TEXAS READS: Cookbooks appeal to variety of Texas tastes
Texans love to eat, and there is no shortage of cookbooks offering tempting thoughts to make us hungry.
A few examples:
Tricia Henry and Betsy Nozick are the authors of “Texas Tuxedos to Tacos” (Eakin Press, $27.95 hardcover). They draw on their experiences as Austin caterers to provide recipes ranging from presidential dinners to picnic box lunches.
Whet your appetite with Avocado-Corn Salsa or Taco Sombreros, bring on the Texas Honey Salad, try some of Ma’s Southern Fried Okra, add the Orange-Glazed Frog Legs, the Venison Stew or the Vegetable Quesadillas, and top it off with Cappucino Brownies.
Terry Thompson-Anderson, author of “Texas on the Plate,” is back with “The Texas Hill Country: A Food and Wine Lover’s Paradise” (Shearer, $19.95 paperback).
She tells about 100 Hill Country dining venues from the 25-county region and provides recipes sure to please the palate.
Chef Scott Cohen and Marian Betancourt have teamed up to produce “The Texas Hill Country Cookbook” (Globe Pequot, $24.95 hardcover), a full-color guide to contemporary Texas cuisine.
Cohen’s award-winning recipes include Chile-Spiked Mexican Shrimp, Warm Texas Beef Tenderloin and his signature Peach Cobbler.
Cowboy cooking is Grady Spears’ specialty, and he and co-author June Naylor expand on his expertise in their new cookbook, “Cooking the Cowboy Way” (Andrews McMeel $29.95 hardcover), scheduled for release this fall.
Their collection of about 100 recipes from chuck wagons, campfires, and ranch kitchens pay tribute to the cowboy’s historic culinary experiences.
Spears and Naylor also are the authors of “The Texas Cowboy Kitchen.”
Henry, Nozick, Thompson-Anderson, Cohen and Spears headline the upcoming Texas Cookbook Gala at the Abilene Country Club this Thursday, a major fundraiser for the Friends of the Abilene Public Library.
The event is sold out, but Henry, Nozick and Thompson-Anderson will also present a free brown bag lunch program at noon Thursday at the downtown library and will be on hand to sign copies of their books.
The gala and the brown bag lunch are part of the West Texas Book & Music Festival going on all week. For more information, go to
www.abilenetx.com/apl and click on the festival logo.
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