I reflect on my years writing Frontier Fare, I’m reminded of the wonderful historical and literary food journeys I’ve ta…
Tag: Old West Food
Black Bart’s Epicurean Escapades Blackberry pie at the Palace, pig’s feet at the Oyster Chop House.
Notorious for his 1880s stage-coach robberies, what did gentleman bandit and poet Black Bart eat and where? Everyone tho…
Suds for Crab Cowboys The culinary traditions that began Austin’s food heritage.
Texas’s oldest continuously operating tavern can be found in Austin. August Scholz opened his establishment after …
Red Hot for the Crowd Las Vegas pioneers loved their Chile Colorado with a spicy kick!
In 1879, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe chugged into Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, the railroad brought in a …
Mark Twain’s Vittles and Viands Meals by stage, restaurant and campfire.
Once Missouri-born Samuel Clemens headed west in July 1861, he began his lifelong career of penning frontier life accoun…
Now, That’s Tasty!
“Arizona’s pioneer cookery is the aroma of salt pork and beans simmering over a prospector’s open fire, the …
Virginia Chow-Chow
One of the favorite condiments of the Old West was chow-chow, a spicy vegetable mixture. This recipe shows why it was so…
Food Poisoning in the Old West Not gone, and not forgotten.
While watching our favorite Western movie or TV characters eat a sumptuous meal at the local boarding house, café or sit…