Sherry Monahan is a culinary historian who enjoys researching the genealogy of food and spirits. After studying frontier food, her culinary repertoire has expanded to include food and drinks from all over America and beyond. She is a past-president of Western Writers of America and holds memberships in the James Beard Foundation, the Authors Guild, and is an honorary Dodge City Marshal. Her other publications include Golden Elixir of the West, Tinsel Tumbleweeds, and Star-Spangled Celebrations, The Tombstone Cookbook, Frontier Fare, The Cowboy Cookbook, and Mrs. Earp: The Wives and Lovers of the Earp Brothers.