Directory of Cooking & Culinary Schools and Institutes in Texas
Largest Cities: Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Irving, Pasadena, Plano, San Antonio...
Texas' booming tourist industry might be due in part to the sizzlin' food the Lone Star State is famous for. Tex Mex along the border and chili throughout are just two ways that Texas has made its mark on the nation's appetites, and the restaurant industry is slated for significant increases through 2012 - 33.3% growth, to be exact.
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes the list of official state items, which boasts an official state cooking implement - the cast iron Dutch oven. The official state snack is tortilla chips and salsa - staples in the southwest.



