April 2010: Cowboys & Indians...

The Premier Magazine of the West | Issue: June 2010 Book Review: Cooking the Cowboy Way | by MICHELLE POWERS GLAZE link to article If you associate cowboy cooking with barbeque, beef, and beans, you’re in for one Texas-sized surprise. In his latest cookbook with June Naylor, Grady Spears travels North America in search of food that celebrates what he calls the “cowboy way,” a lifestyle born of life in the...

Biscuits & gravy goes upscale at eateries...

by KIM PIERCE | Star Telegram | February 23, 2010 View Article Anyone with Southern roots knows the allure of biscuits and sausage gravy, a down-home comfort breakfast of the first order. Would it surprise you to learn that upscale North Texas restaurants have picked up on the regional favorite, too? Scott (he goes by only one name), the creator of DallasFood.org blog, pointed this out in his recent survey of “Rich...

American Profile: Cowboy Breakfast...

Big appetites and ranch traditions go hand in hand for two Texas chefs by Diane Welland | American Profile | 3/4/2010 View Complete Article Cowboys (and cowgirls) come in all different shapes and sizes, but two things are certain: Life on the range stirs up a big appetite and breakfast is serious business. “Cowboy chef” Grady Spears and “cowgirl chef” Paula Disbrowe explain cowboy cooking and what a...

Eat Like You’re Riding High on the Range...

By Lynn Nusom | For the Las Cruces Sun-News January 26, 2010 View Article Whether we drive an SUV, a Prius or a Pickup we forget that New Mexico was shaped in a large part by cowboys on horseback. When driving between Las Cruces and Albuquerque I often wonder about the arduous trek our forefathers made on horseback or in wagons pulled by teams of horses or mules. One thing our ancestors had in common with us is – they...

Grady Spears Makes Some Good Cowboy Grub...

This savory dish of ground meat, peppers and olives is the kind of "honest food" that epitomizes the "cowboy way" of cooking. Credit: Photograph by David Manning for "Cooking the Cowboy Way" by Grady Spears (Andrews McMeel, 2009) by Marialisa Calta | NewsOK.com January 15, 2010 View Article It’s fashionable to talk about “cuisine,” but what most of us understand is...