Lone Star Legacy: A Texas Cookbook

by Austin Junior Forum

Lone Star Legacy is more than just a cookbook—it is a keepsake! Over 800 recipes are seasoned with cooking tips, spiced with Texas trivia, and frosted with breathtaking photos of Texas landmarks and landscapes.

Choose from favorites like the Lake Austin Cooler, Lone Star Ribs, Frijoles Borrachos, or LBJ's Pedernales River Chili to sample the true flavors of Texas.

Lone Star Legacy includes regional foods from the Rio Grande Valley to the High Plains. It captures the unique flavor of Texas cuisine for future generations. With over 190,000 in print, collectors testify to the value of this cookbook. First Texas cookbook selected for the McIlhenny Community Cookbook Hall of Fame.

Genres: Cookbooks

364 pages, Plastic-comb bound hardcover

First published December 1, 1981

About the author

Austin Junior Forum (AJF) is a non-profit volunteer organization supporting women, children, and the elderly in the Austin, Texas, area through community service and fund raising. Learn more about how we use our #powers4good.

AJF serves the community in many different ways, from hands-on community service work to raising funds to provide grants to charities and non-profits in our community. We partner with several local organizations to prepare meals, foster education and creativity, provide comfort and hope where needed, and celebrate triumph over adversity. In addition to volunteering with local charities and non-profits, we have two internal community service projects: the Teddy Bear Program, which provides stuffed Teddy Bears and Dalmatians to Austin's emergency services agencies for children in crisis situations; and Caswell House Etiquette Classes, which help children and youth develop the skills they need to put their best foot forward when they step out into the world. Our annual fundraiser, Christmas at the Caswell House, raises funds that are distributed to area charities and non-profits through our Grants Program and helps support the historic Daniel H. Caswell house.

Reviews

[Jerri Gallagher Clegg · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent source of Texas, and sometimes Mex-Tex food recipes. There a couple pics in it that show items. The book is sectioned of smartly. And the recipes are really easy to make!

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

First published in 1981, these recipes are starting to show their age. There are no more 16 oz. cans, so the measurements are off; we don’t serve creamed tuna on toast to our guests (pg. 202) and I would be surprised if anyone is hunting for a recipe to turn crab meat into a gelatin mold (pg. 21].

[Dobby · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little taste of home ... without the fire ants. One of my essential cookbooks that I've had for [ahem] a few years, this is a perennial favorite.