Delicious Reading… Highly Recommended… 5 stars

The revision

From McLennan County Judge Jim Lewis comes a quick and easy casserole. Hopkins County stew, Hill County cheese sauce, and Ellis County gobs take the reader into the kitchen. Yes Gobs. Chad Adams, judge, offers what looks like a sure winner of a cookie. I intend to try them soon. Gobs along with Freestone County Cornbread Salad will be appearing on our dinner table next week. I know I can trust Sheriff Ralph Billings’ delicious salad recipe.

Taco soup, rotel, fruit-filled tortillas, hummingbird pie, and banana bread use ingredients found in most pantries. Randy Swick, Tom Green County DPS offers Swick’s Love Muffins, the muffins that have chocolate chips as an ingredient are sure to be exactly that. Jefferson County Law Judge Al Gerson and his recipes for Pigeon Stew, Chicken and Pork Jambalaya, Batter Friend Italian Shark Bites, and Quailgerson indicate a man who likes to cook, likes to eat, or maybe likes to make both. Bean dip, crawfish and rice, pretzel salad, jail rolls, chicken and rice, lasagna, I’m getting hungry. A Southern cookbook wouldn’t be complete with a Pecan Pie recipe, and I found it: Jasper County Judge Joe Wilkinson sent the recipe from him. Apple Dumplings, Fresh Apple Pie, Aunt Jean’s Coconut Cake, Rum Cake, and Kay Bailey Hutchinson Cousin Susie’s Perfect Fudge; This is a review book that I will keep and use.

“The Historic Courthouse Preservation Program was established in 1999 to provide grants to counties in need of courthouse renovations. The Texas Judicial Cookbook is a culinary tribute to these hand-crafted monuments of justice and leadership. of pioneering Texans. This compilation of recipes from resident judges, former judges, and other state and county officials is enhanced by beautiful photographs of these historic treasures.”

Texas Judicial Cookbook is a spiral bound work of art. The recipes, 59, are the type that I like to see and use the most; family favorites, which means that in most cases the recipes are what the family and kids will eat, can be made with readily available ingredients, and don’t require long hours of preparation. The abundance of photographs included is beautiful. Courthouses built in a bygone time when life was slower, beauty was revered, and rotundas, stained glass, and stonework adorn the structures that are worth the price of the book, whether the buyer is into the recipes or not. . For a cookbook collector, this is a treasure trove of beauty and recipes.

Sulfur Springs, Hopkins County has one of the most beautiful courthouses included. James Riely Gordon’s Romanesque Revival design was built in 1895. A two-page spread of pictures showing the building from various views, close-ups, and butterflies perched on the flowers in front of the building are impressive. Judge Millsap’s stew recipe is offset by a close-up of the Courthouse tower as well as information on the architect and a note of historical interest is included along with a photo of Judge Millsap.

The buildings span a range of Beaux-Arts designs, Classical Revival, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire, Texas Renaissance are some of the designs created by designers James Riely Gordon, Jaspar N Preston and Son, Henry Phelps are just three of the designers listed . It seems that Mr. Gordon is the designer who designs more structures than any other.

Recipe ingredients include packaged cake mix, frozen pie crust, packaged tortillas, canned vegetables, ramen noodles, canned soup, canned chicken broth, Bisquick, cold whip, and pretzels. These are real recipes provided by real people to be used in real homes by busy working people. I like this.

I am a history buff and cookbook collector. The Texas Judicial Cookbook satisfies both cravings, and unlike some cookbooks, I have reserved several of these recipes for use around my family. I enjoyed reading about the various courts and looking at the photos of them almost as much as reading the recipes. Lunchtime should be ‘Texas’ for several days and will include salads, breads, entrees and desserts, all made from these recipes.

I received a bound copy for your review. Enjoyed the read, happy to recommend. The Texas Judicial Cookbook will prove to be a great addition to the personal kitchen’s cookbook shelf, as well as reading lists for the home economics teacher, outreach coordinator, and 4-H leader.

Genre: Cookbook

Publisher: Dennis R Mott

Spiral binding: 160 pages

Publisher: Ovation Books

English language

ISBN-10: 0979027527

ISBN-13: 978-0979027529

Amazon List Price $19.95 Price $13.57