Once the snow melts, this ski-resort destination dons a whole other personality, with an abundance of awe-inspiring, shirt-sleeved outdoors activities from dawn through dark.
Author Archives: Susan L. Ebert
Susan is a lifelong horsewoman whose equestrian endeavors include such diverse disciplines as eventing, foxhunting, show jumping, reining, cutting, and even horseback hog hunting. She is the author of the national award-winning book, The Field to Table Cookbook, (Welcome Books, 2016). Her magazine background includes Texas Monthly, Organic Gardening and Texas Parks & Wildlife magazines.
A Communion Of Spirits
Cowboy Dressage emphasizes soft feel and harmonious partnership with the horse—an ideal any cowgirl can aspire to achieve.
COWGIRL Recipes: Chile-Rubbed Salmon over Rice with Grilled Pineapple Salsa
New Year’s diet resolutions need be neither a bore nor a chore with this immensely colorful dish!
Women’s Roping Comes Of Age
A perfect storm of fierce competitors and money-rich events has unleashed a meteoric rise in women’s roping.
COWGIRL Recipes: ¡Viva La Tamalada!
Tamales are signature Southwest fare for the holidays.
COWGIRL Recipes: Spatchcocked Pheasant in Mushroom Velouté
Even if you don’t hunt, you can still enjoy this sensational treat!
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.
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.
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.
COWGIRL Recipes: Chicken-Fried Chicken With Milk Gravy
You’re about to have a new favorite comfort food recipe!
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.
COWGIRL Recipes: Roasted Rabbit With Blueberry-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
Chefs have discovered what many hunters already know!
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.
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?
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.
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…
COWGIRL Recipes: Prickly Pear Ice Cream & Margaritas
Early fall brings the ripening of brilliant garnet prickly pears (tunas), festooned along the top ri…
Women’s Ranch Rodeo
Nothin’ will stop these women from getting the job done.
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.
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.