Robb Walsh is the author of Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook, A Cowboy in the Kitchen, and Nuevo Tex-Mex. He is also the restaurant critic of the Houston Press, an occasional commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition, and has served as the food columnist for Natural History. He has been nominated for six James Beard awards, including for last year’s Legends of Texas Barbecue, and has won twice.