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A veteran Texas-based journalist, John DeMers<\/span> is the author of fifty published books on subjects from food and drink, to Texas culture, history, to a popular series of crime novels set in far West Texas. Most recently the author of Cord\u00faa: Foods of the Americas<\/span> (Bright Sky Press, 2013), John has published earlier works with Bright Sky Press, including Follow the Smoke: 14,783 Miles of Great Texas Barbecue<\/span> and the Chef Brett adventures, beginning with Marfa Shadows. He lives in Houston and Marfa.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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JOHN DeMERS<\/p>\n

The Delicious Mischief: 100 Favorite Recipes from 25 Years of Eating & Drinking on the Radio<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

NONFICTION \/ FOOD AND COOKING<\/p>\n

Houston: Bright Sky Press (October 2014)<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 176 pages, 978-1-939055-82-8<\/p>\n

$29.95<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Rashda Khan for Lone Star Literary Life, 4.5.2015<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>The best thing about The Delicious Mischief: 100 Favorite Recipes from 25 Years of Eating & Drinking on the Radio<\/span><\/a><\/span> is author John DeMers\u2019<\/span> stories.<\/p>\n

While the cookbook celebrates DeMers\u2019 shows twenty five years on air, he pulls his stories from throughout his life \u2013 childhood in Louisiana, his globe-trotting days as the food editor with United Press International, and his time in Texas. In his warm, laid-back style, the host of the weekly “Delicious Mischief” food and wine show broadcast in several Texas cities shares stories of interviewing Julia Child and about family fishing trips.<\/p>\n

Many of the stories give intimate glimpses of bigger-than-life celebrities. DeMers asked Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme if it was difficult to make his trademark smile happen after his wife\u2019s death. Prudhomme\u2019s reply: \u201cIt was relatively easy, because she would have wanted me to go on and do what I\u2019m doing and have fun. That\u2019s a fact\u2026She would want me to it the best that I could. When I had to be on, it was easy, because I could be on for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are flashes of wonderful insight, such as: \u201cIn the hyphenated world of immigrant cultures in American, Tom [Perini] taught me that we are all Part-Cowboy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recipes in this book are mostly inspired by his eating experiences, but some he came up on his own. I found the latter to be creative, but easier to follow. My favorite was the Marfa Meatloaf created by DeMer\u2019s fictional character Chef Brett Baldwin, the star of his Marfa mysteries. Of course, you have to adjust spicing to suit personal tastes, but this recipe makes delicious good use of tortilla chips and tomato salsa.<\/p>\n

Having an index of recipes and a table of contents would have made this cookbook more user-friendly, but I enjoyed leafing through it and discovering new surprises. Also, the mouth-watering color photographs are a big bonus. The Delicious Mischief is part food memoir, part travelogue, part cookbook and part coffee-table book. All in all, it\u2019s a gorgeous and entertaining addition to any foodie\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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