Dianna Hunt celebrates the cultural traditions that early settlers stitched into the state’s patchwork, each ethnic wave contributing distinct flavors.
Hunt searched out authentic recipes for Czech kolaches and Polish pierogi, for Mexico’s chiles relleños and Native American fry bread.
From the hearty African-American cast-iron pot cooking of East Texas, there’s Sunday fried chicken; from the Norwegian Texans of Bosque County, delicate lace cookies, to name just a few in this handy collection.