Dining at the Governors Mansion or Betty Crocker PocketChef Quick Dinner 1

Dining at the Governor's Mansion

Author: Carl McQueary

You Are Invited to Dine at the Texas Governor's Mansion, to be the guest of the first ladies and two women governors of the Lone Star State, as they offer (through author Carl R. McQueary) some of their finest recipes and favorite stories of life in the heart of Austin. The ingredients in Dining at the Governor's Mansion include one part culinary history and one part social history, along with a generous helping of recipes cooked by Texas first ladies, or (in later years) their personal chefs, from the completion of the Austin mansion in 1856 down to the present. Carl R. McQueary's folksy cookbook offers a look at food and its preparation, entertaining at the Mansion, and the challenges the women faced keeping the old home together. It includes brief biographical sketches of the first ladies, who usually orchestrated food service for both family meals and social or political events, and considerable background on the mansion's infrastructure challenges, interior decoration, landscaping, and restoration. The book also provides an intimate portrait of Texas life during the last century and a half, as the trends in food enjoyed by the governors and their families, especially in their private lives, have been surprisingly similar to those enjoyed by even the humblest of Texas citizens. Most of all, it presents dozens of tasty, appetizing, historic recipes tested by McQueary in his own kitchen and annotated for the contemporary cook. No matter how you slice it up -- as Texas history, food history, women's history, or cookbook -- Dining at the Governor's Mansion offers a palate-pleasing smorgasbord for your reading, dining, or gift-giving pleasure.

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Betty Crocker PocketChef Quick Dinner 1

Author: Silverback Books Staff

Introducing PocketChef cards - the perfect combination of your favorite Betty Crocker recipes with portable convenience!

Say goodbye to lost and crumpled shopping lists. Fitting easily into your purse, briefcase, backpack or glove box, PocketChef's handy "bookmark" format provides you with a simple approach to cooking and menu planning.

PocketChef cards fan out to reveal 36 scrumptious Betty Crocker recipes, as seen in the latest edition of the bestselling Betty Crocker Cookbook. These timeless recipes haven been chosen by consumer focus groups for their reliability, ease of preparation and great taste.

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