QUESO!: Regional Recipes for the World's Favorite Chile-Cheese Dip

A fun, full-shading take a gander at the universally adored cheddar plunge, with history, tips, realities, and 50 plans from dearest food blogger Lisa Fain, "the Homesick Texan."

Queso (otherwise known as chile con queso) is a fiery, messy, ameliorating faction most loved that has for quite some time been a delightful expansion to any gathering, grill, or family assembling. This engaging and open book includes a blend of down-home norms and contemporary updates, from chronicled, territorial, and Mexican quesos to vegetarian and treat quesos, including Chile Verde Con Queso, Squash Blossom Queso Fundido, Fajita Queso, Cactus and Corn Queso Poblano, Frito Salad with Queso Dressing, Pulled Pork Queso Blanco, and Sausage Queso Biscuits. Regardless of whether you're unwinding with companions, having a couple of individuals over to watch the football match-up, or engaging an eager group, queso is the ideal party nourishment for good occasions.

About the Author

LISA FAIN is a seventh-generation Texan. When she's not on the hunt for chile peppers, she writes and photographs the popular food blog Homesick Texan. Author of The Homesick Texan's Family Table and The Homesick Texan Cookbook, Lisa is recognized as a queso authority by Food + Wine, Saveur, and The Dallas Morning News.

I purchased this book as a thinly veiled gift for my wife, but really for myself. She loves the book and says the recipes look great. The first bowl of queso was outstanding...and I'm looking forward to more. She's a picky chef, so her positive endorsement earns this book 5 stars. --D. C. Hook

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! --K. Kruz Oyola

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! --JJ and The Boyz

QUESO!: Regional Recipes for the World's Favorite Chile-Cheese Dip