We've scoured the state and brought back the winners in a back pocket-sized cookbook. From the State Fair of Texas to the Terlingua International Chili Championship, some of the Lone Star State's finest dishes are now explained. The best cobblers from Texas peach country, best homemade ice cream, most scrumptious kolaches from Tex-Czech parts and the world's best chilis. Pocket size, perfect as an easy-to-mail stocking stuffer or house gift with a bottle of wine.

Texas Braggin' Rights: Winning Recipes of the Best Texas Cook-Offs

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Barry Shlachter

Cooking Methods

Great Texas Line

An easy to follow guide -- in a back pocket-sized format -- to crafting genuine Tex Mex fare, from family favorites to gourmet variations that can be made in any kitchen. Quick reference for seven different fresh salsas, enchiladas, real Texas chili con carne, fajitas, tamales, tortilla soup, flautas, migas, burritos, ceviche, sopapillas, nun fingers, tres leches cake and more! ''A great collection of Tex-Mex recipes,'' says Grady Spears, author of ''Cowboy in the Kitchen.'' Pocket size, perfect as an easy-to-mail stocking stuffer or house gift with a bottle of wine.

Tex Mex 101

Regional & International

A chili fanatic's guide to making what Will Rogers called 'a bowl of blessedness.' Presented in a back pocket-sized format are decades of the top winners of the leading national chili cookoffs, along with a veteran competitor and judge's tips on how to win a chili contest. Included is an essay on the great Terlingua, Texas, chili feud, which spawned three dueling cookoffs.

Championship Chili: Top Cookoff Winning Recipes

Main Courses & Side Dishes

This back pocket-sized cookbook is a complete, easy-to-follow guide to making traditional and gourmet salsa for every occasion -- from tailgate parties to formal dinners. With it, create salsas beyond ones you've ever seen or tasted.

Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!

Crystal Walls

This tiny gem is packed with memorable breakfast recipes selected from top bed and breakfast inns around the Lone Star state: Texas breakfast tamales, pecan-crusted bacon, blintz souffle, sweet potato pancakes, morning glory muffins, cranberry &amp; white chocolate biscotti, poblano grits, pan-fried pork with peaches, peach &amp; blueberry cobbler, and scores of other delectable dishes. B&amp;Bs in Jefferson, Frerdericksburg, Austin, Fort Worth, Tyler, Brenham, the South Plains, LaGrange and elsewhere contributed. Included are descriptions of the inns with contact information. All in a back pocket-sized format with comb binding, for easy use in the kitchen. Contains the 'most-loved recipes from Texas bed and breakfasts!' --June Nayor, author of 'Texas: Off the Beaten Track.'

Texas Morning Glory

Barry Shlachter (editor)

A complete, pocket-sized guide to Texas' 40 winteries, covering every region of the state with a description of each establishment's vintages, top recent awards, tastings, tours, special events and hours. In addition, the winemakers have contributed their most delectable recipes. 
The comb binding allows the book to be laid flat while following recipes and the small size, about 4.25"X5", makes it a great stocking stuffer or house gift.

Texas Wineries: A Guide with Favorite Winery Recipes

Shlachter, Barry

&#xFEFF;Few experiences are as memorable as a visit to a Lone Star dance hall retaining a down-home ambiance. Texas writer Shirely Y. Jinkins has covered the music scene for decades and has carefully selected venerable dance halls that deserve landmark status. ''&#xFEFF;Here's the perfect stocking stuffer for that friend who always wants to check out the bars in whatever town you're visiting. Jinkins's 'Texas Landmark Dance Halls' is your guide to the places where you can knock one back and scoot a boot." ¿ Austin American-Statesman

Texas Landmark Dance Halls

Travel

Jinkins, Shirley

United States

Newly updated, this pocket-sized primer lays out a slew of recommended daily itineraries, including the best sights, the best hikes and then the best places to hit after a day on the trail or the river. The guide provides tips on what to see and how to do it best, with thorough lists Kimball has collected over the decades of intimate contact with this national treasure. The Lajitas Sun called it ''a practical, compact, generally well-written and entertaining package of advice. And it s one of the best guides on the market. There's a powerful amount of information packed into its 104 pages.''

The Big Bend Guide: Top 10 Travel Tips Top 10 Hikes & Top Itineraries for the Casual Visitor

Allan C. Kimball

This easy-to-follow, authoritative book will prepare students away from home for the first time and facing new temptations with unanticipated but serious consequences. Writing in layman s terms, San Marcos attorney (and college rugby coach) Scot Courtney de-mystifies the law while offering useful tips: what to say when an officer pulls you over, how to handle a cop who shows up at your party and whether you should try those stupid human tricks on the side of the road if you've been stopped for drinking and driving. With this legal survival guide, a college student no longer need rely on the dubious advice of the dormitory/frat house know-it-all when things begin to careen off the rails. The book shows how campus pranks and careless behavior can lead to felony charges that could follow youths the rest of their lives. Courtney spells out when horseplay becomes hazing, when seduction becomes sexual assault.

Legal Street Smarts (Texas Edition): How to Graduate with a Clean Record, Avoid Evictions, Arrests & Worse

Scot Courtney

Self-Help

The best dishes most closely associated with each of Louisiana's regions, reflecting a rich culinary heritage that includes, and goes far beyond, Creole and Cajun.

Louisiana's Tables: A Culinary Heritage Tour

Jyl Benson

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