How to Win a Cowboy’s Heart Cookbook

This fun cookbook is full of charming cooking tips and advice for catching your man’s heart—through his stomach. The belly-filling recipes will satisfy the hardest working ranch hands, cowboys, farmers, and western-loving city folks. The recipes are organized into meals from the first date and “Hand Holdin’ in the Parlor” to when it’s time for “Impressin’ the In-laws.” The shopping list for a well-stocked western pantry will set you up for serving tasty grinds such as Sweet Potato Pancakes, All-Day Red Beans, Smothered Yardbird, Cowboy Cottage Pie, and Stewed Fruit with Sugar Dumplings when that dinner bell rings.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

It’s been said that there are many ways to a cowboy’s heart–fast horses, silver-mounted spurs, or fancy tall-top boots–but the quickest and perhaps easiest route is a home-cooked meal. Kathy Lynn Wills’s recipe secrets will show you how to add flavorful cowboy style and frontier mystery to everyday meals. With quick preparation and easy-to-find ingredients, you will be winning hearts in no time with dishes like Chili Relleno Eggs with Stewed Tomato Sauce, Lonestar Buttermilk Custard Pie, Creamy Bean Soup, and Ginger-Honey Flank Steak. Come and get it!

From the Back Cover

Whether you’re “Hand Holdin’ in the Parlor” with Sugar Dumplings or “Waiting Together for the Thaw” over Cowboy Cottage Pie, this collection is the perfect way to celebrate America’s love affair with the West.
Recipes include:
Morning Home Fries
Creamy Corn Bread
Picnic Potato Salad
Double Fruit Cobbler
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
Chicken-Fried Steak
Also contains cooking tips and advice and a shopping list for the well-stocked western pantry.

About the Author

Linda K. Gage (illustrations on cover and chapter openings) is an illustrator and fine artist who works in pen and ink, pencil, watercolor, and pastel. She lives in Jordan Valley, Oregon.

Linda Bark’karie (illustrations throughout the recipes) is a western artist who specializes in black and white, primarily graphite. She lives in Pleasanton, California.

Kathy Lynn Wills spends her time among cattle and dogs in the dairy and rural ranchlands of Northern California, writing, cooking, and raising crops. Her blog, whatjameshadfordinner.blogspot.com, reports on her travels and, yes, nightly dinners on the farm.