More than a collection of recipes, it is a commentary on how people lived, ate and cooked on the frontier of Nebraska. Unusual features are chapters on immigrant cooking, food of the Railroad Dining Cars and Way Stations, and on cowboy fare. Illustrated soft bound edition, with 164 pages.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Preface
• Table of Equivalents
• The Early Days
• The Sod-House Period
• Immigrant Cookery
• Dining En Route
• Cowboy Fare
• The Age of Elegance
• Miscellaneous Recipes
• Acknowledgments
• Index

ISBN: 0-8032-5801-1