QUESO!: Regional Recipes for the World's Favorite Chile-Cheese Dip [A Cookbook]

Great book full of delicious melted cheese recipes. Highly recommend

The history, anecdotes, and recipes in this book are a wonderful taste of Texas. It's fun to read while being informative. Having moved to a state far removed from any Tex-Mex, this book not only provides me ways to reproduce some foods I miss, it satisfies an occasional need to bury myself in Texas culture and memories.

Saw a review of the book in a local magazine, so immediately ordered. My hubby is also a Houston native, and we both grew up on queso. We judge every new Tex Mex restaurant, and old ones that change their recipe, by their queso. Since I just got it today, I have not yet tried any, but many certainly look good. I loved the history and the amount of work she put into this. The blurbs accompanying each recipe were great. I can't wait to try these! The analysis of what works and what doesn't and why is wonderful.

This is a smaller book than the other 2 she has put out, but I have all of them now, love her tex Mex Queso recipes many with color pictures. I lived in Texas 20 years so I can appreciate them.

There are so many good recipes in this book. I like how the author talks about the differences between the recipes and the regions. She even mentions how a few of the early ones aren't her favorite versions, but included them anyway for novelty and historical purposes. This is a great addition to any queso/tex-mex food lover's cookbook library, and it would make a great gift in a food basket with a bag of tortilla chips, some dried chiles, and a pretty bowl to serve it in!

Another masterpiece from Lisa Fain. The recipes are achievable for the home cook, and the accompanying narrative gives context to each recipe that really does capture the imagination. This book is a departure for the Homesick Texan in that her stories are less homespun family-centric and based on her travels (through the queso countryside and through aisles and aisle of Texas libraries - wow - who knew there was so much to learn about Queso?). Don't stop authoring cookbooks, Lisa!

I'm a huge queso fan, and now that I no longer live in the south, I have trouble finding a good one at restaurants (or even finding places that serve it). I love me some velveeta and rotel, but sometimes you want something a little more elevated. I don't know that I'll make all the recipes in this book (some don't appeal to me, as they're not all heavily cheese based) but out of 55 I'm sure anyone can find plenty to enjoy. I like seeing some of the history, regional differences, and she gives some quirky options as well. The classic Tex-mex section is of course my favorite. Ingredients-wise, a lot of them seem similar, but there are definite differences in flavor with the final product.

Came across this book while looking for recipes for the Super Bowl. I’m not always into the game, but I’m always into the food! She has some great recipes broken down by area (Austin, Houston, NM), but then she has some interesting ones like a Greek one or one with Louisiana sausage. She also has some interesting recipes such as a green chili and cream cheese ice cream sundae or chicken fried steak with queso gravy.