Texas Home Cooking (Paperback)

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From Library Journal

This undertaking by the authors of The Rancho Chimayo Cookbook ( LJ 11/15/92) offers more than 400 recipes from every region and subculture of their home state. A section on Texas classics includes recipes for "real" barbeque, lots of chili, Tex-Mex favorites, and chicken-fried steak and other cowboy fare; "Lone Star Specialties" covers breakfasts, desserts, and Super Bowl menus; and in between are lots of meat dishes, relishes and condiments, and side dishes. Headnotes and sidebars are fun and folksy (too much so at times). Stephan Pyles's The New Texas Cuisine ( LJ 4/15/93) provides an individual interpretation of Texas cooking; the Jamisons' book is a more wide-ranging version. For most collections.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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One of the top 15 cookbooks of the year. -- USA Today

With captivating text they lift the lids on the jewels of Texas food. -- Houston Post

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Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press; illustrated edition edition (June 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558320598
• ISBN-13: 978-1558320598
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #148,817 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-creates home in the North, December 7, 1999

By A Customer

Shortly after moving to Michigan from my home state of Texas I found Texas Home Cooking. I was doubtful that it would bring back the tastes of home I was craving. It has proven to be the only cookbook I pull out when seeking out a dish to wow my new family and friends. It truly is a reflection of Texas cooking from the Tex-Mex section (salsas, enchiladas, tamales and more) to the classic American home cooked favorites (B-B-Q, steaks, chicken fried steak, sweet potatoes) that are famous in the south. I use it for reference to recreate that dish I had and on a night when I want to try something new.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cookbook with those all-important 'extra' secrets, July 3, 1998

By A Customer

Most cookbooks have standard recipes that do an okay job of getting the food cooked.

_Texas Home Cooking_ does one thing that most others don't. They have all of those little cooking secrets that add an extra zing to what would have been standard recipes.

Just their beer mop recipe has become a staple of my cooking palate. But they have so many other recipes that really make my guests cheer.

Those extra steps make steaks, fried chicken, meat loaf, fries, and other american/mexican foods into real comfort food.

This is my favorite cookbook (out of 40 in my collection)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous cookbook!, October 26, 1997

By A Customer

It's hard to imagine why this book appears to have been "remaindered" for sale in off-price bookstores, for it is a genuinely amusing, fascinating and generally excellent tour through regional Texas cuisine -- with none of the pretensions of the "celebrity" chefs. All of the recipes are positively fantastic. I give this book as a gift for anyone moving to or from Texas. Can't recommend it highly enough!