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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5972 EAN: 9781558539921 ISBN: 1558539921 Label: Thomas Nelson Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 232 Publication Date: November 30, 2002 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Studio: Thomas Nelson Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A Roadfood™ Cookbook The colorful history of El Charro Cafe and the 150 recipes for vibrant, exciting Mexican food make this book as unique and entertaining as the 80-year-old restaurant itself. It is rumored that in the 1940s, founder Monica Flin would sit on the El Charro patio, sipping martinis from teacups and playing cards with John Wayne, who was in Tucson to film westerns. Today the restaurant is run by Carlotta Flores and her husband, Ray. The El Charro Cafe, America's oldest family-operated Mexican restaurant, is located in a house built in the 1890s by Monica's father (who was also Carlotta's great-grandfather). The restaurant's signature dish is Carne Seca Beef, a Tucson passion. The beef is cured high above the restaurant's patio where strips of thin-sliced tenderloin hang in an open metal cage. Old favorites and creative new Mexican dishes that are enjoyable to cook and to serve fill the book. The greatest restaurants in America are its wonderful independent regional restaurants. And there are no greater experts on America's regional restaurants than Michael and Jane Stern. "Coast to coast," said the New York Times, "they know where to find the freshest lobster rolls, the fluffiest pancakes, the crispiest catfish." Rutledge Hill Press is launching a new series of Roadfood™ Cookbooks, each with recipes, pictures, and the history of one of America's greatest regional restaurants. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Why buy this derivative when the real thing is available?Having been an early fan of Jane and Michael Stern, it is disappointing to see that they've simply "copied" (not quite the right word, but it suffices) another and better book, while leaving out the better parts. Face it, the full title of this book is "The Flores Family's El Charro Cafe Cookbook"..."with recipes by Carlotta Flores", and that book is available here at amazon.com. The Stern derivative simply reorganizes the order of the recipes in Sra. Flores' book and omits most of the "notitas" ... Read More Rating: - Tucson NativeI am a Tucson Native far from home (living in Japan) and although I have not read the book, I can certainly say that El Charro's is great Mexican food! Whenever we go home it's a sure stop. I just finished ordering the book, can't wait til it arrives! Rating:  - Looks good--they know their Mexican food!!I have eaten at El Charro in Tucson, and the food is fantastic. I spent some time looking at this book and plan to buy it. I was concerned that the book wouldn't clearly indicate how the food got to be some darn good. In other words, the recipes wouldn't have anything out of the ordinary--the secret was in the kitchen staff's know-how. Thankfully, these recipes have some obvious differences from typical Mexican cookbook recipes. For example, El Charro uses tons of garlic--they blend it with water ... Read More Rating: - Fascinating, colorful, and (I'm sure) deliciousAs American regional cuisines go, Southern and "Mexican" are my two favorites. And while I found the Sterns' "Blue Willow Inn Cookbook" somewhat disappointing (not their fault, I think), this trip to Tucson was much more satisfying. Not Tex-Mex or New Mexico-Mexican, the Sterns classify El Charro Café as "Tucson-Mexican," a fascinating and unique blend that makes this "Roadfood Cookbook" well worth the vicarious trip. Part of the advantage here is that the charro culture celebrated at El Charro ... Read More 
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