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Cooking with Texas Highways

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I just bought this. And read it. I have hundreds of cookbooks, and 2 shelves of Texas ones. Not only is it the best Texas cookbook, it has become my instant favorite cookbook, and gets my vote for the best cookbook in the world! No kidding! Why?

This is a beautifully illustrated book, with ALL of your Texas favorites- from Tex-Mex to Czek. And nice reading on some of our local favorite producers- for example of goat cheese.

I have grown completely sick of 'chef' cookbooks. Not only are we supposed to cook like a trained professional would in a resturaunt these days, we are supposed to cook for celebrities- or so it would seem from the endless celebrity chef cookbooks out there. This is a 'real' cookbook. For real people- and it is authentic. The cookbook I read just before this one, while really very good, had loads of bell peppers in the fajitas! I mean- yikes! This book is brave enought to list the famous (and much loved) but really tacky (and chefs would cringe) Texas classics- such as Rotel Cheese Dip and Frito Pie. There are of course much more sophisticated recipes, but all look wonderful.

Lastly, any book with such a drop-dead beautiful photo of bluebonnets gets my vote. But then I have never seen an ugly copy of a Texas Highway Magazine either.

I chose this book as a gift for a non-Texan, and then had to purchase another for myself! I love the variety of recipes in the book, which include traditional Texas favorites, recipes representing the numerous ethnic populations in Texas, as well as more current Texas food trends. The book is full of beautiful color photos, historical facts and trivia relating to the recipes. Well worth the money spent.