UT Press at the 2020 Texas Book Festival

Starting Friday, November 6, the University of Texas Press and many of our authors will go virtual to celebrate the 25th annual Texas Book Festival. We are so sad to not be experiencing this vital literary event in person, but now more than ever, we must support our authors, booksellers, and book-loving organizations by showing up and buying books!
We have gathered our authors into the schedule below, but you can view and plan your full Texas Book Festival schedule here: https://www.texasbookfestival.org/2020-festival-schedule/

Unlike the in-person fest, you won’t need to wear out your soles dashing between concurrent sessions in the tents and Capitol building—none of the panels this year are simultaneous! Our authors will be featured during the adult sessions held November 6–15, so we encourage you to go ahead and signup for your Crowdcast account, RSVP to sessions, and mark your calendars to soak in all these discussions and demonstrations from the comfort of your home.

Saturday, November 7

2 PM - 2:45 PM
José Ralat
Tacos and Coffee: The Origins of—and Controversies Behind—Our Favorite Foods

Kick off your virtual Texas Book Fest experience by grabbing a taco and afternoon coffee from your favorite local spot, and then enjoy this conversation! In their new books, Texas Monthly taco editor José R. Ralat (American Tacos) and food-history researcher and journalist Augustine Sedgewick (Coffeeland) follow the histories of the taco and the coffee bean across time and space, revealing valuable insights about culture and power along the way. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/xu0be779/register

Sunday, November 8

11 AM - 11:45 AM
Kathy Valentine
Lit Crawl Brunch with Typewriter Tarot with Cecily Sailer

Ready for a mystic message or perhaps some cosmic rescue? Audience members at this session will be invited to submit a question on the creative process to ask the Tarot for this innovative town hall. Kathy Valentine will join Typewriter Tarot founder Cecily Sailer for a Tarot-led discussion of her memoir All I Ever Wanted. Thank you to partners Desert Door Sotol and Rambler Sparkling Water, supporting community through storytelling! The first 200 people who register for Literary Death Match or Typewriter Tarot will have the option to pick up a Desert Door Camp Mocha kit and other goodies on Saturday, November 7, from 12 PM to 5 PM. Location details will be shared with the first 200 registrants. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ytcb9txn/register

Wednesday, November 11

10 AM - 10:45 AM
Jam Sanitchat
Thai Fresh: A Cooking Demonstration

Jam Sanitchat has been cooking since age five, so it’s no surprise that her restaurant and learning center, Thai Fresh, is a South Austin staple. But flavor is only part of the equation. From her days cooking for friends at UT to the relationships she’s built with local growers and producers, Sanitchat knows cooking is all about connection. Experience the magic for yourself with a cooking demonstration from her new cookbook, Thai Fresh: Beloved Recipes from a South Austin Icon. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/zo2hwxz5/register

5:30 PM
Don Carleton and Cynthia Orozco
MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and Adela Sloss-Vento: The Civil Rights Movement in Photos

In their new biographies, Peniel E. Joseph (The Sword and the Shield) and Cynthia Orozco (Agent of Change) share illuminating portraits of leaders who altered the course of the Civil Rights Movement both in Texas and nationwide—a movement captured in part in photos collected by Don Carleton (Struggle for Justice: Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography), the executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ikh5791m/register

We highly recommend the podcast "Race and Democracy" from Dr. Peniel Joseph, the Founding Director of the UT Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and Professor of History. Dr. Joseph discusses issues of race, democracy, public policy, and social justice with expert guests and questions who is America? Where have we been, where do we want to go, and how can we get there? Tune in wherever you listen to podcast to learn about American history, race and democracy, and the outlook for the future.

Struggle for Justice celebrates the legacy of the photographers who helped galvanize public support for the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk. Don Carleton is executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History and J. R. Parten Chair in the Archives of American History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Agent of Change is the first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans. Cynthia Orozco is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso. She is the author of No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.

4 PM - 4:45 PMJessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson
Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back

Sports journalists Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson (Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back) discuss sports and sports fandom both on and off the fields, courts, and diamonds—from racism to drugs, domestic violence, and CTE. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jwl857ul/register

Thursday, November 12

1:15 PM - 2 PM
Kathy Valentine
Life in Music: New Memoirs from Musicians Chris Frantz and Kathy Valentine

In their poignant, candid new memoirs, Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine (All I Ever Wanted) and Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club (Remain in Love) share the stories behind the songs and discuss their journeys in life and music. Register here:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gl65ua6c/register

Sunday, November 15

11 AM - 11:45 AM
José Ralat and Texas Monthly editors and writers
A Texas Monthly Brunch (A Lit Crawl Event)

This roundtable of editors and writers from the National Magazine of Texas hosts a delectable wrap-up of the Festival. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/tstqvxq9

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Our Fall | Winter 2019 Catalog is Here!

