San Antonio Cooks: Favorite Recipes from Local Chefs and Restaurants

Thanks to year-round warm weather, charming historical architecture, ethnic diversity, and friendly locals, San Antonio is a vibrant and emerging culinary haven that has risen beyond its reputation for spicy stews and corn tortillas.

From family-run taquerias and next-level smokehouses to trailblazing chef-led bistros and heavyweight fine-dining restaurants, discover the city’s best food, drink, and culture all in one place. San Antonio Cooks introduces home cooks to more than 80 signature recipes from some of the city’s best chefs and restaurants. Southern cornbread? Check. Slow-braised brisket with white cheddar grits? Check. A refreshing watermelon and elderflower sorbet? You bet. Whether it’s Mexican street corn, beef shank barbacoa, Asian dumplings, or chocolate banana cream pie you’re after, San Antonio Cooks features diverse recipes that will satisfy every craving.

This cookbook may place San Antonio on a culinary map, but it only confirms what locals have known all along: eating in San Antonio has never been better.

Julia Celeste Rosenfeld
Julia’s fascination with recipes and ingredients led her to pepper her writing career with gastronomic gigs, including fourteen years as the restaurant reviewer for San Antonio Magazine, a few as the local Zagat editor, and a few as the writing instructor at The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio. In 2014, she co-authored her first cookbook Texas Hill Country Cuisine: Flavors from the Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant with chef Ross Burtwell. Since 2015, Julia has introduced countless guests to the city’s chefs, artisans, and producers through her culinary tour company, Food Chick Tours (www.foodchicktours.com).