The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos
by Robb Walsh

List Price: $17.95
Our Price: $11.05
You Save: $6.90 (38%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.98 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

• ISBN13: 9780767914888
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices

Book Reviews of The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos

Book Review: A Different History of Texas
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos

Nobody knows Tex-Mex like Houstonian Robb Walsh, who has spent much of his career researching the vibrant Mexican-American-and-Texan kitchen. Now he shares all the savory details in a comprehensive Tex-Mex bible, filled with outsize characters, fascinating stories, rare archival photographs, and of course great recipes for making an easy-to-elegant range of classic and nuevo dishes.

The Tex-Mex Cookbook takes readers from the Spanish missions of the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century's short-lived Republic of Texas and beyond, capturing the flavor of old San Antonio's Chile Queens as well as the distinctively homespun inventions of rural border towns in lively prose and historic photographs. From the birth of corn chip mania to the booming Tex-Mex aisles in supermarkets across America, The Tex-Mex Cookbook reveals how "America's oldest regional cuisine" became a nationwide passion. Recipes include tacos, enchiladas, and authentic Texas chili, as well as fajitas, nachos, and Frito pie. Upscale contemporary selections such as Wild Mushroom Chalupas and Prickly Pear Margaritas bring this western saga up-to-the-minute.

A food fiesta that will delight home cooks and history buffs alike, The Tex-Mex Cookbook celebrates this inimitable culinary culture with the fact-filled, fun-filled tribute it deserves.

Southwest Books

• Cooking, Food & Wine > Regional & International > U.S. Regional
• History > Americas > Mexico