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

by Robb Walsh

Join Texas food writer Robb Walsh on a grand tour complete with larger-than-life characters, colorful yarns, rare archival photographs, and a savory assortment of crispy, crunchy Tex-Mex foods.From the Mexican pioneers of the sixteenth century, who first brought horses and cattle to Texas, to the Spanish mission era when cumin and garlic were introduced, to the 1890s when the Chile Queens of San Antonio sold their peppery stews to gringos like O. Henry and Ambrose Bierce, and through the chili g

ISBN: 9780767914888

288 pages

Published: 2004-06-15

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

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