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Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteño Cooking of South Texas

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I am a beginning cook that moved from South Texas and love this book! Now I can make all of my favorites in my own kitchen far from home. The background Melissa gives is so interesting and it makes you feel like she is in the kitchen with you almost!

Great cookbook for those that are looking for TRUE South Texas-Northern Mexico cuisine. It is beautifully written and a cookbook you will keep in your library forever.

With so many cookbooks, the layout can really turn me off of a book. The first thing that struck me when I flipped open to a random page how it drew me in. Most recipes include a bit of the author's personal history with the dish and many introduce with the "old way" of making the dish as well as present a new way that is less labor intensive. Often she will follow up with a recipe for those who want to try the traditional method.

A very thorough book that explores local ingredients, explains when they were served, what you might find in your supermarket and then clearly describes how to prepare the dish.

I'm a recent transplant to Texas and have had my eyes opened to Mexican and Tex-Mex food. This book introduces Norteno cuisine that is found in many traditional border homes. I couldn't wait to try my hand at these recipes.

Also, if you're someone who likes to read cookbooks for enjoyment, you'll love this one.

Of of the few, rare, authentic looks at some exceptionally wonderful food. The book is beautiful, and enhances the feel for understanding the landscape and people that authentic south Texas ranch cooking comes from. Thank God Melissa is secure enough in tradition that she did not feel the need to throw Mangos in everything to prove she was a creative chef. I have pet goats that were adopted as orphans, and they are very sweet and loving, so I no longer eat Cabrito, but have had it enough in the past to appreciate the recipes.

I grew up in South Texas down in the brush country around Laredo. These are authentic guides to preparing true Mexican foods, rare to find now days that haven't been loaded down with additional ingredients and preparation methods to satisfy the haute cuisine crowd. If you're looking for true down-home Mexican meals then this cook book is for you!

This was my first experience with Amazon and how enjoyable it was and still is. My husband is Mexican and, as I am not, I wanted to know how to cook some authentic dishes for him. I found this book at the local library and liked it so much that I ordered it from Amazon. It's a lovely book by a woman who grew up in South Texas and knows Texas style Mexican cooking thoroughly. I have to admit that I haven't tried many of the recipes, but the ones I've made are excellent!

Last Easter, my husband mentioned that he would like to have capirotada, a special Mexican bread pudding that is made at Eastertime. With this book, I cooked one that is "out of this world". It will become an Easter tradition at my house.

For anyone who likes Mexican food (Texas style) this book is the real thing.

Functional Recipes! Some of them are very unique to the region and hard to find elsewhere.

Love this book for its recipes and short stories. My great-grandparents, grand-parents and father were from this part of Texas, so many of the recipes are a slight variation from what my Mom would cook for my dad. How did she know how to cooks this way? I never asked and I should have. This is my third copy of the book. I send it to my kids when they ask me for a receipe. I live in South West Texas now and the Mexican food here on the border is entirely differnt. Thank for the fast shipping! Jayne

I recently moved to Texas, being a naive from West Virginia, I needed any help I could get with South Texas cooking! Since I loved mine so much I had to buy one for my sister-in-law. It's a wonderful cookbook and you will grow to enjoy and want to make every recipe in it!

I love this book. We were sick of going to local Mexcian restaurants and not getting the quality of cuisine we were used to in Texas. I bought this for my husband and now I know how to make a great red enchilada sauce. The background and history of dishes is great. My husband loves to relate it to his own childhood growing up on a ranch in Central Texas. Sadly, the book just makes me want to go back to the Southwest. I have ordered Melissa's other book as well.