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famous restaurant cookbooks
forthcoming
frito pie
James Beard Award
New Mexican cooking
red and green chile
regional cuisine
Santa Fe food
sopaipillas
The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook
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- ISBN 9780826370259
- Weight: 678g
- Dimensions: 216 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2026
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first book to celebrate Santa Fe’s world-famous Plaza Café with stories, mouthwatering photographs, and over ninety recipes from the oldest restaurant in continuous service in one of the oldest cities in America.
Since 1905 the Plaza Café has been serving inspired favorites to Santa Fe locals as well as to destination travelers who seek out the bustling restaurant in the heart of the old city. It’s hard to miss this culinary gem, with its enviable position smack on the central plaza in one of America’s most beautiful and most visited cities. Known for its longtime family ownership, the Plaza Café offers warm hospitality, a casual atmosphere, and reliably mouthwatering home-style American, Mexican, and New Mexican specialties.
Now the Plaza Café Cookbook serves up a winning combination plate of over ninety recipes—from Mexican shakshuka to green chile stew, from blue corn enchiladas to the Café’s famous house margaritas—along with the rich history behind this treasured establishment. The Plaza Café appears on every “best of” Santa Fe list and in travel magazines and websites worldwide. In this first-ever cookbook from the Southwest landmark, four-time James Beard Award–winning author Cheryl Alters Jamison teams with Plaza Café owner Leonardo Razatos, who grew up helping his parents in the Café. With stunning full-color photographs by noted photographer Douglas Merriam, The Plaza Café Cookbook is your guide to re-creating the award-winning, fabulous flavors of Santa Fe at home.
Since 1905 the Plaza Café has been serving inspired favorites to Santa Fe locals as well as to destination travelers who seek out the bustling restaurant in the heart of the old city. It’s hard to miss this culinary gem, with its enviable position smack on the central plaza in one of America’s most beautiful and most visited cities. Known for its longtime family ownership, the Plaza Café offers warm hospitality, a casual atmosphere, and reliably mouthwatering home-style American, Mexican, and New Mexican specialties.
Now the Plaza Café Cookbook serves up a winning combination plate of over ninety recipes—from Mexican shakshuka to green chile stew, from blue corn enchiladas to the Café’s famous house margaritas—along with the rich history behind this treasured establishment. The Plaza Café appears on every “best of” Santa Fe list and in travel magazines and websites worldwide. In this first-ever cookbook from the Southwest landmark, four-time James Beard Award–winning author Cheryl Alters Jamison teams with Plaza Café owner Leonardo Razatos, who grew up helping his parents in the Café. With stunning full-color photographs by noted photographer Douglas Merriam, The Plaza Café Cookbook is your guide to re-creating the award-winning, fabulous flavors of Santa Fe at home.
Four-time James Beard Book Award–winner Cheryl Alters Jamison is one of the nation’s premiere food writers, the author of numerous cookbooks, former Food Editor for New Mexico Magazine, and the host of Heating It Up, a food talk radio show. Her Excited About Food website is a place that embraces good eating and creates enticing meals the whole family will enjoy. She is the coauthor of Smoke & Spice, The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, and The Rancho de Chimayoì Cookbook: The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico, among others. She lives in Santa Fe.
Leonardo Razatos, along with his business partner and husband Giuliano Marcheschi, is the owner of Plaza Café Downtown, Plaza Café Southside, and the Italian Piazza Caffè. He is the son of longtime proprietors Dan and Beneranda Razatos.
Douglas Merriam is a Santa Fe food photographer and contributor to España: Exploring the Flavors of Spain and The Harbor Café Cookbook. He is also the author and photographer of The Farm Fresh Journey: Santa Fe Farmer
Leonardo Razatos, along with his business partner and husband Giuliano Marcheschi, is the owner of Plaza Café Downtown, Plaza Café Southside, and the Italian Piazza Caffè. He is the son of longtime proprietors Dan and Beneranda Razatos.
Douglas Merriam is a Santa Fe food photographer and contributor to España: Exploring the Flavors of Spain and The Harbor Café Cookbook. He is also the author and photographer of The Farm Fresh Journey: Santa Fe Farmer
