New Mexico Handbook (4th ed) [Paperback]

Stephen Metzger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997 | Series: 4th ed

New Mexico Handbook provides detailed inform ation on New Mexico''s Native American history, bed and break fast getaways and exquisite crafts and dining. Extensively i llustrated, it covers both larger cities and picturesque tow ns. '

Product Details

• Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Moon Travel Handbooks; 4th edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566910862
• ISBN-13: 978-1566910866
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,164,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Zora has been in the kitchen since she was 3, and has the bacon-fat burns to prove it. But she really taught herself to cook in her early 20s during grad school, and that skill has proved far more useful than anything else she learned at the time.

When Zora moved to New York City (from New Mexico via New Jersey, Indiana, the Netherlands and Egypt) in 1998, she chose where to live based on the 24-hour produce stands in lovely Astoria, Queens. Inspired by her borough's diverse foodstuffs, she started the supper club Roving Gastronome in 2001, and later developed Sunday Night Dinner with Tamara Reynolds, which was the inspiration for their cookbook, Forking Fantastic!: Put the Party back in Dinner Party.

In her work as a guidebook author for Rough Guides, Moon and Lonely Planet, Zora also picks up new flavors on the road. She pays special attention to street carts, produce markets, and local culinary specialties, and the finds wind up in her guidebooks, as well as on her home table.

Zora writes about her cooking and travels on the blog Roving Gastronome (www.rovinggastronome.com).

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully written , informative and comprehensive, February 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: New Mexico Handbook (4th ed) (Paperback)

Several years ago, I ventured into New Mexico armed only with this guidebook. I experienced several wonderful places (e.g., the D.H. Lawrence Ranch; a native American owned restaurant serving traditional food) only because I had read about them in this book. The author has a gift for conveying vast amounts of information in a very readable (and often humorous) format. I learned not only about the cities, towns, and attractions of New Mexico, but also about its biological, anthropological and historical diversity. Subsequent to my trip, I lost my copy of this book; I am very pleased that a new version of the handbook is due out in May 2000.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy to read, well-researched travel guide, with humor., June 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: New Mexico Handbook (4th ed) (Paperback)

In 1993, I traveled by train to New Mexico and my plans for my two-week tour were based on Metzger's handbook. I traveled only in the north-western quadrant, due to time limitations, but I found the book precise, helpful, fun (he writes so well), and so very informative. I just purchased a copy for a friend who is moving there rather tentatively (she may come back to California). Metzger's book excited me, was my Bible while there; and though I had other books it was my main source. Thank you Stephen Metzger. I am buying the new edition, since I moved a year ago and misplaced the old one.