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EVERY GOOD TEXAN KNOWS ABOUT the six flags of Texas, but how about the 28 major ethnic groups contributing to Lone Star cuisine? Just ask Terry Thompson-Anderson, executive chef of Maner Lake Lodge just outside West Columbia. While her new cookbook may not cover all 28 food influences, 150 recipes on cooking styles from cowboy to cosmopolitan—German, Mexican, Creole, and Vietnamese—will definitely give you a leg up.The book begins with a short history lesson in a chapter called “Texas Cuisine—The Evolution,” where you’ll find out how chicken-fried steak emerged from the roots of German Wienerschnitzel. Then it’s off to the good stuff—recipes divided into chapters from “Foods for Grazing” (appetizers), to “If It Swims” (fish), “Things with Wings” (fowl), and “Meat, Tame and Wild.” Dishes…
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EVERY GOOD TEXAN KNOWS ABOUT the six flags of Texas, but how about the 28 major ethnic groups contributing to Lone Star cuisine? Just ask Terry Thompson-Anderson, executive chef of Maner Lake Lodge just outside West Columbia. While her new cookbook may not cover all 28 food influences, 150 recipes on cooking styles from cowboy to cosmopolitan—German, Mexican, Creole, and Vietnamese—will definitely give you a leg up.The book begins with a short history lesson in a chapter called “Texas Cuisine—The Evolution,” where you’ll find out how chicken-fried steak emerged from the roots of German Wienerschnitzel. Then it’s off to the good stuff—recipes divided into chapters from “Foods for Grazing” (appetizers), to “If It Swims” (fish), “Things with Wings” (fowl), and “Meat, Tame and Wild.” Dishes…The post Books That Cook appeared first on Texas Monthly.
