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Author: Alter, Judy
ISBN: 9780896729469

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Texans love to eat, and one dish they can't get enough of is chili--so much so that chili con carne is Texas's state meal. This seemingly simple staple of Texan identity proves to be anything but, however. Beans or no beans? Beef, pork, or turkey? From a can or from scratch? Texas Is Chili Country is a brief look at the favored fare--its colorful history, its many incarnations, and the ways it has spread both across the country and the world. The history includes chuckwagon chili, the chili queens of San Antonio, the first attempts at canned chili, the development of chili societies and the subsequent rivalries between them, and the rise of chili cook-offs. And what would a book about chili be without recipes? There are no-fat recipes, vegan recipes, and recipes from Mexican-American cooks who have adapted this purely American food. Some have been tried, but many are taken on faith. Recipes are included from state celebrities such as Ladybird Johnson, Governor Ma Ferguson, and chili king Frank X. Tolbert.

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Title Texas Is Chili Country: A Brief History with Recipes
Author Judy Alter
Binding Paperback
Pages 128
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Texas Tech University Press
Publication date 2015-10-15
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9780896729469 / 089672946X
Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
Dimensions 7.9 x 6 x 0.5 in (20.07 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
Category Cooking / Wine
Library of Congress subjects Cookbooks, Cooking - Texas
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015028624
Dewey Decimal Code 641.823

About the author

Judy Alter retired from Texas Christian University Press after thirty years, twenty of them as director. At the same time she developed her own writing career, focusing primarily on women of the American West. Now she writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages. She lives in Fort Worth.

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