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• Books covering Texas cooking, travel, history, fiction and more.
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The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
Original book review.
The Pioneer Woman can do it all. She's courageous, she's resourceful, capable and talented! All the things you would expect of a pioneer woman. Is there anything she can't do? Well, she didn't set the type or handle the publishing of her new book, but she did just about everything else.

Texas Hometown Cookbook
Original book review.
Sheila Simmons and Kent Whitaker pen an exciting series of cookbooks devoted to the home-style cooking in all fifty states. Their Texas cookbook is over two hundred pages of many great recipes that all cooks and cookbook fans should enjoy.

Follow the Smoke: 14,783 Miles of Great Texas Barbecue
Original book review.
John DeMers collects stories about people and cooking from 119 Texas barbecue restaurants, peppered with spicy discussion about the meaning of barbecue in the state.

Robb Walsh Cookbooks

Original book review
There are two cookbooks, both written by Texas food writer Robb Walsh, that will satisfy the appetites of those interested not merely in food, but hungry for Texas lore and culture as well. Written in 2002 and 2004, respectively, Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook: Recipes and Recollections from the Pit Bosses and The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos cover the two major food groups that most people, Texans and non-Texans, associate with Texas, barbecue and Tex-Mex. Only the uninitiated and incredibly nave would think there isn't enough material on either subject to fill a book.

Texas Cowboy Cookbook
Recipes from the Chisholm Club
Original book review
Fort Worth native Grady Spears has put together another fine cookbook, weaving in a love of Texas culture and history.

Cookbooks & Food-Related Books

Texas On The Plate by Terry Thompson-Anderson One of the finest testiments to Texas food we've seen. A Cowboy In The Kitchen by Grady Spears Having more than one chef cooking cowboy cuisine means we have a movement on our hands, so watch out. A Cowboy In The Kitchen demonstrates that this exciting cooking-style is not only alive and well, but growing. See this great cookbook for yourself. Cowboy Cocktails: Boot Scootin' Beverages and Tasty Vittles From The Wild West "The cowboy's legendary taste for liquor makes great cocktails," writes Texas chef and restaurantuer Grady Spears. A perfect guide to great western bar drinks and the foods that compliement them. Recipes from Historic Texas: A Restaurant Guide and Cookbook Served with a side of history, Steve and Linda Bauer chronicle a surprisingly thorough journey through many of Texas' restaurants that are historic, or are in historic buildings. Celebrating Barbecue Dotty Griffith definatively covers all styles of barbecue - Texas, Carolina, Memphis and Kansas City. Contemporary Cowboy Cookbook Original book review A rich mix of cowboy cooking with recipes from the Wild West to Wall Street, both traditional and contemporary. Texas Country Reporter Cookbook by Bob Phillips Good, plain cooking. The Soup Peddler's Slow & Difficult Soups Recipes and Reveries from Austin's Soup Peddler David Ansel. This delightful book describes making over forty soups in his delivery business on his bicycle. Texas Holiday Cookbook by Dotty Griffith Complete cookbook of holiday food incluing a marvelous section on desserts. Wild West Cowboy Cookies by Tuda Libby Crews Make distinctive, decorative cowboy cookies. Barbecuing Across Texas by Richard K. Troxell Great field-guide to the best barbecue joints throughout Texas. The Texas Link to Making Sausage Also reviews The Texas Link to Making Jerkey by Larry Burrier

Mexican Light Healthy Cuisine for Today's Cook By Kris Rudolph Cooking with Texas Highways Not only does Texas Highways magazine report on the places to see in the state, but also finds the best venues to enjoy some delicious meals. This exciting collection of recipes is a winner. Dave's Dinners Original book review. FoodTV chef David Lieberman focuses his second cookbook on a wide and appitizing variety of home cooked dinners. Texas Food Companies by Rhonda Cloos Missing real Texas food? Learn about over 100 companies in the state who produce a delicious assortment of candy, pastries, salsas, sauces, ice cream and more. Herbs: Growing & Using the Plants of Romance Great book on growing and cooking with herbs. Southern Herb Growing Fantastic treasury of information on growing herbs in the South, along with over 100 exciting recipes. Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends Down-home desserts: What makes them so good? Joyce White opens a treasure trove of desserts collected over the years from family and friends whose cooking she admires. Texas Old-Time Restaurants and Cafes by Sherry Smith-Rogers Butter Beans To Blackberries by Ronni Lundy Dirty Dining by Ginnie Bivona. A cookbook for lovers Tea For Texas by Lori Torrance Dining Lean by Dr. Joanne Lichten How to Eat Healthy in Your Favorite Restaurants The Ultimate Chili Cookbook by W. C. Jameson Everyone needs at least one chili cookbook. This is a good one to have.