#texas cooking

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** From the new cookbook "The American Table" (released October 17)! Chef Larry Edwards takes us on a flavorful journey of true American food, featuring the classic dishes from the diners and cafes which at one time dotted our landscape from sea-to-shining-sea. As one reviewer noted, "The American Table is truly a dictionary of Comfort Foods." A word about the chilies of Texas. There is an official Texas chili for every resident of the Lone Star State, or so it seems. You can go into every diner, roadhouse, cafe, truck stop, or eatery of your choice in this state, and you will find on the menu their own Texas Chili. They do indeed love their chili in Texas, but they just cannot come to an agreement on an official one! TEXAS CHILI (Serves 4) Ingredients needed to make Texas Chili: 1 1/2 Tbs. corn oil 2 pounds beef chuck roll, trimmed of excess fat and cubed 1/4 cup chili powder 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. ground coriander 1 Tbs. ground cumin 1 tsp. salt 1 cup water 2 cups beef stock 4 cups canned pinto beans. drained and rinsed 1 white onion, minced Steps: 1) In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. 2) Add the beef and brown on all sides. 3) In a medium bowl, whisk the chili powder, garlic, coriander, cumin, salt, and water. 4) Stir the chili powder mixture into the pan and cook 5 minutes. 5) Stir in the beef stock and bring to a boil. 6) Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook 1 hour. 7) Add the pinto beans and onion and bring the chili to a boil. 8) Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook 20 minutes. 9) Remove the chili from the heat. 10) Ladle into bowls and enjoy!

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Texas Queso Dip Recipe

Texas Queso Dip Recipe

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In Jacksboro, TX, and need grub? This is your place.

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Texas Cooking

by Lisa Wingate

My name is Lauren, and I am guilty of buying things I will never use because I think I’m getting a deal. If the horribly unflattering articles of clothing that comprise 30% of my current wardrobe weren’t enough evidence, let me draw your attention to my most recent read, Texas Cooking. Just look at it: hot pink and yellow cover with the world’s cheesiest title and a pair of blue cowboy boot salt and pepper shakers on the front with little hearts on them. I shudder to think of how far I dropped in the estimation of all my coworkers while walking around reading this eyesore all week. 

I bought the book at a used book store where prices hovered at around $4 - $7 per book. At $1.19, I thought I was getting a deal compared to everything else, but having sat on my bookshelf for months without being read, I think it's suffice to say I had a bit of buyer's remorse about it (also, see its twin, Lone Star Cafe, which has also been collecting dust). In a recent initiative to read enough books to stop my bookshelves from sagging from too much weight, I picked it up thinking that it would be a quick read. Of course, I wasn't even thinking of how slowly reading can go when you're stuck with bad writing. 

The characters? Lame. The plot? Cheesy. What was there to love about this book? Not much. 

Collie Collins (no lie), the protagonist, has been given some pity freelance work writing floozy articles about a few little towns in Texas. Having just emerged on the losing side of a big political scandal in the journalism world, she accepts it begrudgingly. However, when she finally ends up in San Saline and gets to know the residents there, she winds up liking it and the hunky cowboy who runs the local newspaper there. But will she be able to put her big-city, Yankee past behind her to live in Nowheresville, USA, with a man she might love?

Yeah, that description was terrible. So was the book. Collie was trying to hold on to her serious journalist background through the whole book while being overcome with weird, poetic feelings about the small-town life she found herself in. I think Wingate was trying to show a transformation, but it just made Collie seem a bit bi-polar. Her love interest, a cowboy-turned-newspaper-editor, was rich and hunky and came with a secret past of lost love and disappointment. Altogether, it was unbelievably unbelievable. 

Surprisingly, 11/18 people gave it 5 stars on Amazon. I'm guessing these are legit romance novel fans, which I am not. I'll admit that my taste in books isn't exactly respectable - chick lit isn't something to brag about - but this was way below even my standards. 

2/5