Food & Wine Magazine's Best of the Best Cookbook
New York Times Notable Cookbook 2007

ISABEL'S CANTINA
Bold Latin Flavors from the New California Kitchen

By Isabel Cruz
Forthcoming from Clarkson Potter/Random House, August 2007

With her trademark blend of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, Japanese and Thai cooking, Isabel Cruz shares the deceptively simple recipes that make her five West Coast restaurants so popular. She cuts some of the calories and fat so often found in Latin food without ever sacrificing taste. You'll find boldly flavored ingredients common to both Latin and Asian cuisines - like mangos, limes, chilies, mint, ginger, coconut, and cilantro - for healthful dishes that are not only good for you - they are delicious! Isabel Cruz is the owner of five restaurants along the West Coast, extending from the Coffee Cup in La Jolla and Isabel's Cantina and Seaside Cantina in San Diego, California, to Dragonfly in Ashland and Isabel in Portland, Oregon (opening May 07). Read about Isabel in San Diego Union Tribune's feature on Latin cooking "Las Reinas de la Cocina" For more information, please visit www.isabelscantina.com