Browse our forthcoming books in our latest seasonal catalog, featuring Stephen Harrigan's Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, Asher Price's Earl Campbell: Yards after Contact, María Hesse and Fran Ruiz's Bowie: An Illustrated Life, translated by Ned Sublette, and more! Flip through the catalog below, or download the PDF here.

All forthcoming books can be pre-ordered here on our website! Apply the discount code S19SALE during checkout at www.utexaspress.com to receive 40% off and free shipping through May 31, 2019.

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Books Every Mother Can Love

Mothers should be pampered for Mother's Day. That means that when you give your mother a cookbook, you should also treat her to a dish made from that cookbook. We've made how-to videos for two recipes from Terry Thompson-Anderson's newest cookbook, Breakfast in Texas: Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down-Home Classics, and Local Favorites. We've got one recipe for a Bloody Shiner using Texas Hill Country Distillers moonshine, and a classic recipe for Huevos con Migas that can be made ahead of time and served to mom on Sunday morning.

We have more recommendations for books that make great Mother's Day gifts, including books for birders, art lovers, swimming hole aficionados, and more.

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Breakfast in Texas
Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down-Home Classics, and Local Favorites

By Terry Thompson-Anderson, with photos by Sandy Wilson

The author of the James Beard Cookbook Award finalist Texas on the Table presents nearly one hundred recipes for breakfast and brunch, including favorites from some of Texas’s most popular restaurants, along with menus for entertaining and delightful culinary notes.

Hardcover, $35.00

311 pages | 8 x 10 | 123 color photos | ISBN: 978-1-4773-1044-1

How to Make Terry Thompson-Anderson's Huevos con Migas

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More Mother's Day Books

Texas on the Table By Terry Thompson-Anderson, Photos by Sandy Wilson One of Texas’s leading cookbook authors presents 150 recipes that showcase the state’s bounty of locally grown meats and produce, artisanal cheeses, and award-winning wines, along with fascinating stories of the people who are enriching the flavors of Texas. Hardcover, $45.00 ISBN: 978-0-292-74409-7 This Land An American Portrait Photographs by Jack Spencer Foreword by Jon Meacham Created across thirteen years, forty-eight states, and eighty thousand miles, this startlingly fresh photographic portrait of the American landscape shares artistic affinities with the works of such American masters as Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Mark Rothko, and Albert Bierstadt. Hardcover, $45.00 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1189-9 Nina Katchadourian Curiouser Edited by Veronica Roberts Essays by Jeffrey Kastner and Veronica Roberts; interview by Stuart Horodner This catalogue of an exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin presents a mid-career survey of the work of Brooklyn-based artist Nina Katchadourian. Hardcover, $34.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1151-6 The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin Edited by Andrée Bober Spotlighting more than eighty collections in very diverse fields, this extensively illustrated volume showcases the unparalleled quality and range of the holdings of the University of Texas at Austin. “Like all wonderfully rich cabinets of curiosities, The Collections rewards slow and repeated looking.” —Glasstire Hardcover, $125.00 ISBN: 978-1-4773-0785-4

A Love Letter to Texas Women By Sarah Bird Acclaimed author Sarah Bird celebrates the uniqueness of Texas women in this beautifully designed gift book. “Sarah Bird is a true eccentric, but one with a straightforward gift for explaining the human heart. . . . A Lone Star girl-legend.” —Boston Globe Hardcover,  $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-0949-0 The Swimming Holes of Texas By Julie Wernersbach and Carolyn Tracy; photography by Carolyn Tracy Full of practical information to help plan your visits and enticing color photos of one hundred freshwater swimming holes, here is the first-ever guide to the best places to swim in Texas. Paperback, $21.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1237-7 The Quality of Life Report: A Novel By Meghan Daum, Foreword by Curtis Sittenfeld A New York Times notable book, The Quality of Life Report is the critically acclaimed first novel by Meghan Daum, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the PEN Center USA Award for creative nonfiction. Paperback, $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1300-8 Comfort and Glory: Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center By Katherine Jean Adams, Foreword by Karoline Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes Showcasing 115 remarkable quilts that span more than two hundred years of American quiltmaking, this volume introduces an outstanding collection of American quilts and quilt history documentation. Hardcover, $ 75.00 ISBN: 978-1-4773-0918-6

