Cowgirl Chef: Texas Cooking with a French Accent PDF
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Cowgirl Chef TEXAS COOKING with A FRENCH ACCENT by ELLISE PIERCE © 2012 by Ellise Pierce Photographs © 2012 by Steve Legato, except for the photographs on the following pages: 19, 105, 122, 125, 273 photographs © Ellise Pierce, page 103 © Xavier L’Hospice Published by Running Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher. Books published by Running Press are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. ISBN 978-0-7624-4463-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2011944642 E-book ISBN 978-0-7624-4505-9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Digit on the right indicates the number of this printing Book design by Amanda Richmond Edited by Jennifer Kasius Typography: Clarendon, ITC Clearface, and Samantha Running Press Book Publishers 2300 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-4371 Visit us on the web! www.runningpress.com Some recipes in this book call for the use of raw eggs. Please note that the consumption of raw or undercooked eggs may increase the risk of food-borne illness, and is especially not advised for young children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Contents How I Found My Inner Cowgirl Chef Cowgirl Chef Kitchen Basics CowgirlSpeak: A Trail Guide CHAPTER 1 Appetizers: Old Favorites and New Beginnings CHAPTER 2 Cowgirlified Frenchy CHAPTER 3 Souped Up CHAPTER 4 Greens CHAPTER 5 Tacos, Tarts, and Tartines CHAPTER 6 Riding Side-Saddle: Veggies CHAPTER 7 From the Farm and Sea CHAPTER 8 Desserts CHAPTER 9 Tex-Mex 101 Epilogue Acknowledgments Index HOW I FOUND MY INNER COWGIRL CHEF After a year in Paris, I was ready to call it quits. I had completely given up. Given up on the relationship I had moved halfway across the world for. Given up on learning the language. Given up on myself. My freelance writing career was all but over. Magazines that I’d written for had merged with others, stopped using outside contributors, or simply gone under. The future of journalism looked bleak, and mine looked worse. I had less than 100 euros in my bank account, and my credit card was maxed out. I needed to do something … and quick. I wanted to move back to Texas, but couldn’t afford the plane ticket. Home was horse country, a college town called Denton, about a half-hour north of Dallas and Fort Worth, where I learned to ride bareback, fearlessly and at full gallop, after school. Back then, Denton was still a small town, with its old-fashioned square and turn-of-the-century courthouse. It had one high school, two movie theaters (plus a drive-in on the north side of town), a hamburger joint called Johnny’s, a Sonic, and Luby’s cafeteria, where we’d sometimes go for chicken-fried steak.
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