Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail: Recipes and Lore from the Old West [Paperback]

Samuel P. Arnold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001

A delightfully entertaining and informative book, Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail is filled with rare information painstakingly culled from thousands of sources, including the diaries and journals of many who rode the trail. Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail contains recipes of trappers, traders, settlers, various Indian tribes, Mexicans, and military soldiers. From Missouri, across Kansas to Bent's Fort, Colorado, and on to Santa Fe, New Mexico, learn in the words of the travelers themselves how to prepare such trail fare as buffalo, elk, crane, Indian "washtunkala" (jerked meat stew), and "belly washes," such as Injun Whiskey (made with black gunpowder, red pepper, and tobacco juice). Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail is filled with the delicacies and oddities of the Old West and is a must for the professional chef, historian, buckskinner, and gastronome.

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Venture back in time along the Santa Fe Trail with Sam Arnold, renowned food historian and owner of the famous Fort Restaurant in Morrison, Colorado, as he re-creates the food and drink of the early West.

About the Author

Perhaps the American West's best-known chef, restaurateur, and food historian, Samuel P. Arnold has contributed to, and has been featured in, a number of publications and television programs, including Bon Appetit, Gourmet, The New York Times, Newsday, and "The Today Show". Sam also produced and hosted a TV series about foods of the early West.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555912915
• ISBN-13: 978-1555912918
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique addition to any cookbook collection, July 4, 2001

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This review is from: Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail: Recipes and Lore from the Old West (Paperback)

Eating Up The Santa Fe Trail: Recipes And Lore From The Old West combines authentic recipes used by trappers, traders, settlers, Native American tribes, Mexicans, and frontier soldiers with anecdotes and stories drawn from the American West. This superb compilation of western history and recipes were gathered together by food historian Sam Arnold and ranges in origin and background from Missouri, across Kansas, to Bent's Fort, Colorado, and on to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here are step-by-step instructions on preparing a wide variety of trail fare including buffalo, elk, carne, washtunkala (jerked meat stew); and traditional eggnog -- the drink of choice after a hanging! Eating Up The Santa Fe Trail is a unique addition to any cookbook collection and will have a special appeal for students and enthusiasts of the America West.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont even waste your money, May 11, 2010

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This review is from: Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail: Recipes and Lore from the Old West (Paperback)

like the other books that this guy has done, it's a shameless plug for his own restaurant.
All he did here was cut and paste recipes from ole new England cookbooks and "the frugal Housewife" by Lydia Child.
Not only does he copy 10 different recipes from other sources for the same dish, he doesn't adjust the recipe's to modern measuring devices, using "a teacup full of flour and sugar" WTF? a teacup, how much is that?? a cup or a cup and a half?
Not only this but the quantities in the recipes are wrong and he has dry ingredients measured as wet ingredients!
Dont even waste your money and time, you will end up disappointed and confused like i am!