The Southwest Table: Traditional Cuisine from Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
This book is the culmination of an ongoing project that began with the launch ofChile Peppermagazine in 1987 in Albuquerque, where I live.  As the creator and editor of the magazine, and being a media guy, my book writing career blossomed as the magazine grew.  Nancy Gerlach was the food editor and she and I coauthored ten books together, includingJust North of the Border, which Prima Publishing released in 1992.  My food history research of the Southwest continued, Nancy eventually retired, and I found even more historic photos.  I worked with excellent food photographer, Wes Naman, and this book was born.  My niece Emily DeWitt-Cisneros cooked and styled the food for the shoot.