This summer’s culinary reading list, both in print and online, includes new books from Texas authors, encyclopedic explorations of international cuisines, plus food-focused memoir and fiction. Pick up some helpful kitchen hints, be inspired to travel to the peninsulas of Mexico, Spain, and Thailand, or just take a staycation with some very engaging light reading.
This article appears in May 23 • 2014.
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