Texas Home Cooking: 400 Terrific and Comforting Recipes Full of Big, Bright Flavors and Loads of Down-Home Goodness (America Cooks) - Softcover

The definitive book on Texas cooking-which has been influenced by cuisines around the world, including Eastern Europe and Mexico-by distinguished food writers Cheryl and Bill Jamison, who traveled for two years around the state talking with home cooks, chefs, barbecue experts, fishermen, and farmers. Chapters include "Real Pit-Smoked Bar-B-Q," "Tamed Game," "Farm-Fresh Vegetables," "Eye-Popping, Heart-Thumping Breakfasts," "Football Food," and "Y'All-Come-Back Desserts."

Praise for TEXAS HOME COOKING   "Texas Home Cooking is destined to become the definitive book on that unique, wild, and woolly cuisine, which has borrowed influences from all over the planet... The chapters on real Texas barbecue and chili alone are worth the price of the book, but, happily, the Jamisons also take us on a lighthearted, irreverent culinary tour of the best of the rest of the Lone Star State." (Jinx and Jefferson Morgan, former columnists, Bon Appétit, and owners of the Sugar Mill Hotel)   "Texas Home Cooking conveys the true diversity of a cuisine that has been molded from 25 ethnic influences over a 200-year span." (Stephan Pyles, chef and author of New Tastes from Texas and Southwestern Vegetarian)