The El Paso Chile Company's Burning Desires: Salsa, Smoke, and Sizzle from Down by the Rio Grande

by Michael McLaughlin, W. Park Kerr, El Paso Chile Company

Following the success of his first El Paso book, Park Kerr is cooking up more fiery West Texas foods. With grilling recipes for palate-thrilling delights, Kerr includes suggested menus, regional side... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688128181
• ISBN13: 9780688128180
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great heat!

This is an incredible grilling guide. I've tried multiple recipies and they have all come out on fire with taste, inspiration, and yes, desire for incredible food. DO try it, I highly recommend it.

My most treasured cook book

This book has been my bible for entertainment since I bought it at least 7 years ago. I was on business in Austin, Texas and found it in the airport book store, luckily. Homemade salsas, bbq sauces, ointments and marinades, guides to grilling and smoking all kinds of beef, chicken, pork, fish, lamb...how to make sausages, how to make pizza from scratch and cook them on the grill, how to grill sandwhiches...tons of bbq type side dishes...alchoholic and non type drinks, and special deserts. All my most favored recipes have come from this book. Not one thing I have made has been a disspointment and this book has helped me earn the reputation of being one of the best bbq entertainers around. My personal favorites: spicy lemon chicken molasses mop beef ribs avocado salsa picadillo salsa Western Red BBQ sauce bbq pizza (make dough from scratch!) smoked t bone steaks with green chile butter marinaded and grilled mushrooms, red onions, vegetables rosemary new potatoes grilled sweet potatoe planks marinaded red pepper & jalepeno Cole Slaw (no mayonaise!) jack daniels pudding cake pineapple tequila pineapple tequila margaritas Grilled peaches with walnut oil on vanilla bean ice cream I am going from memory on the titles, but I have captured the essence. If you like to grill, or have an affinity for chips and salsa, smoked meats, spicy foods, beer or tequila..this book will not dissappoint. Even if you don't love all those things you will find killer recipes here. And hey, I don't even know the author (unfortunately) I just love this book.

One hot cookbook

This book is full of great-tasting, well-written recipes. I have been using it for a number of years with consistently good results. There is a useful resources section in the back for getting ingredients you might not be able to locally.

a great summer cookbook

I love the Kerr family thinking when it comes to food-- big, blowsy, can't-have-too-much-of-a-good-thing type thinking. I've used this cookbook for five years, and everything I make has great, authentic Tex-Mex taste. I'd take any advice Park Kerr is giving out.

Sizzle Spicy Smackaroo

Great cookbook! The recipes are easy to understand and even better tasting. Mr. Kerr has a flair for setting the mood for each of his recipes with anecdotal descriptions of how to serve and what to serve with the dish. The only drawback is sometimes the recipes call for ingredients that are not easily obtained (common grocery store), but he warns of that in the book! It's a good read and a great cookbook.