A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State - Tapa dura

A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State is a divine blend of Wyoming’s rich culinary heritage and contemporary cuisine. This exquisite cookbook features sophisticated interpretations of Western dishes from Wyoming’s finest restaurants, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts—as well as classic Cowboy State favorites.Take a seat at the table for mouthwatering Western cuisine: Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls, Pine Nut–Crusted Goat Cheese, Warm Green Bean Salad, New West Clam Chowder, Lamb Ossobucco, Brandied Apricot–Stuffed Pork Loin with Port Wine Glaze, Pan-Fried Rocky Mountain Trout with Hazelnut Butter, Sour Cream Cherry Pie, and Wild Huckleberry Muffins with Orange Glace.Complementing the delectable recipes and gorgeous photographs are excerpts from the works of Wyoming writers and delightful historical images.Author Pamela Sinclair has struck a culinary cord with Wyomingites, according to Wyoming author Alyson Hagy, who writes in the foreword, “Sinclair has discovered a knotty little Western secret. She has toured our kitchens and our stubborn gardens and our memories. She has listened to the way our stomachs growl before we head off on a brisk hike or after we’ve spent a twilight hour shoveling snow. She knows our hearts are half-hitched to our dinner plates.”

This exquisite cookbook features sophisticated interpretations of Western dishes from Wyoming's finest restaurants, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts---as well as classic Cowboy State favorites.

Take a seat at the table for mouthwatering Western cuisine:

-Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls

-Pine Nut Crusted Goat Cheese

-Warm Green Bean Salad

-New West Clam Chowder

-Lamb Ossobucco

-Brandied Apricot Stuffed Pork Loin with Port Wine Glaze

-Pan-Fried Rocky Mountain Trout with Hazelnut Butter

-Wild Huckleberry Muffins with Orange Glaze.

Complementing the delectable recipes and 75 gorgeous photographs are excerpts from the works of Wyoming writers, including Gretel Ehrlich, Mark Spragg, Lori Van Pelt, David Romtvedt, and Jeffrey Lockwood, as well as delightful historical images.