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Check out our two new books, Texas Church Supper and Family Reunion Cookbook and Texas 107 Best Walks on www.greattexasline.com.

Like all of our Texas cookbooks and guides, these are value-priced at $5.95 but deliver as much, or more, as books costing three times as much.

This is what Texas author Glenn Dromgoole wrote in the San Angelo Standard-Times about our line, and the two new titles:

TEXAS READS: Small Texas books packed with useful information

By Glenn Dromgoole
Thursday, June 17, 2010

   The Great Texas Line publishes useful and entertaining small books, 4½ inches by 5½ inches, reasonably priced at $5.95.

   Most of the books in the line are themed cookbooks, such as “Texas Barbecue 101,” “Tex-Mex 101,” “Texas Morning Glory” (bed-and-breakfast recipes), and “Texas Chuckwagon Cuisine.”

   Others have more of a travel theme, like “Texas Landmark Cafes” and “Texas Wineries,” and then there is the humorous “Speak Texan in 30 Minutes or Less” by my journalist friend Lou Hudson.

The books are widely available at gift shops, airports, hospitals, bookstores and other venues and make good remembrance or stocking stuffer gifts. They easily fit into a purse or pocket or glove compartment. We keep a copy of “Texas Landmark Cafes” in our car to consult when traveling around Texas.

   New to the Great Texas Line are two books especially appropriate for this time of the year — “Texas Church Supper and Family Reunion Cookbook” and “Texas 107 Best Walks.”

Compiled by Allan C. Kimball, “Texas 107 Best Walks” is organized by region for easy reference.

“Among my criteria for inclusion,” the author writes, “were that a walk had to be interesting in some way, and that it not be too long or too difficult.”

Several zoos are included — Lufkin, Houston, Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Brownsville, San Antonio and Abilene — and a good many state parks, nature trails, seashore attractions, even some commercial treks such as Houston’s Galleria and Fredericksburg’s downtown shops.

   Each walk includes a brief description including length, degree of difficulty (most are rated easy or moderate), location, best time to visit, what to look for, and how to obtain more information.

I’m keeping this one in the car to encourage me to explore some of the places Kimball describes.

Veteran cooks Dolores Runyon and Dona Mularkey have combined their recipes and some of their friends’ favorites into a little 84-page book chock full of delicious ideas for that summer family reunion or fall church potluck supper.

  You might not want to take Wino Pot Roast to the church supper, but it could liven up a family get-together. Other meat recipes include Texas Goulash, 15-Minute Chili, Chicken ‘n’ Easy Dumplings, and Scott’s Venison and Pork Meatloaf.

   Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes lead off the dessert section, which also features such delectable goodies as Whipping Cream Pound Cake, Texas Pecan Pie and Cow Patty Cookies.

Other sections in “Texas Church Supper and Family Reunion Cookbook” offer recipes for appetizers, drinks, breads, salads and veggies.

Cheers!

Barry Shlachter, Top Hand