Cowgirl Cuisine: Rustic Recipes and Cowgirl Adventures from a Texas Ranch Hardcover - 2007

Who hasn't fantasized about leaving behind the chaos of everyday life and moving someplace where life is simpler? Well, that's just what chef and food writer Paula Disbrowe did when she left New York City and moved to Texas. She traded her subway MetroCard for a pickup truck and her stiletto heels for a pair of down-home cowboy boots.In Cowgirl Cuisine, Paula tells her story through food. She weaves together romance, adventure, and more than a few laughs as she celebrates the beauty of flavorful food, fresh air, and her own wholesome recipes, all while taking home cooks on a journey well off the beaten path.Like Texas itself, the recipes in Cowgirl Cuisine are big-hearted and bold — whole-grain muffins bursting with berries, salads loaded with leafy herbs and avocado, and fiery bowls of chili. Paula's food is healthful and full of nutrients, but this is not a diet cookbook — cowgirls don't have time to count calories (besides, they burn it all off hoisting newborn calves, hiking the hills, and galloping off on long trail rides). Instead, this is food that is satisfying and easy to prepare, which leaves plenty of time for living life to the fullest.From hearty ranch breakfasts to fresh salads, spicy nibbles, seductive desserts, and killer watermelon margaritas, Paula's recipes are full of her signature zest, spunk, and spice. Start your day off right with Canyon Granola or Cowgirl Migas. For lunch, have a nourishing bowl of silky Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Red Chile Cream or Chicken and Citrus Slaw Tostadas. For dinner, try Gazpacho Risotto with Garlic Shrimp or Cowboy Pot Roast with Coffee and Whiskey. And be sure to save room for one of Paula's decadent desserts, such as Chocolate Pecan Squares or Dulce de Leche Flan with Pepita Brittle.In addition to her recipes, Paula includes humorous and heartfelt vignettes about wild animals on the loose, scorpions in the sheets, and Casanova cowboys. And the pages are filled with lush photographs of food and life on the range. Cowgirl Cuisine isn't just spurs and salsa — it's about following your dream. So saddle up and follow yours.

Details

• Title Cowgirl Cuisine: Rustic Recipes and Cowgirl Adventures from a Texas Ranch
• Author Paula Disbrowe
• Binding Hardcover
• Pages 304
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher William Morrow & Company, Scarborough, ON, Canada
• Date March 13, 2007
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9780060789398 / 0060789395
• Weight 2.47 lbs (1.12 kg)
• Dimensions 9.25 x 7.38 x 1.03 in (23.50 x 18.75 x 2.62 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Cookery, American - Southwestern style, Cookery - Texas
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006046602
• Dewey Decimal Code 641.597