The Cowboy's Cookbook

Recipes and Tales from Campfires, Cookouts, and Chuck Wagons

by Sherry Monahan

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Pub Date Aug 03 2015 | Archive Date Aug 14 2015

Rowman & Littlefield | TwoDot

Cooking, Food & Wine | History

Description

From chuckwagon recipes to dutch-oven favorites for your own campfire, The Cowboy's Cookbook features recipes, photos, and lore celebrating the cowboy’s role in the shaping of the American West. From songs sung around the campfire after hearty meals of steak, beans, and skillet cornbread to the recipes you'll need to recreate those trailside meals in your own kitchen, this book will get you in touch with the spirit of the Old West.

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ISBN	9781493010677
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Becky S, Librarian

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This is a nice cookbook with some interesting stories and some wholesome, comfort food recipes. The recipes are all that ones that I would try, which is refreshing in a cookbook these days.

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G O, Librarian

Delicious recipes with unique presentation!

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Reviewer 269869

The Cowboy’s Cookbook by Sherry Monahan is a lovely read as the author expertly interweaves history with recipes. She takes you on a tour of cowboy history while sharing recipes, lore and language. As a reader you will learn about sop, lick and whistle berries thanks to Monahan’s research and writing. Some of the recipes you’ll find in her cookbook include:

*Chili
*Cream of Asparagus Soup
*Soda Biscuits (Sinkers)
*Shirred Eggs, Texas Style
*Elk Steak
*Chicken Pie
*Potato Croquettes
*Lemon Pie

You will also find historic photos (I loved the Belle Fourche photo as my husband is from the area) and lovely western-style graphics.

Recommend.

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Ciska v, Reviewer

This is an interesting book with a lot of back story how cooking was done on the frontier. I really enjoyed to read the history behind recipes and that some of them where really specific for certain areas.
As some of the ways there are cooked are not realistic in our households now the author gave other options to replace ingredients or options how to heat up things.
I liked the fact that there where whole dinners put together including desserts.
I did miss pictures. There are a few of the food in the book and I always love to compare my end result with pictures.

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albert g, Reviewer

Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! The Cowboy's Cookbook is a treasure trove of recipes and history of foods that made the west what it was and what so many of us wish it would be again. These are dishes I am sure to try out on my back yard grill and cast iron skillets and for a moment be something more rustic and trailblazing than a weekend surbanite!

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Sarrah K, Librarian

The Cowboy's Cookbook is a fun addition to the reading lists of food and history buffs alike. Down-home cooking (or on-the-range cooking, to be accurate) combined with interesting historical notes and anecdotes. Contains a glossary of "cowboy" phrases. Monahan is a historian of the Old West, and The Cowboy's Cookbook is light fare compared to some of the other topics that she tackles.