Cafe Pasqual's Cookbook: Spirited Recipes from Santa Fe [Paperback]

Katharine Kagel (Author), Barbara Simpson (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993

Cafe Pasqual's, a small, bustling, and perpetually jammed restaurant in the heart of Santa Fe, draws on a wide range of Southwestern and Mexican culinary traditions to create an original menu based on fresh, authentic ingredients and emphatic flavors. This first collection of over 60 recipes from Cafe Pasqual's includes an enticing variety of easy-to-prepare dishes for every meal of the day, from simple breakfast quesadillas to all-out dinners. Illustrated with hand-tinted photographs and bright, kitschy Mexican calendar art, complete with a glossary of ingredients and a mail-order source guide, Cafe Pasqual's Cookbook celebrates the spirited flavors and irrepressible appeal of what is fast becoming the nation's most popular regional cuisine.

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About the Author

Katharine Kagel is originally from a Northern California family that enjoyed preparing bountiful weekly feasts and is the founder, chef, and guiding spiri of Cafe Pasqual's. She moved to Santa Fe in 1978, opening her restaurant the following year. She also

Barbara Simpson is a fine-art photographer and a film location manager whose work takes her on extensive trips throughout New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811802930
• ISBN-13: 978-0811802932
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 10.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Mexican

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it; my dog-eared copy is stained with chiles and guac, March 15, 2008

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This review is from: Cafe Pasqual's Cookbook: Spirited Recipes from Santa Fe (Paperback)

I learned a lot from this book and have favorite recipes I've used more than 20X. Although I was born in Southern California and raised by a family with many ties to the Southwest, I was the first in the family to cook Posole, Albondigas, and *really* good black beans. There is a good mix of easy and more complex recipes. A trip to your local latino grocery will provide everything you need - and the SMELLS of what you are cooking from this book work way better than any love potion. Enjoy this one!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great place, exuberant cookbook, April 6, 2003

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Joseph F. Mcconnell "jfrancismcluggage" (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Pasqual's Cookbook: Spirited Recipes from Santa Fe (Paperback)

Pasqual's is kitty-corner across Water Street from the St. Francis Hotel in Santa Fe; we time our trips to get into town late at night, but before the St. Francis' bar closes, so we can check in, grab a quick drink, and then roll out of bed the next morning and hit Pasqual's for breakfast. Tamal dolce, big mug of coffee, newspaper, see if the rocking horse is still in the second floor window of the store across the street (hasn't moved in four years, so far, and counting.) We love Pasqual's, its food, its Ann-Arbor-in-the-Southwest feeling ... and the cookbook is a nice souvenir thereof. The recipes? Well, plan on mail-ordering a lot of different kinds of chile powder unless you live in New Mexico. Great stuff, though, if you have the ingredients and the patience.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yum, January 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cafe Pasqual's Cookbook: Spirited Recipes from Santa Fe (Paperback)

I make a point of visiting Cafe Pasqual's each time I am come to Santa Fe. This cookbook is excellent . The recipes are concise and delicious and the artwork in the book is beautiful. I only wish they had a second cookbook focusing strictly on the killer breakfast menu at the Cafe. Hmm...