One More Warbler A Life with Birds By Victor Emanuel, with S. Kirk Walsh With stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America’s foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. Hardcover, $29.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1238-4 The Texanist Fine Advice on Living in Texas By David Courtney and Jack Unruh The first collection of acclaimed illustrator Jack Unruh’s work, this book gathers the best of the illustrations he created for The Texanist, Texas Monthly’s back-page column, along with the serious and not-so-serious questions that inspired them. Hardcover, $24.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1297-1 Chrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography By Adam Sobsey With new insights into her life and music and fascinating details about the making of all of her albums, this is the first book about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Chrissie Hynde, the leader of The Pretenders. Hardcover, $24.95 ISBN: 978-1-4773-1039-7 Yucatán Recipes from a Culinary Expedition By David Sterling Winner of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year Award With over 275 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, lively stories of their origins, and luscious illustrations, here is the definitive work on the foods of Yucatán, one of the world’s great regional cuisines. Hardcover, $60.00 ISBN: 978-0-292-73581-1

Recipes from Fonda San Miguel

Austin locals know the restaurant Fonda San Miguel as a great place to gather with families for a special occasion. Its Sunday brunch is legendary. As one of the Southwest's top restaurants, not only is the food top quality, its ambiance and art transport patrons to

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a romantic hacienda in Mexico.

When the Fonda San Miguel cookbook was first published in 2005, it was an instant hit and won awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Independent Publishers Association. Fonda San Miguel: Forty Years of Food and Art is now updated and reissued with a lavish compilation of recipes and art from one of America’s premier restaurants serving interior Mexican cuisine.

To celebrate, we've pulled a few recipes from the book for Thanksgiving week. Feast well!

We've partnered with BookPeople and Edible Austin for a talk with restauranteur and author Tom Gilliland on Thursday, December 8th at 7pm. He'll speak about the book and there will be some bites to taste along with his talk. Don't miss it!

From Fonda San Miguel: Forty Years of Food and Art

Spicy Red Snapper Bloody Mary—or María

This is your spicy Bloody Mary but with a fun twist. You can make it with your choice of gin, vodka, tequila, or mezcal.

• 5 ice cubes
• 1 6-ounce can tomato juice (the best you can get)
• 2 ounces gin, vodka, tequila, or mezcal
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons bottled hot pepper sauce (Salsa Valentina)
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon brine from a jar of olives
• 1 pinch hot chili powder
• 1 pinch garlic powder
• 1 pinch ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon prepared or freshly grated horseradish

Garnish

• 1 celery stalk with leaves (from the heart of the celery)
• 1 small dill pickle
• 2 stuffed green olives
• 1 freshly cut lemon wedge

Place ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Pour in all liquid ingredients and season with all the rest. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker is frosty.

Pour all contents, including ice, into a 12-ounce highball glass. Before serving, garnish with celery, pickle, olive, and lemon wedge. Serves 1.

Higaditos con Higos Y Jalapeños
Chicken Livers with Figs and Jalepeños

This may sound like a strange combination, but the sweet/sour/spicy joining of figs, onions, jalapeño, and vinegar is a perfect foil for the livers and their savory richness. These are great served with cocktails.

• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter 
• 2 red onions, peeled and thinly sliced 
• 1 fresh jalapeño pepper, chopped 
• 1 2/3 cups chicken livers, trimmed of sinew 
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 
• 4 ripe figs, stems removed and halved 
• 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar 
• 4 slices sourdough bread, toasted 
• Extra virgin olive oil 
• 1/4 cup fl at leaf parsley, roughly chopped 
• Zest of 1/2 lemon

Melt half the butter in a large frying pan. Add the onions, jalapeño, and a pinch of salt. Cook over gentle heat for 20 minutes, until the onion is soft and starting to brown. Remove to a plate and set aside.

Thoroughly pat dry the chicken livers on paper towels. Season well with salt and pepper. Add the remaining butter to the frying pan and, once it foams, add the livers. Fry over medium heat for about 2 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Cook in batches if needed. Set aside with the onions.

Turn the heat to medium-low. Sprinkle the sugar over the pan and add the figs, cut side down. Cook for about 1 minute, until the cut side starts to bubble and brown; turn over. Add the vinegar and bubble for a few seconds, until syrupy. Return the onions and livers to the pan. Correct the seasonings and stir together.

Spoon the fig and liver mixture over the toast. Splash with olive oil and sprinkle with parsley and lemon zest before serving. Serves 4.

Tour Texas on the Table This Fall

Fall is the season to experience Texas. Don't let it get away from you without visiting some of the farm-to-table culinary hotspots featured in Terry Thompson-Anderson's new book Texas on the Table: People, Places, and Recipes Celebrating the Flavors of the Lone Star 

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State. To help you plan day trips, autumn weekend adventures, and even your next grocery run, we turned to Google maps to take the guesswork out of putting Texas on your table.

