Erna Fergusson endeavor—Indian Detour Service. In 1931 Erna Fergusson published her first book "Dancing Gods", which was about Indian ceremonials. Several histories and numerous travel books followed after her success with "Dancing Gods".In her 1934 book, "Mexican Cookbook", Fergusson was perhaps the first to correct the English-speakers notion that "frijoles refritos" meant "refried beans", but the correction never reached the popular consciousness. In 1942 Erna Fergusson helped found the Albuquerque Historical Society. The year after she was awarded as an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of New Mexico. She died in Albuquerque in 1964. Erna Fergusson can be best depicted
Cuisine of the Southwestern United States of both is referred to as "Christmas"). And the usage of pork or beef. The New Mexican Cuisine is most popular in the southwestern states of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Texas has a version, Tex-Mex cuisine, while Arizona's style of Southwestern cuisine is often called "Sonoran", since the Sonoran Desert covers a third of the state. Cuisine of the Southwestern United States The cuisine of the Southwestern United States is food styled after the rustic cooking of the region. It comprises a fusion of recipes for things that might have been eaten by Spanish colonial settlers, cowboys, Native Americans,