If you are building or renovating a home, consider what Eliza Cross Castaneda has to say about the New West home. She describes western homes as more informal, more open and more functional than many eastern styles. Natural materials--clay walls, stone, terra-cotta, and wood--are a big part of the Western-look home.
Eliza Cross is the author of five books, including her most recent cookbook "101 Things To Do With Bacon" (Gibbs Smith, 2011).
She is co-author of "The Rusty Parrot Cookbook" (Gibbs Smith, 2009), and author of "Family Home of the New West" (Northland Publishing, 2006) and the award-winning "Food Lovers' Guide to Colorado" (Morris Book Publishing, 2003 and 2006).
Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Parents, Writers' Digest and Natural Home. She is a regular contributor to Mountain Living magazine, and Senior Contributing Editor for Western Art & Architecture magazine.
