296 pages full-color hard cover book with over 500 delicious, quadruple-tested recipes featuring fresh ingredients.
Traditional, new and exciting flavors. The book includes a low-fat analysis on selected recipes and an entertaining section with over 20 menus, helpful hints and creative ideas for hosting parties.

Awards

1996 Tabasco Award
Awarded annually by the Mcllhenny Company to the Best Community Cookbook in America

1997 Benjamin Franklin Award
Awarded annually by the Publishers Marketing Association
Category: Best Cookbook Gold Medal
Category: Best Design 4-color Silver Medal

1997 Small Press Award
Awarded annually by Small Press Magazine
Category: Best Cookbook

1997 MAPA Award
Awarded annually by Mid America Publishers Association
Category: Best Book Design - Gold Medal
Category: Best Cookbook - Silver Medal

1996 Art Directors of Houston Award
Given to the Hill Group (our graphics design firm) for the design

1997 Gold Ink Award
Given to the Wetmore Printing (our printer) for the print quality of the book

2001 Home Matters
In 2001, the Discover Channel featured recipes from the Houston Junior League'sStop and Smell the Rosemary.

Reviews

"This book is spectacular. Each page is perfect. Each recipe is beautifully refined. It's in a league of its own."
Robert DelGrande
Chef/Partner
Cafe Annie
Houston, Texas

"You will buy this book for its beauty, but you will treasure it for its well-tested recipes and the pleasurable hours it will provide in the kitchen."
Ann Criswell
Food Editor
Houston Chronicle

"In a league of their own."
Southern Living Magazine

"'Stop and Smell the Rosemary' encompasses so much of what Texas Cuisine consists of: a pioneering spirit, boldness of flavor and the friendship of the cooks and chefs throughout this great state."
Robert McGrath
Chef De Cuisine-Windows on the Green
The Phoenician Resort
Scottsdale, Arizona