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NOLAN RYAN, BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER AND CATTLE RANCHER, TO PUBLISH COOKBOOK
New York, NY, November 16, 2012--Michael Pietsch, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Little,
Brown and Company, announced today that Little, Brown has acquired North American publication rights
to Nolan Ryan’s The Nolan Ryan Beef Cookbook. The book is scheduled for publication in May 2014.
Nolan Ryan is known for his prowess on the baseball diamond. The only player in the Major Leagues to
have his number retired by three different teams, he also holds the single-season and career majorleague strikeout records, and the Guinness World Record for throwing the fastest baseball ever, clocked
at 100.9 miles per hour. Ryan has pitched seven no-hitters, a major-league record, and was inducted into
the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is currently a member of the owner’s group as well as , president and CEO
of the Texas Rangers.
But ever since he bought his first heifer at the tender age of ten, ranching has been close to Nolan Ryan’s
heart. Ryan was one of the first baseball players to sign a contract worth $1 million. He invested his
earnings in a ranch. While still pitching for the Texas Rangers he was asked to run for Texas
Commissioner of Agriculture, and during this period in his career, he started to compile his favorite beef
recipes. Ryan served on the Board of Directors of the Beefmaster Association, and while there started
his own eponymous brand, Nolan Ryan’s All Natural Beef, to increase consumer awareness of the brand.
Nolan Ryan’s All Natural Beef is available in retail grocery stores and fine-dining establishments across
the Southwestern U.S.
“Growing up in Texas allowed me the chance to enjoy the regional Southwest flavors. This style of
cooking has become increasingly popular in the past twenty years,” Ryan says. “The recipes in my
cookbook add a depth of regional flavor to the beef.”
The Nolan Ryan Beef Cookbook will include 75 to 100 of Ryan’s favorite family recipes, some of which
are identical to what Ryan grew up eating in his mother’s kitchen. These recipes will emphasize Texas
BBQ and grilling, along with traditional Sunday Dinner favorites, but will also include roasting, pan
searing, scoring, braising, and deep-frying. Never-before-told stories from Ryan’s playing days, and, more
recently, from the era as CEO of the two time defending AL Champion Texas Rangers, will play a major
part in the book as well.
Ryan has tested countless recipes and found the chef who understands his hunger for authentic, easy-toprepare Texas beef dishes..Cristobal Vazquez, aka “Chef Cris,” is chef to the Ryans as well as the Texas
Rangers. In addition to holding the prestigious title of Chef de Cuisine from the American Culinary
Foundation, Chef Cris has won multiple awards around the country for his beef recipes.
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Ryan was represented by David Vigliano and Anthony Mattero of Vigliano Associates, and the acquiring
editor is Executive Editor Michael Sand.
The Nolan Ryan Beef Cookbook will also be published as a fixed format ebook illustrated with four-color
photographs throughout.
Little, Brown and Company is a division of the Hachette Book Group. Founded in 1837, Little, Brown has
long been recognized as a publisher committed to publishing fiction of the highest quality and nonfiction
of lasting significance. Hachette Book Group is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a
division of Hachette Livre, the second largest publisher in the world.
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