Flavors (VG)

When the cookbook committee for the Junior League of San Antonio got down to business on building out a cookbook, they put a call out to the league and community for recipes and received three thousand responses.  This book tested and cataloged all of them and eventually one thousand made it into this thorough and wonderful Texan cookbook. The recipes in this book represent the diverse and wonderful cuisine of San Antonio, which became a crossroads for travelers in Southern Texas after the Spanish established a series of missions along the Texan Camino Real - a rustic highway that connected Mexico City with the northern territories that eventually formed the United States.  The recipes reflect the evolution of a population formed by indigenous populations, colonial Spanish influence, and immigration patterns of the area, including wild game; Spanish, Italian, Greek, German, Tex-Mex, and Cajun/Creole dishes. Two editions of Flavors exist - the original 1978 edition and an updated 2003 e