Author: judyalter

This cookbook grew out of Alter’s lifelong love of cooking, the tips and recipes of her mother, and her own experience in a tiny kitchen with no stove. You won’t find the Thanksgiving feast here, but you will find recipes from appetizers to skillet suppers, with hints on how to stock the pantry. You can use these if your kitchen is tiny or as big as all outdoors.

Educated, ambitious, and brilliant in a time not quite ready for her, Jessie elopes with the young explorer Charles Fremont, at the age of 17, defying the wishes of her father, the powerful Senator Thomas Hart Benton.Jessie expected a life of boundless adventure. Instead, the two most important men in her life are about to alter the course of 19th century American history–but only with her … help.REVIEWS:”Lulls the reader into forgetting this is fiction.” ~Publishers WeeklyREAL WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN WEST, in series orderLibbieSundance, Butch and MeCherokee RoseJessiemore