{"id":1281,"date":"2018-12-31T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:33:22","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

4.15.2018\u00a0\u00a0 Texas cookbooks appeal to wide range of taste buds<\/h1>\n

Every year Texas chefs produce mouth-watering cookbooks,<\/span> and four have come across my desk already in 2018. They are:<\/p>\n

Hard Core Carnivore: Cook Meat Like You Mean It<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Jess Pryles<\/span> (Surrey Books, $29.95 flexbound).<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Paula Forbes<\/span> (Abrams Books, $29.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

Paulie\u2019s: Classic Italian Cooking in the Heart of Houston\u2019s Montrose District<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Paul Petronella<\/span> (Greenleaf, $27.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Dotty Griffith<\/span> (Harvard Common Press, $24.99 paperback).<\/p>\n

As the title of her book suggests, Jess Pryles<\/span> focuses on cooking meat, with plenty of recipes for chicken, game, pork, lamb, beef, and sides. Her own personal favorite, she admits, is beef.<\/p>\n

Pryles, who was born in Australia, now makes her home in Austin. She said she \u201cused to be intimidated by the idea of cooking meat,\u201d and so she set out to change that, visiting ranches, butcher shops, and other locales to learn about meat. \u201cPut simply,\u201d she writes, \u201cI\u2019m a meat nerd, and now I get to share both my discoveries and recipes with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few entrees from the beef chapter: the perfect steak, twice-cooked cola short ribs, chicken fried steak, the steakhouse burger, beef hand pies, and chile-crusted roast beef.<\/p>\n

Paula Forbes,<\/span> a food and restaurant writer in Austin, devotes chapters in her Austin cookbook to barbecue, tacos, Tex-Mex, Texas standards, new Austin classics, breakfast and brunch, drinks, sweets, and salsas, sauces and chilis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dishes in this cookbook,\u201d she writes, \u201ccome from some of the great Austin restaurants. In fact, in many ways this book doubles as a restaurant guide.\u201d She said she personally tested the recipes in her own home kitchen to make sure they could be reproduced at home, but she notes that \u201cwhile many of the recipes are easy enough for beginners, this isn\u2019t really intended to be a book full of quick weeknight meals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just a few examples: chicken tinga, from Jack Allen\u2019s Kitchen; 24 hash, from 24 Diner; sweet potato nachos, from Odd Duck; the fried chicken from Lucy\u2019s Fried Chicken, and chicken fried steak with cream gravy from the Broken Spoke.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Paul Petronella<\/span> includes recipes for a number of Italian-American dishes and desserts but also tells the story of operating a family business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest myth is that owners of small businesses are sitting on piles of money,\u201d he writes. \u201cThat couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. Small business owners should know how much money is going out and how much is coming in at all times. In most cases, inexperienced restaurateurs don\u2019t account for all the costs that restaurants incur to operate in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the book consists of recipes for such fare as fettuccini scampi, rigatoni Bolognese, eggplant parmigiana, citrus asparagus, and key lime pie, interspersed with Petronella\u2019s experience of operating Paulie\u2019s for twenty years.<\/p>\n

Dotty Griffith,<\/span> longtime Dallas food journalist and author, provides 125 recipes for burritos, enchiladas, tacos, fajitas, soups, and desserts.<\/p>\n

The first section of the book is about basics: tortillas and how to make them. But whether you make them yourself or just buy them at the grocery or tortilleria, Griffith offers plenty of tasty ways to use them.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> writes about Texas books and authors. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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