It's no wonder that Texans love to eat: the Lone Star State is not only the nation's second-largest producer of agricultural products but also one of the richest in culinary diversity.
> In compiling Lone Star Eats, Terry Thompson-Anderson has pored over a vast collection of Texas cookbooks and chosen the best examples of the way Texans eat today. More than 500 favorite recipes make up this collection, from down-home comfort foods with rural roots to sophisticated dishes of urban inspiration.
> Drawing from more than 65 different cookbooks, published by some of the state's leading chefs and by community organizations such as junior leagues and church auxiliaries, Thompson-Anderson has selected traditional favorites as well as new classics to illustrate the mouth-watering array of good eats that characterize Texas cooking.