Jim Peyton's The Very Best Of Tex-Mex Cooking: Plus ... (ISBN 1893271331)

Outstanding and worth about 5 times the price.:
I kept looking at this book in the store, and thinking, well, gee, there are a lot of words, not all THAT many recipes, and nice pictures but not the slick glossy pro sort that a lot of cookbooks have in them. But I just read his 'La cocina de la frontera' and wow- what a writer. I bought the book, and it blows me away. The history, etc. is much needed and informative. The recipes are the BEST. He did not pad it out with 'gunk'. It is just a shame his publisher does not seem to take him as seriously as some of the 'celebrity' chefs and do a full color melt in your mouth encyclopedia of his recipes. It would be the top cookbook in the world (at least my world). Jim, I promise, no matter how much my husband begs, I am tossing out the Velveta in the Chile con Queso.....

Every Jim Peyton Book is Excellent:
Jim Peyton is a treasure. His books are not well known at the national level. But they are all terrific. This one is no exception. I have had the pleasure of taking Jim's cooking classes over the years and I use his books as references and for recipes on a regular basis. There are only two great books on Tex-Mex and this is one of them. Highly highly highly recommended.