Pastry Queen Parties: Entertaining Friends and Family, Texas Style [A Cookbook]. This item is unavailable.Pastry Queen Parties: Entertaining Friends and Family, Texas Style [A Cookbook]

Celebrates the Lone Star State's culinary traditions and flavors with over one hundred recipes--including Honey-Lavender Rack of Texas Lamb, Grilled Cajun Catfish Tacos, and more--in a book by the author of Pastry Queen Christmas divided into six location-based party menus, augmented by sidebars and over one hundred full-color photos.

IACP award-winning author REBECCA RATHER is the chef-owner of the renowned Rather Sweet Bakery and Café in the Texas Hill Country town of Fredericksburg, where she cultivates the gracious life with plenty of parties. Formerly a caterer, she has planned and cooked for hundreds of events throughout Texas and across the country. Rebecca has been featured in Texas Monthly, Gourmet, Ladies’ Home Journal, Food & Wine, Southern Living, Saveur, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Her previous books include The Pastry Queen and The Pastry Queen Christmas.

ALISON ORESMAN has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing and editing for newspapers in Wyoming, Florida, and Washington State. Her weekly columns as a restaurant critic have been featured in Miami and Seattle. Alison coauthored the IACP award—winning The Pastry Queen Christmas with Rebecca; this is their third book together.