first edition
1968 · Albuquerque
by Johnson, Ronald
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1968. Octavo (21 x 16 cm.), x, 124 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The author's first cookbook. While this small work is far from the first American cookbook to treat Mexican, or Mexican-American cooking, it is one of the first truly sympathetic and respectful accounts of the cuisine. The author is also well-known for his poetry, and the complete body of his cookbooks is the work of one of America's most literary cookbook authors. Internally clean and sound. Near fine in publisher’s yellow cloth. Ink gift inscription to free front endpaper. Bright yellow dust jacket is unclipped and has two small chips to the (truncated)