Dining at the Governor's Mansion

McQueary, Carl R.

ISBN 10: 1585442542 / ISBN 13: 9781585442546

Published by Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas No date, 2003

Signed by Author. Book inscribed by the author on the half title page, " From the Mansion to your house-- Carl R. McQueary." Book in excellent condition - tiny bump to tail of spine, otherwise light shelf and edge wear only. Front cover of dust jacket is sun faded, otherwise light shelf and edge wear only. One part culinary history, one part social history, with a generous helping of First Texas family recipes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 317 pages, index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 6 pounds. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Texas; Politics & Government. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1585442542. ISBN/EAN: 9781585442546. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 607446. Additional shipping charges may apply. Seller Inventory # 607446

Synopsis:

You are invited to dine at the Texas Governor's Mansion, to be the guest of the first ladies and two women governors of the Lone Star State as they offer (through author Carl McQueary) some of their finest recipes and favorite stories of life in the heart of Austin. The ingredients in Dining at the Governor's Mansion include one part culinary history and one part social history, along with a generous helping of recipes cooked by Texas first ladies or (In later years) their personal chefs, from the completion of the Austin marislon in 1856 to the present. McQueary's folksy cookbook offers a look at food and its preparation entertaining at the Mansion, and the challenges the women faced keeping the old home together. It includes brief biographical sketches of the first ladies, who usually orchestrated food service for both family meals and social or political events, and considerable background on the Mansion's infrastructure challenges, interior decoration, landscaping, and restoration. The book also provides an intimate portrait of Texas life during the last century and a half since the trends in food enjoyed by the governors and their families, especially in their private lives, have been surprisingly similar to those enjoyed by even the humblest of Texas citizens. Most of all, it presents dozens of tasty, appetizing, historic recipes tested by McQueary in his own kitchen and annotated for the contemporary cook. No matter how you slice it up - as Texas history, food history, women's history, or cookbook - Dining at the Governor's Mansion offers a palate-pleasing smorgasbord for your reading eating, or gift-giving pleasure

About the Author: Historian Carl McQueary serves as a commissioner of the Texas Historical Commission and is the executive director of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum in Austin He is the coauthor of two books about Texas' first woman governor, Miriam A. Ferguson.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dining at the Governor's Mansion
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas No date
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.