From beef steak to bear sign donuts, the state is well-known for its bunkhouse fare.
Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State, and cattle ranches dotted its landscape. Where there were cows, there were cowboys. They had their own language and culture, and their influence can still be seen all over Wyoming with rodeos, annual events and their food. Cowboys’ diets often included beef, biscuits, beans, coffee, and occasionally, a little something sweet.
It was often up to the cowboys to cook their

True West December 2023
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- Grapevine, Texas
- Following Billy the Kid
- What History Has Taught Me: Warner Glenn and Kelly Glenn Kimbro
- Wyoming Cowboy Cuisine
- Brushy Bill, Winchesters and Whiskey Row
- The Hawken Rifle Turns 200
- A Merger, Memorabilia and McMurtry
- A Little Town with a Big Agenda
- The Arrested Travels of Jedediah Smith
- Shooting Back
- Truth Be Known
- Gold Fever