Texas Hometown Cookbook (State Hometown Cookbook) [Paperback]

Sheila Simmons (Author), Kent Whitaker (Author)

Book Description

Series: State Hometown Cookbook | Publication Date: January 15, 2009

Texas Hometown Cookbook dishes up a double-helping of local, tried and true recipes and fun-filled facts about hometowns all-over the Lone Star state. From frontier campfire cooking, to spicy Tex-Mex fare, from old-fashioned cowboy cooking, to the German influence of Central Texas, to southeast Texas' own style of Cajun and Creole cooking, Texas cooking is diverse... and delicious. You'll find a taste of it all in Texas Hometown Cookbook.

You’ll find easy-to-follow recipes for the Texas “Big Three”—barbecue, chili, and Tex-Mex— including Chili Cheese Empanadas, Chunky Texas Red Chili, Trail Riders Barbecue Coffee Pork Butt , and many more. Central Texas brings you the down-home flavor of Chicken Fried Steak with White Gravy and Cast-Iron Skillet Okra. From Blacked-Eye Pea Jambalaya to Fried Bananas with Cream Sauce, Texas Shrimp Boil to Mexican Wedding Cookies, you’ll find delicious, hometown recipes to please everyone.... especially the cook because every recipe is easy-to-follow and uses ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.

For those that confess to reading their cookbooks like novels (you know who you are) you’ll enjoy interesting food facts and stories about fun food festivals around the state... from Seymour's Fish Day to Texas Rio Grande Valley Onion Festival in Weslaco, from Hot Diggity Hog Fest in Odessa to the Black-Eyed Pea Fest/October Fest in Athens.

When it comes to Texas hometown cooking, Texas is like a whole other country because there is so much great food to enjoy. Texas Hometown Cookbook brings you the BEST that the Lone Star State has to offer!

Editorial Reviews

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Highly recommended

"A Great Variety of Food from Cajun and Creole, to Tex-Mex and old-fashioned Cowboy cooking."

"This is a book to peruse for the pure fun of it!" --Marilyn Meredith - American Authors Association

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Great American Publishers (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193481704X
• ISBN-13: 978-1934817049
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #667,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kent "The Deck Chef" Whitaker
www.thedeckchef.com

Kent Whitaker has taken his down-home, Southern-style cooking to an art-form. "I like to do a bit more than burgers and dogs on the grill."

He is the author of three cookbooks, Tennessee Hometown Cookbook (Great American Publishers, 2007), Smoke in the Mountains and Checkered Flag Cooking (Quail Ridge Press), and has written and illustrated two children's books, Why are the Mountains Smoky? (Overmountain Press, 2004) and Big Mo's Tennis Ball Hunt (Great American Publishers, 2006).

Kent has appeared on the Food Network and other network television stations. He frequently hosts cooking classes at the Chattanooga Market and throughout the South. He writes a cooking column for the Catoosa County News and the Chattanoogan, and writes monthly articles for both The National Barbecue News and Racing Milestones Magazine. A dog-lover and advocate for local animal shelters and rescue organizations, Kent and his grilling buddy, Moses, are spokesperson and spokesdog for ALPO®. Kent and Moses travel the country presenting grilling and cooking demos promoting the idea of including your cannine family members in on the backyard grilling fun. Kent gives human grilling and cooking tips while Moses enjoys ALPO® Chop House Originals Ribeye-Flavored dog food.

Kent and his wife Ally live in East Tennessee with one son, Macee, a Golden Retriever named Moses and a Shitzu named Lucy.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excerpted from my April 2010 review in The National Barbecue News, July 27, 2010

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Doug Mosley (Monroe, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Hometown Cookbook (State Hometown Cookbook) (Paperback)

Here at the world headquarters of The National Barbecue News, there's no telling what the guy in the next cubicle is up to. Thus, imagine my surprise to discover that Kent "The Deck Chef" Whitaker has co-authored a series of state-themed cookbooks. Working with co-author Sheila Simmons and Mississippi-based Great American Publishers, the books are being released under the overarching title The Hometown Cookbook Series.

It's been my pleasure to see four of them: "Tennessee Hometown Cookbook" ($16.95, 240 pp.), "Louisiana Hometown Cookbook" ($18.95, 272 pp.), "Texas Hometown Cookbook" ($16.95, 256 pp.) and "Georgia Hometown Cookbook" ($16.95, 256 pp.). They all reflect the best-loved, traditional recipes from each of those states. For example, you'll find a recipe for North Georgia Apple Pork Chops in the Georgia book, Lone Star Grilled Porterhouse in the Texas book, Jack (Daniels) Black Barbecued Ribs in the Tennessee book and Bayou Burgers with Creole Mayo in the Louisiana book. To add even more local flavor, the books contain notes and pictures from various food festivals in each state.

To date, the four states listed above are available and I saw that one on Alaska should soon be added.