CONTENTS -- How I Found My Inner Cowgirl Chef -- Cowgirl Chef Kitchen Basics -- Cowgirlspeak: A Trail Guide -- Chapter 1 APPETIZERS: Old Favorites and New Beginnings -- Texas Killers -- Sweet Potato Biscuits with Ham -- Sweet Pea Pesto -- Toasted Pita Chips -- Eggplant Caviar -- Basil Pesto Matchsticks (Pesto Allumettes) -- Mushroom Tapanade -- Chicken Empanadas with Cilantro Yogurt -- Cheesy Rosemary-Olive Flatbread -- Tiny Tarts -- Chapter 2 COWGIRLIFIED FRENCHY -- Cowgirl Quiche -- Cornbread Madeleines -- Slice and Bake Hazelnut-Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Peanut Butter-Chocolate Souffles -- Paris Chicken Fricassee -- Cruncy Grated Carrot Salad with Lime (Carottes Rapees) -- My Big Fat French Salad -- Chapter 3 SOUPED UP -- Soup Up Your Soup -- Smokin Tortilla Soup -- Sweet Potato-Buttermilk Soup -- Gazpacho -- Broccoli-Basil Soup -- Minty Cantaloupe Soup -- Minestrone -- Zucchini-Cilantro Soup -- 30-Minute Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons -- Skin & Bones Chicken Stock -- Save Your Scraps! Veggie Stock -- Chapter 4 GREENS -- Sunday Tuna Salad -- It's the Berries Salad -- Les Halles Spinach Salad -- End of Summer Salad -- Beets and Clementines Salad -- Asparagus and Avocado Salad -- Throw-Together Salad -- Texas Pickup Salad -- End of Winter Salad -- Roasted Butternut Squash, Spinach, and Bacon Salad -- Asian Chicken Salad with Ginger-Lime Vinaigrette -- Deep South Salad -- Chapter 5 TACOS, TARTS, AND TARTINES -- Corona Beer-Braised Brisket Tacos -- Tacos Al Pastor -- Tacos Carnitas with Purple Roquefort Slaw -- Spinach, Potato, and Carmelized Onion Tacos -- Fish Tacos with Mango-Avocado Salsa -- Tomato-Ricotta Tart -- Tex-Mex Tart -- Spinach and Roquefort Tart -- Roasted Broccoli-Red Bell Pepper Tart -- Roasted Veggie Melt -- Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Tartines -- Grilled Brie, Pear, and Prosciutto Sandwiches -- Adobo Salmon Salad Tartines.

Winter BLT Tartines -- Chapter 6 RIDING SIDE-SADDLE: VEGGIES -- Cauliflower Galettes with Chipotle Creme Fraiche -- Cherry Tomato Gratin -- Mom's Black-Eyed Peas and Jalapeno Cornbread -- Roasted Okra and Tomatoes -- Maple-Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Cocoa Nibs -- Green Chile-Goat Cheese Smashed Potatoes -- French Bistro Green Beans -- Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes Farcies) -- Rosemary Potatoes -- Pan-Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Hazelnuts -- Roasted Ratatouille -- My Grandmother's Yellow Squash Souffle -- Chapter 7 FROM THE FARM AND SEA -- Toni's Lamb -- Steak Frites with Roquefort Sauce -- Salmon with Lentils -- Provencal Fish Stew -- Pistachio-Crusted Lamb Chops with Cowgirl Chimichurri -- Gason-Style Pork Chops with Pepper Honey -- Fried Chicken Bites with Cream Gravy -- Buckwheat Crepes with Ham, Gruyere, and Egg (La Crepe Complete) -- Easy Roast Chicken -- Tex-Mex Meatloaf -- Salmon with Kalamata Olive-Basil Salsa -- Basque-Style Fish en Papillote -- Chapter 8 DESSERTS -- Cheerry Compote -- Grilled Orange-Vanilla Pound Cake with Strawberries -- Half-Baked Chocolate Cakes (Moelleux au Chocolat) -- Rice Pudding with Salty Caramel Sauce -- French Biscotti -- Watermelon Granita -- Brown Butter Walnut Cakes (Financiers Aux Noix) -- French Chocolate Sauce -- Buttermilk Ice Cream -- Milky Way Ice Cream -- Mascarpone Mousse with Raspberries -- Caramel Fleur de Sel Pots de Creme -- Peach Croustade -- Chapter 9 TEX-MEX 101 -- Wheat Tortillas -- Back in Black Beans -- Corn Tortillas -- Taqueria Salsa -- Roasted Salsa Verde -- Holy Guacamole! -- Pico De Gallo -- Texas Chili -- Cowgirl Chorizo -- Adobo Salsa -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Notes.