Praise for my new book The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook from the Cowboys & Indians C & I blog:
Regardless, next time I’ll be prepared having just read Robb Walsh’s The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook, which recommends five mariachi songs to request when you need a quick diversion. My next getaway song? “Volver, Volver.” I’ll remember it because it’s the title of my favorite Penelope Cruz movie.
Like El Ranchito, I wasn’t sure what to expect looking at the outside of Walsh’s cookbook, but the renowned food critic for the Houston Press and James Beard Award winner doesn’t disappoint. This is my kind of cookbook. It’s a little frightening (goat leg steak? venison sausage?) and very comforting (slow-simmered stews and backyard brisket). There are quick rubs, salsas, and sauces and all-day, whole-hog recipes. And on top of it all, Walsh, identifies the best taco trucks in Portland, Oregon.
Whole Foods just had the last of this season’s Texas Rio Star grapefruit on sale, so I opted for Walsh’s intriguing grapefruit chicken fajitas. Their simplicity and surprisingly bright flavor were an unexpected joy.
my girlfriend has a grape fruit plantation in their backyard and we always taste some of the harvest.`,~