{"id":230,"date":"2018-12-31T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:20:33","slug":"lone-star-book-reviews-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/span>COOKING\/TEXAS<\/p>\n

Ethredge, Elizabeth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Review Press<\/p>\n

978-1680030204 Paperback, 158 pages; spiral bound, $22.95<\/p>\n

May 7, 2015<\/p>\n

Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate<\/span> is a gem. The slim volume contains a bounty of riches in terms of words, wisdom, and recipes. The book features eleven Texas poets laureate \u2014 luminaries like Jan Seale, Walt McDonald, Red Steagall, Karla K. Morton,<\/span> and more \u2014 who share their poetry, essays, and family recipes. It is a feast of offerings that you want to take time and savor.<\/p>\n

Here’s one example \u2014 \u201cEating Texas\u201d from Jan Seale, <\/span>the 2012 Texas Poet Laureate.<\/p>\n

Eating Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s taken a long apprenticeship<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to make waffles in the shape of Texas.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First there were mountains over Waco.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then the Panhandle sank.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A few more false starts when<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Red River swamped Oklahoma<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and the Rio Grande dripped into Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now I can make perfect ones.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All I have to do is take care<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to stop pouring the batter a little shy<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of El Paso, Dalhart, and Texarkana.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For some reason, Brownsville needs more.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Otherwise, my grandchildren complain they<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 don\u2019t have the tail of Texas to bite off.<\/p>\n

She shares classic recipes for roast and gravy, and Frijoles Borrachos (Drunk Beans), as well as fun innovative recipes like Papaya Mama Cobbler and Gloria\u2019s Mexican Limeade (made with celery).<\/p>\n

Most of the recipes in this book are Texan and Southern favorites, like brisket and homemade BBQ sauce, apricot fried pies, a grandmother\u2019s recipe for chow-chow, cornbread, grits, and ham. There are quite a few intriguing recipes, like Bacon Bloody Mary, Chimayo Cocktail, and Cherry Coke Jell-O Salad.<\/p>\n

I found dollops of humor sprinkled liberally throughout and some sage advice about cooking, writing, and living.<\/p>\n

Poetry is food for the soul, and food doesn\u2019t just fill stomachs, but also builds relationships and precious memories. Cooking with the Texas Poets Laureate<\/span> gives readers the best of both.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt from Alan Birkelbach,<\/span> the 2005 Poet Laureate of Texas, which perfectly illustrates that:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only bring you my words.<\/p>\n

And my hands. These hands. I know these hands.<\/p>\n

I have always had them. I can vouch for them.<\/p>\n

And maybe also I will bring you a hamburger<\/p>\n

From a really good place I know.<\/p>\n

These are three things that I know are true.\u201d<\/p>\n

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