Pitchfork Ranch Cookbook
Ranch manager Douglas Burns’ wife, the former Mamie Sypert (1896–1982) published Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns. She assumed management of the ranch’s Big House, including the feeding and entertaining of personal and business guests. The recipes and reminiscences in her notes, reproduced in the cookbook, reveal that Mrs. Burns set a bountiful table. Though she claimed not to have enjoyed cooking, her recipes and comments on ranch living reveal a real enthusiasm for preparing food for her guests. The book provides not only the ingredients of her special dishes but a glimpse into West Texas ranch life.
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