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Hunting Camp Meals: What Wyoming Hunters Really Cook

Snow-covered campsite with tents, fire pit, and logs in front of snowy mountains at sunset

There’s a version of hunting camp that shows up in magazines and on the side of beer cans. Golden light through pine trees, a guy in a clean flannel turning an elk tenderloin over a perfect bed of coals, a tin cup of coffee steaming next to him, mountains behind. Everybody’s relaxed. Nothing hurts. I’veContinue reading “Hunting Camp Meals: What Wyoming Hunters Really Cook”

The History of the Chuckwagon: How a Wagon Built Wyoming’s Food Culture

Three cowboys cooking over a campfire next to a covered wagon with cooking utensils hanging

There’s a stretch of road just west of Casper, where the North Platte cuts through the valley between Coal Mountain and Bessemer Mountain, and most people drive right past it. I did too, for the first year I lived here. Then I learned what used to sit out there: the Goose Egg Ranch, one ofContinue reading “The History of the Chuckwagon: How a Wagon Built Wyoming’s Food Culture”