Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail: Recipes and Lore from the Old West

by Samuel P. Arnold

Book Overview

All those who have even the slightest interest in the history of the American West know that Sam Arnold is the authority on food and drink of the trans-Mississippi West during our frontier period. --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555912915
• ISBN13: 9781555912918
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A unique addition to any cookbook collection

Eating Up The Santa Fe Trail: Recipes And Lore From The Old West combines authentic recipes used by trappers, traders, settlers, Native American tribes, Mexicans, and frontier soldiers with anecdotes and stories drawn from the American West. This superb compilation of western history and recipes were gathered together by food historian Sam Arnold and ranges in origin and background from Missouri, across Kansas, to Bent's Fort, Colorado, and on to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here are step-by-step instructions on preparing a wide variety of trail fare including buffalo, elk, carne, washtunkala (jerked meat stew); and traditional eggnog -- the drink of choice after a hanging! Eating Up The Santa Fe Trail is a unique addition to any cookbook collection and will have a special appeal for students and enthusiasts of the America West.