Thank you to Cheryl Jamison, Quarto Publishing Group, Harvard Common Press, and NetGalley for this free honest reviewer copy of "Texas Slow Cooker: 125 Recipes for the Lone Star State's Very Best Dishes, All Slow-Cooked to Perfection."

Let me let you in on a secret: I deeply love reviewing books from Texas, as they both fill me with so much delight in existing and they make me grade a little harder in reviews because I am a born a bred Texan of three and half decades.

I was pleasantly surprised and pleased with this book (which came as no surprise since this married duo has four award-winning cookbooks already). The dishes range in every direction from breakfasts to meals, chicken, seafood, appetizers, and snacks for all occasions, soups, stews, even desserts. Every way you've never thought about slow cooking, they bring you in clear color and beautifully detailed points.

My only downside note on this is that the cookbook does not have enough pictures as compared to some of the other brilliant books it could be compared to. ( )

This is cookbook with common recipes like King Ranch Casserole. Not particularly inspired, but written for someone who has little time to cook. ( )