Exploring the versatility of the chile, a collection of recipes includes such meal ideas as Kitchen Cinco Salsa, Crunchy Red Chile-Glazed Pecans, and Grilled Sesame Pork Tenderloins with Chipotle-Marmalade Glaze

Chiles

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kerr, W. Park

Cooking by Ingredient

William Morrow & Co.

A collection of recipes ranging from Southwest Scrambled Egg Burritos to Classic West Texas Beef Fajitas also includes tips on purchasing tortillas amd preparing homemade tortilla chips

Tortillas

Baking

Demonstrating how to cook with various hybrid and heirloom varieties, a bean-lover's cookbook features such recipes as El Paso Red Beans and Rice, Texas Caviar, and Grilled Red Chile Turkey and Black Bean Torta.

Beans

Frozen or on the rocks is for amateurs, now that W. Park Kerr is on the scene. Kerr, a ninth-generation Texan with agave in his blood, really knows his way around a margarita -- as he reveals here with more than 60 recipes for his favorite tequila-kissed concoctions. Patio party or swanky soiree, the opportunities to cha-cha with Senorita Margarita are many. There is, of course, the classic, the timeless, Ultimate Margarita. Witness also the tropical Frozen Mandarina Margarita and Citrus Cantina Cooler, where unexpected fruit flavors make a splash. With rowdy gelatin shooters, potent punches, tasty tequila-friendly snacks, including an outrageous flan cake, Viva Margarita will make the most demure hostess belt out an uninhibited " Viva!"

Viva Margarita

Beverages & Wine

Chronicle Books LLC.

From the author of Viva Margarita come 50 recipes for elegant vodka-based cocktails, down-and-dirty shooters, refreshing patio coolers, frozen and creamy indulgences, and an array of dazzling new flavor combinations. Sure, the recipe for a classic martini is in here, but that's just the beginning. Get a Caipirovska, the Russian equivalent of Brazil's famous Caipirihna (just trade out the cacha a for cold, refreshing vodka, sit back, and enjoy). Or try the Arrivederci Capri, a sunny little drink with citrusy lemoncello. And for the truly hardcore, the In-a-Vodka-Da-Vida section is filled with knockout recipes for shooters and shots. Viva Vodka there's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

Viva Vodka: Colorful Cocktails with a Kick

Chronicle Books+