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Comfort Food The Cowboy Way: Backyard Favorites, Country Classics, and Stories from a Ranch Cook
The stars of the YouTube channel Cowboy Kent Rollins and the authors of the hit cookbook A Taste of Cowboy, Kent and Shannon Rollins, share more than 125 recipes of comfort food for the family, with true chuck wagon stories.
While real-life cowboy Kent Rollins and his wife Shannon sure have a busy life on the range, slinging hash, beating Bobby Flay on Food Network, and running their YouTube channel, Cowboy Kent Rollins, they never forget to take a moment to break bread and share around the dinner table. Kent and Shannon’s wisdom, warm generosity, and life-brightening humor are interwoven throughout Comfort Food the Cowboy Way, with stories and cowboy history, including tales from life on the range, growing up in a rural family, and the interesting characters they’ve met on the trail.
The recipes included are equal parts hearty and scrumptious, from their classic Southern and Western favorites to the more spice-forward Mexican-style dishes. There’s also backyard grilling and smoking, one-pot meals, and tips to add cowboy twists and authentic punched-up seasoning to all your cooking—and of course, all the recipes qualify as true comfort food the cowboy way, are easy-to-follow, and meant to be served up family style. With chapters spanning breakfast to dinner, plus grilling, desserts, and cowboy classics, this complete course of cowboy cooking is a must have for anyone wanting to slow down and enjoy a great meal, with even better company.
French Toast Casserole
Fried Macaroni and Cheese
Red Eye Gravy and Ham
Grilled Steak and Chicken Quesadillas
Hearty Beef Stew
Smoked Queso Dip
Seafood Gumbo with Green Chile Wine
Beer Can Chicken
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Churros with Homemade Caramel Sauce
While real-life cowboy Kent Rollins and his wife Shannon sure have a busy life on the range, slinging hash, beating Bobby Flay on Food Network, and running their YouTube channel, Cowboy Kent Rollins, they never forget to take a moment to break bread and share around the dinner table. Kent and Shannon’s wisdom, warm generosity, and life-brightening humor are interwoven throughout Comfort Food the Cowboy Way, with stories and cowboy history, including tales from life on the range, growing up in a rural family, and the interesting characters they’ve met on the trail.
The recipes included are equal parts hearty and scrumptious, from their classic Southern and Western favorites to the more spice-forward Mexican-style dishes. There’s also backyard grilling and smoking, one-pot meals, and tips to add cowboy twists and authentic punched-up seasoning to all your cooking—and of course, all the recipes qualify as true comfort food the cowboy way, are easy-to-follow, and meant to be served up family style. With chapters spanning breakfast to dinner, plus grilling, desserts, and cowboy classics, this complete course of cowboy cooking is a must have for anyone wanting to slow down and enjoy a great meal, with even better company.
French Toast Casserole
Fried Macaroni and Cheese
Red Eye Gravy and Ham
Grilled Steak and Chicken Quesadillas
Hearty Beef Stew
Smoked Queso Dip
Seafood Gumbo with Green Chile Wine
Beer Can Chicken
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Churros with Homemade Caramel Sauce
272 pages, Hardcover
Published March 28, 2023
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About the author
Kent Rollins
5 books10 followersKENT ROLLINS grew up ranching and began cooking for cattle ranches in 1993 from his 1876 Studebaker chuck wagon. An acclaimed storyteller and poet, Kent has appeared on the Food Network and NBC's Food Fighters. He and his wife, SHANNON, run Red River Ranch Dutch Oven Cooking Camp.
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February 21, 2025
Great recipes and photography. His stories are delightful.
July 4, 2024
If I could give it 3.5 stars, I would.
As a cookbook, it was ok. Nothing really new to me except for some advice about cooking over fire. (I think I have only two recipes flagged to try, so... yeah.) As I live in someplace trying to be hotter than hell, with the HOA's new stupid rules about grilling, I'm not likely to be needing that information any time soon. Still, when the apocalypse comes, that information will be filed away in the back of my head somewhere. So there's that.
As a non-fiction personal interest and photography book, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it. I found myself skimming over the recipes and slowing down to savor the cowboy stories and really looking at the pictures that were chosen for this book. Am I particularly interested in "cowboy life"? No. But, ages ago, my grandfather taught me to learn about things before I dismissed them as "don't like, don't care" and a lot of that learning came (still comes) through reading. Who knew I'd enjoy an old trail cook's stories? I'm not sure if they were something I didn't know I needed/was missing in my life or if Kent Rollins is just a good storyteller. Or if it's a combination of those things and others. Like shifting gears in this currently wildly hectic and stressful world.
Speaking of the pictures, I was really intrigued/captivated by the images of the snake coiled under a pot, followed by the snake moving up the side of the pot. I studied that image for far longer than any sane person should trying to figure out "is that snake... biting... the pot?". I'm not sure why that picture, of all those included, captured my attention so much, but it's one I'd want reprinted and hung on my family room wall. (Yes, I'm weird.)
tl;dr - As a cookbook, I give it 2.5 stars at best, mainly for fire cooking advice. For me, the stories and pictures push this up to 3.5, but as I can't give half stars, we'll go with 4 stars. Mostly because of that pot and snake picture.
As a cookbook, it was ok. Nothing really new to me except for some advice about cooking over fire. (I think I have only two recipes flagged to try, so... yeah.) As I live in someplace trying to be hotter than hell, with the HOA's new stupid rules about grilling, I'm not likely to be needing that information any time soon. Still, when the apocalypse comes, that information will be filed away in the back of my head somewhere. So there's that.
As a non-fiction personal interest and photography book, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it. I found myself skimming over the recipes and slowing down to savor the cowboy stories and really looking at the pictures that were chosen for this book. Am I particularly interested in "cowboy life"? No. But, ages ago, my grandfather taught me to learn about things before I dismissed them as "don't like, don't care" and a lot of that learning came (still comes) through reading. Who knew I'd enjoy an old trail cook's stories? I'm not sure if they were something I didn't know I needed/was missing in my life or if Kent Rollins is just a good storyteller. Or if it's a combination of those things and others. Like shifting gears in this currently wildly hectic and stressful world.
Speaking of the pictures, I was really intrigued/captivated by the images of the snake coiled under a pot, followed by the snake moving up the side of the pot. I studied that image for far longer than any sane person should trying to figure out "is that snake... biting... the pot?". I'm not sure why that picture, of all those included, captured my attention so much, but it's one I'd want reprinted and hung on my family room wall. (Yes, I'm weird.)
tl;dr - As a cookbook, I give it 2.5 stars at best, mainly for fire cooking advice. For me, the stories and pictures push this up to 3.5, but as I can't give half stars, we'll go with 4 stars. Mostly because of that pot and snake picture.
March 30, 2023
Friend Kent is the Bos! Cool 3rd book! Can't wait to start cooking !
June 15, 2023
Loved the photos, recipes and the stories!
March 24, 2025
Great Cook!!!
Easy to make .
simple ingredients.
Simple and easy to use.
He makes cooking look like fun.
Love to watch him also.
Easy to make .
simple ingredients.
Simple and easy to use.
He makes cooking look like fun.
Love to watch him also.
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July 26, 2025Might try the butternut squash soup
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