DECEMBER 2006
BAJA BOOK BEAT

MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

We have a fine selection of books which would make great gifts for Christmas……
What better way to get ready for the Xmas season than trying out some new recipes with a Baja flare and we have many Cook Books which will help you along in the kitchen……

COOKING WITH BAJA MAGIC DOS – Ann Hazard…….
Ann has put together a selection of 250 recipes (80 new and the rest improved) and they represent Baja’s unique and continuously evolving cuisine. For Starters, try Senor Azucar’s Broken Cat Soup, Hotel California’s Lamb and Gorgonzola Burgers, El Chilar’s Lobster and Crab Pozole, Caffe Todos Santos Tenth Anniversry Salad, Pueblo Bonito’s Enchiladas Baja and Tropicana Breakfast Rellenos. And that’s only the beginning……
“When Ann Hazard whisks you away to Baja, you have no choice but to come along for the ride. Her love of Mexico is so contagious it leaves you feeling as though your’re with her, exploring that piece of paradise she calls home.” ---Coast News

BAJA COOKING ON THE EDGE-Deborah M Schneider…..
Join acclaimed chef and seasoned Baja traveler Deborah Schneider for an intriguing and appetizing journey through the Baja California region of Mexico, from the dusty towns south of the U.S. border all the way down to breezy Cabo San Lucas at the peninsula’s southern tip.

BAJA COOKING ON THE EDGE is chef Deborah Scheider’s homage to this wildly beautiful region and its dazzlingly flavorful cuisine, a love letter to a place and a people that transformed her approach to food. In this extraordinary collection, you’ll find exuberant salsas, ocean-fresh seafood dishes from the coast, nueva cocina receipes from the wine country, earthy fare from the bounty of the region’s specialty farms and home gardens, and an intoxicating selection of exotic sweets and drinks, In true Baja style, freshness, flavor, and ease of preparation are emphasized throughout….

Another great idea is giving one of our many fine Frida Kahlo books to that special person in your life…….

FRIDA KAHLO – Helga Prignitz-Poda- Frida Kahlo-THE PAINTER AND HER WORK. 264 pages, 121 color plates, 54 illustrations …Fine Art Collectors Book…..Andre Breton, one of her many admirers among the avant-garde European scene, once described her art as a “colored ribbon round a bomb.” Exotic and explosive, sensuous and fascinatingly vital in terms of artistic statement, Kahlo’s paintings shed a complex and often frightening light on her soul, her “inner reality,” as she called it…….WE ARE SELLING THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK AT $35.00 OFF THE PUBLISHED RETAIL PRICE……In addition we are carrying the “TASCHEN” KAHLO BOOK and a beautiful Frida Kahlo ARTBOX……FRIDA’S FIESTAS by Guadalupe Rivers and Marie-Pierre Colle is a wonderful book full of her favorite recipes and reminiscences of Frida Kahlo……

Xmas Cards….From the folks at FOUNDIMAGE PRESS we have a nice collection of nostalgic individual cards and a few Xmas cards with desert scenes…..

ORIGINAL ART BY CATALINA……
Catalina has some of her original ‘SCRATCH BOARD’ art work, beautifully framed, available and on display at the book store…..they will make the perfect gift for Xmas……

MISSION MEMOIRS by Terry Ruscin is a fine work on the Missions of California….The author/photographer documents the intense dedication needed for the building of all the California missions, never disparaging Fray Junipero Serras efforts. Fair-minded and informed-with a keen understanding of the realities behind this epic plan- Ruscin has created a monumental work.

LAS MISIONES ANTIGUAS The Spanish Missions of Baja California by Edward Vernon. Few Americans realize that the missions of Baja California predate Alta California missions by over 70 years, and are the first links in a chain that spanned the Spanish Californias from Cabo San Lucas to San Francisco. This book is a photographic and written record describing the location, history, and present condition of all the sites of the little-known missions of Baja California……

The Baja 2007 Satellite calendar along with city maps of both Mexicali & Ensenada…..AAA and Esparza Editores road maps of the Baja are available and all priced at $5.00 dollars….

The Peninsula de Baja California Wall Map (5’ 4” long) is selling for $10.00……also we carry a large satellite map of San Felipe which includes El Dorado Ranch which is highlighted by the ‘shamrock green’ of their beautiful golf course….and a splendid satellite map of the entire Baja and includes the Sea of Cortez including the eastern shore line…

We are pleased to announce that on Feb 20th one of the most popular Baja authors Graham Mackintosh will be here at the book store…..Graham will not only talk about his 3 published works but will in addition give us a sneak preview into his latest adventure……

Due to issues regarding the printing of the new edition of the Baja Almanac it appears that it will not be available for several months…..we hope to have it here before the ink is dry….

The San Felipe Players – Baja’s finest theater group will be presenting “Cookin’ with Gus”
with a new twist…..DINNER THEATER…..and based on everyone of their past productions this will be one that should be a MUST for one and all…..the dates are Jan 15th – Jan 16th with the doors opening at 5PM and a matinee on Jan 17th which the doors will open at noon…
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE …SAN FELIPE TITLE COMPANY……..

In Dec due to unavoidable appointments north of the border we will be closed on DEC 12TH AROUND NOON AND ALL DAY ON WEDNESDAY DEC 13TH …….AND ALSO SUNDAY DEC 17TH… normal business hours are 9AM -4PM

We are closed on Mondays…..the BOOK STORE is located next door to Baja Java…severing the finest coffee west of the Mississippi.. At the corner of Mar de Cortez and Chetumal in the HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN FELIPE….Our phone number is 577-0471………