El Paso Food Voices in the Library

The El Paso Herald-Post, a daily afternoon newspaper in El Paso from 1931-1997, published several cookbooks; some were based on contests that the newspaper ran.

Savoring the South West; The Mexican Cook-off Cookbook; La Cocina Mexicana; Texas Tastes

[Photo with four cook books printed by the El Paso Herald Post]

The Woman’s Club of El Paso has produced many cookbooks
over its long history.

This one from 1916 features Mexican recipes.

[Cover of Mexican Recipes cook book. Compiled by The Woman's Club]

In the club’s theater, members performed skits like the one pictured here
that takes place in a kitchen.

[The Woman's Club of El Paso performs skit in kitchen set]

Many community cookbooks produced in El Paso are bilingual.
Others give the recipes only in Spanish.

This display shows some cookbooks from Mexico.

Cocina Criolla; Recetas de Cocina; Simplified Mexican Recipes; Mexican Cookbook for Americn Homes; Cocinemos Mejor; La Cocina Juarense; Bienvenidos A La Cocina De ----- 

[Mexican and Spanish - English cook books]

Some cookbooks were produced by commercial
companies like restaurants or food distributors.

El Paso Dairy Cook Book (1921).

[El Paso Dairy cook book. Our cook book for 1921]

Even cookbooks from groups that had no Mexican
connections featured recipes with a Latin flavor.

 Ole El Paso cookbook (1977). 

[Ole El Paso: Gourmet Border Recipes Cook book. compiled by the Democrats of El Paso]

ScholarWorks contains lots of valuable resources available to download or read online. 

Try items such as El Paso's Recipes from the Past for the Present for more materials on El Paso foods.