Western pioneers relied on whatever food they could grow, gather, or hunt. Summer suppers had to be simple, easy, and plentiful. Ingredients...

June brought hot days and endless miles for cowboys driving cattle across the plains. Life on the trail could be difficult, but they could l...

May brought longer days and mild weather to western mining camps, resulting in hard labor for miners. They needed quick, filling meals to ke...

February makes us long for the comforts of home. The cold February winds make us yearn for the warmth of hearth and home. Throw in a sweet t...

Fannie Quigley used a dog team for transportation and freighting, as seen in the above photograph of her packing supplies to a mine in 1915....

Indonesian traditional brick stove -- Wikipedia ` Which came first—the kitchen or the cookstove? Well, the cookstove, of course. Food prepar...

I’ve talked the last couple of months about cattle drives and the hot, dirty, and exhausting work that goes on in such an endeavor. But...