Although Eugenia Bone was perfectly happy with her life as a New York City food writer, she knew that her husband, a transplanted westerner, was filled with a discontent he couldn’t explain. So when he returned from a fishing trip in the Rockies one day and announced that he wanted to buy a forty-five-acre ranch in Crawford, Colorado (population 404), she reluctantly said yes. She then loaded imported pasta, artichokes in oil, and cured Italian salami into her duffle bag, and headed west with her two young children.

At Mesa’s Edge is a witty, often moving story of ranch restoration and of struggles with defiant skunks, barbed wire, marauding cows, and loneliness. Eugenia learns to garden in the drought, to fly-fish, and to forage, all the while discovering the bounty of the region. She fries zucchini flowers in batter and dips them in cilantro-flavored mayonnaise, grills flavorful T-bones from the local ranchers’ grass-fed beef, pan-fries trout, fills crepes with wild mushrooms, and makes cherry pies with thick, sugary crusts. Gradually, she begins to adjust to the rhythms of the land.

Partly a memoir, partly a cookbook with more than one hundred appealing recipes, At Mesa’s Edge is a transporting tale of rejuvenation, a celebration of everything local, and a reminder that the best food is to be found in our own backyards.

Other cookbooks by this author

• At Mesa's Edge: Cooking and Ranching in Colorado's North Fork Valley
• Fantastic Fungi: Community Cookbook
• Italian Family Dining: Recipes, Menus, and Memories of Meals With One of America's Great Food Families
• The Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Produce Delicious Meals
• The Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Create Delicious Meals
• The Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Produce Delicious Meals
• Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
• Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey
• Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey
• Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods
• Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods
• Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods