Jackie Alpers | Sonoran Cooking

A Passover and Easter Menu from My Sonoran Desert Kitchen

Recipes with big, bright Sonoran flavors that celebrate spring.

Mar 27 • Jackie Alpers

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How Much Do You Know About Sonoran Cuisine?

How many of these Sonoran dishes do you recognize?

Mar 24 • Jackie Alpers

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February 2026

What is Sonoran Cuisine?

Sonoran cuisine is one of the most under-explored regional cuisines in the United States.

Feb 1 • Jackie Alpers

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January 2026

Comforting Recipes for Cold Days

Food brings comfort and warmth and that is exactly what we need right now. I'm sharing a collection of warming, soothing, recipes to help us all through…

Jan 26 • Jackie Alpers

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Sonoran Plant-Based Recipes

The Sonoran region of the Arizona-Mexico borderlands is home to more varieties of plants that almost anywhere in the world.

Jan 15 • Jackie Alpers

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December 2025

Sonoran Style Recipes in The Unofficial Elf Cookbook

Sonoran dishes might seem unexpected in a cookbook inspired by the movie Elf, but they fit perfectly in Buddy the Elf’s world. Take a look at some of my…

Dec 11, 2025 • Jackie Alpers

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November 2025

Asian Spice: A Chinese American Dream

Your understanding about the origins of Chinese American food may be incorrect – mine certainly were.I thought that most of the Chinese dishes that we…

Nov 1, 2025 • Jackie Alpers

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