The Great Ranch Cookbook: Spirited Recipes and Rhetoric from America's Best Guest Ranches

Thirty western guest ranches, from Texas to Alaska, opened their kitchens and shared favorite recipes with award-winning author, Gwen Ashley Walters. This is no barbecue and beans cookbook. Each ranch employs a gourmet chef to create exquisite 5-star dining, served in the most gorgeous mountain scenery. More than 150 recipes, like Grilled Honey Lamb Chops, Smoky Rib-Eye Steaks with Tobacco Onions, and Blackened Buffalo Quesadillas, have been tested and re-written for the home cook. Each chapter features a ranch, including a description of the property, activities, and a breakfast and dinner menu, complete with the recipes. The author, a professionally trained chef and renowned cooking teacher, provides easy instructions, tips for taking shortcuts, and introductions to each recipe that will leave your mouth watering. If you read cookbooks like novels, you will love this book. So, snuggle up in your favorite easy chair and travel to the wild, wild west, just steps away from your own kitchen.

Gwen Ashley Walters is a professionally trained chef and Certified Culinary Professional. An Honors graduate of the Scottsdale Culinary Institute, she also holds a Master of Education degree from The University of North Texas. She has worked in commercial kitches such as the renowned Boulders Resort in Carefree, Arizona. In addition to authoring 3 resort cookbooks, Ms. Walters also writes a wine column, and other food related articles.