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Stories By Susan L. Ebert
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COWGIRL LIFE
Bucking The Norm Women are increasingly joining the ranks of upper-echelon stock contractors—those who breed, train, and provide elite bucking bulls to the PBR.
October 8, 2018The two gatemen are poised to yank open the chute. The flank man, a remote control...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Smoked Trout This versatile dish can be served atop a salad or on a plank or platter, accompanied with crackers, capers, fresh dill, and lemon wedges, along with some creamy chèvre.
August 20, 2018I’ll admit: Most of my fly-fishing is catch-and-release. But when I find myself fishing in streams...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Life On The Fly Inside Sisters on the Fly, the nation’s largest ladies’ social and adventure club, women discover how to be girls again—and much, much more.
July 30, 2018Big, beauteous brown trout spawn in the crystalline rivers of Montana’s Big Sky Country, and at...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Chicken-Fried Chicken With Milk Gravy You're about to have a new favorite comfort food recipe!
June 18, 2018To my mind, we have only marketing to blame for the rise in popularity of near-meatless...
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COWGIRL LIFE
It’s All In A Day’s Work At The Ranch Horse World Finals This May, cowgirls compete head-to-head with cowboys in the Ranch Horse World Finals, a timed event that showcases the partnership of rider and horse in a series of traditional ranching tasks.
May 8, 2018Pam McCleskey sized up the competition prior to last year’s 2017 Ranch Horse Association of America’s...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Roasted Rabbit With Blueberry-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce Seems trendy chefs have discovered what many hunters already know: Rabbit’s delicious white meat is high in protein, low in fat, and rich in omega-3 fatty acids!
April 23, 2018Americans are eating more rabbit than at any time since World War II. Seems trendy chefs...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Eight Seconds to Glory Thanks to these spunky gals, Ladies Bronc Riding, which has been on rather a lengthy hiatus of, say, 80-some-odd years is roaring back to life.
January 22, 2018This judge ain’t blind, but he may well wonder if his eyes are playing tricks on...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Chili Verde With Mexican Crema and Pepitas Are you ready to try this leaner version of traditional chili verde, made with pork loin?
January 15, 2018Try this leaner version of traditional chili verde, made with pork loin instead of pork butt...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Remembering Tasha Polizzi Within two short decades, the Tasha Polizzi brand has risen to the forefront of classic Western design, thanks to its late visionary namesake designer.
January 8, 2018It’s a quintessentially Tasha moment: Having just been fêted with a spectacular runway show of her...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Rack Of Venison With Chimichurri There's something both primal and elegant about a frenched rack of venison that will coax oohs and ahhs from your guests...
November 17, 2017There’s something both primal and elegant about a frenched rack of venison that will coax oohs...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Prickly Pear Ice Cream & Margaritas
September 29, 2017Early fall brings the ripening of brilliant garnet prickly pears (tunas), festooned along the top rims...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Women’s Ranch Rodeo Nothin' will stop these women from getting the job done.
September 25, 2017The four riders burst across the arena, lariats flying, in pursuit of the lone steer. One...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Wild Turkey Scallopini with Morel Mushrooms This simple-yet-showy dish is just as well-suited for an elegant dinner-party presentation as it is for a quick and easy mid-week supper.
August 21, 2017A good 20 minute scallopini should be in every cowgirl chef’s repertoire! This versatile recipe can...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Women Of The Land Miss Anne and Little Anne, the mother and daughter duo who have owned the 6666 Ranch for nearly a century, epitomize the beauty, strength, intelligence and steely resolve of the American cowgirl.
August 14, 2017Life changes a lot when you move from the city to the country at the tender...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Go Crackers! The Great Florida Cattle Drive The 2016 Great Florida Cattle Drive delivered an unexpected surprise: women outnumbered the men!
July 11, 2017The scene is straight out of the mid-1800s: Two cowgirls in faded denim, bandanas at their...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Cowgirl Chili & Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Muffins This is not your run of the mill chili: It's romance your cowboy, impress the in laws, wow the supper club chili - as well as a direct descendant of the classic Texas chuck-wagon chili of yesteryear.
June 26, 2017Once you get the hang of toasting and grinding your own chilies and developing deep, rich...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Steeped In Tradition: The Salt Grass Trail
June 26, 2017Although the sun’s out today as I navigate the sweeping bends in the ranchlands west of...
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COWGIRL LIFE
Rough It Like A Royal
May 1, 2017The Portmanteau “glamping” – A mashup of glamour and camping – might well have been created...
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COWGIRL LIFE
COWGIRL Recipes: Antelope Backstrap with Board Dressing and Wild Berry Cumberland Sauce
April 17, 2017No wonder that deer or antelope’s tenderloin, called “backstrap,” sends hunters into a swoon: it’s the...
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HORSES
Road To The Horse
March 6, 2017Road to the Horse ranks among the premier colt-starting events on the planet, its world-class cowboys...