwest. Santa Fe: Red Crane Books, 1994.

Politi, Leo. Three Stalks of Corn. New York: Scribner's Publishing Co., 1976.

Rohmer, Harriet. The Legend of Food Mountain: La Montaña del Alimento. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1982.

Soto, Gary. Too Many Tamales. Illustrated by Ed Martinez. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1993.

Stevens, Jan Romero. Carlos and the Squash Plant (Carlos y la planta de calabaza). Flagstaff: Northland Publishing Co., 1993.

Stevens, Jan Romero, Carlos and the Cornfield (Carlos y la milpa de maiz). Illustrated by Jean Arnold. Flagstaff: Northland Publishing, 1995.


WWW Links

Cocinas de New Mexico

This site is wonderfully simple and useful. It loads quickly and contains loads of recipes from the79 page Cocinas De New Mexico cookbook which is published by the Public Service Company of New Mexico. Proceeds from sales help provide utility supplements to needy residents of New Mexico. Illustrations by Gregory Truett Smith.

The Whole Enchilada

As the title suggests, this site attempts to lists everything its creator finds interesting in New Mexico. Forturnately, there IS a lot which is interesting. This is a valuable if not terribly focused resource.