The Prickly Pear Cookbook by Carolyn Niethammer. The Prickly Pear Cookbook gives 56 delightful recipes that are sure to impress not only your guests, but your doctor as well. The Prickly Pear cactus is delicious, nutritious and increasingly believed to be medicinal. From Prickly Pear Margaritas to recipes from internationally known chefs, such as New York's Robert Santibanez from Rosa Mexicano restaurant, Café Poca Cosa's owner and chef, Suzana Davila in Arizona, and California's Will Power from the Washington Hotel, this cookbook inspires the most inventive and tastiest creations the adventurous, and not so adventurous, cook can find.
Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2004. 8" x 8" paperback, 120 pages. Numerous color photos by Robin Stancliff.