Texas Cowboy Cooking

TEXAS COWBOY COOKING collects Tom Perini's all-time favorite recipes for mouth-watering Texan food and drinks. Perini also shares his award-winning tips preparing them, including his secrets to cooking the perfect steak - for selecting the cut, preparing it, knowing when to turn it, and when to call it done. Throughout, stunning photography, archival illustrations, and Perini's own dry, Texan wit bring to life the romance, adventure, character, and humor of life in cowboy country.

* Beautiful, artful photographs complemented by drawings of regional western art

* Written descriptions of historic Texas regions capture the romance of cowboy food and culture

* Showcases heritage food, with heirloom recipes and cowboy practicality complemented by modern kitchen shortcuts

Tom Perini is owner of the renowned Perini Ranch Steakhouse, President of the Texas Restaurant Association, and a consultant for the Texas Beef Industry Council. He has catered dinners and parties at ranches in all parts of Texas, preparing menus that reflect the traditional favorite foods of each specific region of the state. A native Texan, Tom makes his home in historic Buffalo Gap.