Southwest Cookery, or, At Home on the Range
Doubleday, 1969. Item #82131
First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.
“Southwest Cookery, or, At Home on the Range”
by Richard Wormser
Overview:
This is a vintage cookbook celebrating the traditional and regional cuisine of the American Southwest. Subtitled “The savory, colorful cooking of the Southwest presented for the first time with verve and wit by a talented chronicler of the area”, the book combines recipes with storytelling and cultural insight, typical of Richard Wormser’s engaging style.
Key Features:
• Cuisine Focus: Recipes rooted in Southwestern U.S. traditions, likely drawing from Native American, Mexican, and frontier influences.
• Style: The writing includes humorous and vivid commentary, not just instructions, making it both a cookbook and a piece of regional Americana.
• Illustrations: The colorful, folk-art-style cover suggests the book may contain illustrations or decorative elements inside as well.
• Historical Value: First published in the 1970s, the book captures the culinary tastes and storytelling approach of that era’s Western nostalgia.
Richard Wormser was an accomplished novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction author, known for both Western fiction and lively non-fiction works like this one.
Price: $25.00