This helpful guide to restaurants, barbecue cookoffs, mail order companies, and more is an unbeatable book for anyone interested in barbecue. It includes recipes collected from Texas pitmasters, including former Governor Ann Richards, the County Line restaurants, and barbecue cookoff competitors. Awarded "Best Regional Book" by Mid-America Publishers Association.

The authors of this cookbook did a wonderful job of capturing the look and spirit of Texas. The recipes are as diverse and as interesting as our great state. This is a recipe collection that you'll want to share with all your friends and family. Don't miss the recipe for "Artichoke and Spinach Queso" a wonderful Texas twist on a traditional appetizer.

I'll admit that this book touches my heart since it includes photos of Santas created by my Mom and me!! The pictures of the San Angelo Christmas at Old Fort Concho are wonderful along with the pictorials of Texas at its happiest. The recipes that I have tried live up to their press which is a pleasant surprise in this day of cookbooks! If you are from Texas, you need this book!! If you aren't from Texas, you'll love this book and wish you could celebrate right along with us!!!

Lots of Texas-themed food here, and recipes from famous people and restaurants. Some are really gourmet, others are stuff anyone could make, like your basic Texas bbq. Even though it's mostly a cookbook, I thought the best part was all the photos of Texas scenery. Very nice.

If you like jalapenos and spicy foods, you'll love this book! My copy came at the perfect time - just when the jalapenos in my garden were starting to ripen.

I LOVE this book! Highly recommended. Great pictures and food. Very authentic to the region. Great for the home or professional chef. A nice addition to anyone's collection.

Get this book. The recipes are wonderful and well written. No Blah-blah. There are tidy little illustrations, and a nice section of basic components that are used throughout the book.

I bought the book at the annual UT press sale, where the employees said "He's been bringing us samples an they are wonderful!"

The enveloping pace of this book is wonderfully integrated with information. I was delighted to recognize authors I did not know had Texas roots. My out-of-state visitors also found authors they had read and loved, and in one instance, knew personally. It is time to recognize the past and present talent in Texas. This book's charm is not limited to Texans, or women only.

This is one of John Brandi's poetry collections, published fairly early in his career, that remains one of his most popular. Edward Abbey said of the work: "Good strong simple poems, quietly eloquent, shapely as snowflakes." Gary Snyder called this book "a guide to go where it says: "Back in." The poems certainly do point the way into a magical and remote hinterland, its Native American people, its starlit expanses and surreal outcrops. Brandi's forays into the desert hinterland known as "Four Corners" are balanced by some wonderful domestic poems: love poems; beautiful celebrations of family; tender poems to children. A classic collection, enahanced by a sampling of Brandi's whimsical illustrations, which he calls "word maps."

This book talks about the world view of an American Indian child - talking about their house, their yard, their pets, their world. The watercolors are colorful and light. The book is beautifully printed and is a precious item to own. For parents interested in introducing their children to various points of view this is perfect.