Organized by category (Cheese, Wine, Dining, Meat and "Foraging"), this map charts the extraordinary family-owned establishments from which the book pulls quintessential Texas dishes and wine pairings with an emphasis on terroir (loosely translated as "a sense of place").

Access the map here: Tour Texas on the Table

A detail from the Tour Texas on the Table
Google map.

We've incorporated recipes and wine pairings from the book in the map pins, so you'll really know what you're doing when you've got the book in hand and the best local food and wine Texas has to offer.

On social media? If you find yourself supporting one of these small businesses, take a photo (selfie if you want), post your photo tagging where you are and using the hashtag #TexasOnTheTable, and we'll share it!

To help get you started while you plan your Texas terroir treks, impress your family and friends by making pulled pork barbecue from one of the hottest old-school purveyors of 'que in the country. Yes, that's right, you now have access to some of Franklin Barbecue's secrets.

Franklin Barbecue’s Pulled Pork Sandwich

Although beef is foremost in the minds of Texans when you mention barbecue, the pulled pork sandwich served at Austin’s wildly popular Franklin Barbecue is so fabulous it is worth the long wait usually required to get one. Adored by everyone from local bloggers to the New York Times and Bon Appétit, Franklin Barbecue has a line outside its door every single day, and very few complain about waiting three hours or more to get their barbecue. The sandwiches are great to prepare for a crowd, each of whom will love you, especially because they didn’t have to stand in line.

Why We Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Pt. 1

Cinco de Mayo is coming up and Americans are already salivating over all of the tortilla chips, salsa, margaritas, and gooey cheese and refried beans to be consumed on May 5. We're lucky enough to know a few experts on Mexican cuisine; Diana Kennedy, Lucinda Hutson, and now Chef David Sterling have all published authoritative books on the best Mexico has to offer the global palette. Chef Sterling, author of Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition, really knows his Mexican cuisine and his history, so we asked him to give us a primer on Cinco de Mayo.

'Conflict and Cuisine: Picking Your Battles Over Dinner'
By David Sterling

Eating special foods to celebrate Victory is nothing new. Dormice dipped in honey and rolled in poppy seeds were a perennial favorite at the feasts following the processions of the famed Roman Triumphs. Closer to our own era, the rather more plebian hot dogs, hamburgers and cherry pie appear annually on the Fourth of July; ratatouille and crêpes Suzette honor Bastille Day festivities; and buñuelos, churros, “puffy tacos”, and other Spanish-American foods are devoured during the remembrance of the heroes at the Alamo in the annual Fiesta San Antonio. And where would Cinco de Mayo be without Tex-Mex enchiladas drowning in chili and molten cheese, washed down with a river of beer and Margaritas? 

What we consume serves as a vivid metaphor of our political and cultural selves; the very zoetic act of ingesting and digesting delicious food is a flamboyant - and pleasurable - way of thumbing one's nose at the vanquished. And for those of us not on the battlefield, our full stomachs and alcoholic buzz are vicarious ways of participating in the victory.

One thing quickly becomes clear from the above menus: you don't have to be French - or Mexican or American - to celebrate and enjoy these victory feasts and their foods. Francophiles around the world rush to purchase the best macarons for their guests on Bastille Day, and college fraternity brothers crowd bars from Seattle to Syracuse to down numberless Coronas and gloopy nachos on Cinco de Mayo.

But once we have gobbled the last crumb of our victory meal, do we really know what we have just been celebrating while we chewed? Probably most people know at least the basics: that citizens stormed a jail known as the Bastille, subsequently igniting the French Revolution; or that Texas defenders booted out Santa Anna's army at the Alamo, which eventually led to Mexico's surrender of Texas to the U.S. - or something like that. Beyond the highlights, the details become murkier.

I believe that this is particularly true of Cinco de Mayo. Take a poll to enquire what the date represents, and it is likely that most respondents will acknowledge that it is “Mexican Pride Day.” Still others will say that the 5th of May corresponds to our 4th of July - Independence Day. And a handful of others will simply glaze over and head for the party.

An interior spread from Yucatán

Of course, Cinco de Mayo has nothing to do with Mexican Independence. The Battle of Puebla, popularly known as “Cinco de Mayo”, was a battle during Napoleon III's so-called French intervention in Mexico, when on 5 May 1862 a small number of Mexican soldiers defending Puebla defeated a much larger French army. As in all histories, victories can be tenuous: in spite of Mexico's victory in this particular battle, the French indeed went on to conquer Mexico - but in yet another reversal of fortune, they were forced out of the country just four years later. Nonetheless, since 1862 Mexicans have honored the Fifth of May as a day of victory, and therefore of Mexican pride.