I've been caught amidst a heat wave ... so I am thinking about desert territory foods

When you're living in the hot and dry there are certain classes of food that come to my for pragmatic reasons.
Because of that, today I have picked Arizona as my center of the regional cooking theme :)
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In particular replacing salts and supplementing hot spices is said to be good in hot dry climates for your health, and to aid in body heat reduction by sweating.
Here are a few cook books for Arizon recipes I found:

The books above are available through Amazon.com