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Texas-Size Adventure

By Andrew Zimmern on May 26, 2009 12:00 AM | Permalink | 32 Comments

Texas is the state where everything is BIG, and where personalities are larger than life. It's a state made rich by oil ... and as home to the nation's space program, it's given the state and its food a reputation that is literally out of this world. But at its very heart, Texas is cowboy country. A cowboy heart beats strong in its wide range of cooks ... from down-home barbecue legends to five-star chefs catering to Texas billionaires. That cowboy spirit is infused in every dish from goat meat gorditas to rattlesnake and rabbit sausage and, of course, barbecue. Spanish, Mexican, Eastern European and French influences in the 19th century have made the cowboy culture all the more precious to the Texan mindset. They are ferociously protective of it --Texans see themselves as Lone Star Staters first, and Americans second.

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