{"product_id":"stirring-prose-deborah-douglas-9780890968291","title":"Stirring Prose: Cooking with Texas Authors","description":"\u003ci\u003eStirring Prose: Cooking with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Authors\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully revealing look at some of Texas's best writers. Initially conceived as a Who's Who of Texas authors, Deborah Douglas quickly realized that asking authors to write about their favorite recipes freed them from \"the big toe-digging constraints of having to talk directly about themselves. The resulting off-center reflections are brilliant slices of their personalities and their writing styles.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA traditional cookbook this is not. Each author contributed to \u003ci\u003eStirring Prose\u003c\/i\u003e in a personal, distinctive way. Billy Porterfield reveals his fantasies about a voluptuous restaurant owner and a dream-enhanced recipe for \"game hen fricassee with a French New Guinea twist.\" Sunny Nash gives us an enticing snapshot of her grandmother, Bigmama, and divulges the secret to beautiful skin with Bigmama's Mysterious Rose Water Splash. And John Erickson shares his Bachelor Cowboy's Delight, the meal he eats over and over when his wife and children are out of town, and which consists of steak, lettuce salad, and green peas. Robert Flynn, Liz Carpenter, Elmer Kelton, and thirty-three others also share their recipes and food stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of these recipes, such as Dr.  Larry L.] King's Asian Flu Hot Liquid Life-Saver, almost beg for a \"do not try this at home\" warning. Others, such as Cindy Bonner's Bohemian Kolaches and Clay Reynolds's Tex-Mex Breakfast, will inspire readers to start cooking. All are enticing for their tasty prose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach recipe is accompanied by a photograph, a publication list, and an engaging, personalized introduction by Douglas, herself a fine writer, funny and charming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough not an exhaustive collection of Texas writers, \u003ci\u003eStirring Prose: Cooking with Texas Authors\u003c\/i\u003e is a tantalizing peek at thirty-nine talented Texas writers and their work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890968292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890968291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.29w x 1.08d","brand":"Deborah Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926780870911,"sku":"9780890968291","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b8819e49-025b-46c5-9e72-35a2f880bcce.jpg?v=1681084970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stirring-prose-deborah-douglas-9780890968291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}