Rather as the title says "A Folk History of Texas Foods" , in fact the
article excerpt you posted was a small teaser for the ladies' book on Texas
Eats. The authors divide the state up into areas and discuss the cuisine as
they know it from their Texcentric perspective or as was told them.

(You forgot the site credits:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/.../TT/lgtlt.html )