The Fresh Chile Company
Faith, Family & the Feast
Faith, Family & the Feast is a cookbook by Kent and Shannon Rollins subtitled "Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden, and Iron Skillet," and serves as a follow-up to their first book, A Taste of Cowboy. It combines recipes with stories, poems, and photographs, and includes expanded coverage of garden-fresh ingredients, a dedicated chapter of grilling recipes and tips, and comfort foods cooked in a cast-iron skillet. Sample recipes shown in the book include Green Onion and Ham Scalloped Potatoes and Indian Tacos.
- Style
- rustic, traditional, heritage
- Category
- Media > Books > Print Books
- GTIN
9780358124498- MPN
fcc-faith-family-feast
Specifications
A cookbook filled with recipes, stories, poems, and vivid pictures that celebrate sharing food and fellowship, with garden fresh ingredients, an entire chapter on grilling, and comfort foods sizzling in the iron skillet.
Includes a collection of recipes with stories, poems, and vivid pictures; features garden fresh ingredients, grilling recipes and tips, and comfort food recipes.
- Style
- rustic, traditional, heritage
- Occasion
- gift, everyday
- Gender
- unisex
- Age Group
- adult
- Condition
- new
- Weight
- 2.5 lb
- Category
- Media > Books > Print Books
Additional Attributes
- cookbook
- collection of recipes
- stories
- poems
- vivid pictures
- garden fresh ingredients
- grilling recipes and tips
- comfort food recipes
- cowboy cooking tradition
Product Insights
Faith, Family & The Feast is the 272-page sequel from Kent Rollins, Oklahoma's Official Chuck Wagon and champion ranch cook, translating his working chuck-wagon repertoire into a home-kitchen cookbook. The core promise is approachable cowboy cooking with supermarket staples, standard ovens, and cast-iron technique—teaching seared edges, pan fond, and even tomato sauces if you reseason after each use, while the signature chili flexes to any meat with beans optional. The tradeoff is a meat-forward collection: only two meatless mains, no nutrition or allergen flags, and regular cast-iron upkeep plus fresh-produce prep are part of the deal. The story layers in breakfast-and-blessing openings, scripture and cowboy poetry, and Shannon Rollins' cowboy-culture photography, backed by endorsements and a video companion.
Verified claims
- Author credentials
- Kent Rollins is Oklahoma's Official Chuck Wagon and champion ranch cook; Shannon Rollins co-authors and provides the book's photography.
- Recipe technique
- Recipes include cast-iron skillet comfort foods and an entire chapter on grilling recipes and tips, while most other recipes are adapted for a standard oven or stovetop.
- Book scope
- A 272-page print book and follow-up to A Taste of Cowboy, with more garden-fresh ingredients, an entire chapter on grilling recipes and tips, and cast-iron skillet comfort foods.
- Cooking approach
- Most recipes work on a standard oven or stovetop, despite roots in working chuck-wagon cooking.
- Cowboy character
- Shannon Rollins' photography captures cowboy culture, not just finished dishes.
- Storytelling
- Recipes are paired with stories, poems, photographs, and personal opening paragraphs that tie the dishes to ranch life and fellowship.
- Recipe provenance
- Recipes continue the authors' cowboy cooking tradition and use more garden-fresh ingredients than their first cookbook, A Taste of Cowboy.
- Southwestern dishes
- Southwestern dishes include Hatch chile recipes such as Green Chile-Pork Stew and Green Chile Mac and Cheese, plus meatless mains like Crispy Chiles Rellenos and Green Chile Mac and Cheese.
- Book character
- A 272-page print cookbook by Kent Rollins, Oklahoma's Official Chuck Wagon and champion ranch cook, and Shannon Rollins, subtitled Recipes to Feed Your Crew from the Grill, Garden, and Iron Skillet; recipes are paired with stories, poems, and photographs.
- Skillet technique
- The book includes cast-iron skillet comfort foods as one of its methods, but it is not a one-pan-only cookbook; recipes also use a standard oven, stovetop, and an entire grilling chapter.
- Home-kitchen fit
- Most recipes use a standard oven or stovetop, and the book is built around feeding a crew from the grill, garden, and iron skillet.
- Recipe range
- The grilling chapter spans quick dishes like beef kebabs and grilled cheese sandwiches to longer cooks like fall-apart ribs.
- Author credibility
- Kent Rollins' authority is rooted in authentic cowboy cooking: he is Oklahoma's Official Chuck Wagon and a champion ranch cook, and the book is co-authored with Shannon Rollins.
- Ingredient sourcing
- Most ingredients are everyday supermarket staples; a handful of Southwestern dishes call for green or Hatch chiles available jarred, fresh, or online, and the table of contents shows no wild game recipes.
- Recipe flexibility
- No recipe requires wild game; most dishes use everyday supermarket staples, so home cooks can cook the book without specialty meat sourcing.
- Dietary fit
- A few meatless mains exist; no recipe prints nutrition or allergen flags.
- Skill level
- Most recipes suit a confident beginner and use everyday supermarket staples.
- Cook times
- The book does not publish average prep-to-table times; within the grilling chapter, cook times range from quick dishes like beef kebabs and grilled cheese sandwiches to longer ones like fall-apart ribs.
- Meatless options
- Most mains are meat; named meatless mains are chiles rellenos and green chile mac and cheese, plus veg sides/breakfasts.
- Dietary disclosure
- Recipes carry no nutrition facts or gluten/dairy/nut allergen flags; restricted diners self-assess.
- Ranch authenticity
- Kent Rollins, Oklahoma's Official Chuck Wagon and champion ranch cook, grounds the book's recipes in authentic cowboy cooking tradition.
- Organization
- 100 recipes in seven chapters organized by course, with grilling as the method-based exception
- Publication details
- This store product is a hardcover print book published on March 17, 2020 by HMH Books, ISBN 9780358124498, and no updated or revised edition is known.
- Reader impression
- A reader review describes the cooking as fresh and authentic, with a lot of flavor in a spoonful.
Product record
- Title
- Faith, Family & The Feast
- Brand
- The Fresh Chile Company
- Price
- $30.95 USD
- Availability
- In stock
- Rating
- 0 reviews, scale 5
Buying Guide
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Feeding a crowd from the grill, garden, and iron skillet
Use this cookbook to plan meals for a group, with recipes spanning the grill, garden, and cast-iron skillet — dishes like Green Onion and Ham Scalloped Potatoes, Cowboy Eggs Benedict, Indian Tacos, and Honey-Chipotle Chicken. It expands on the authors' first book, A Taste of Cowboy, with more variety on the table, including an entire grilling chapter with recipes and tips. Recipes include photos, numbered steps, and outdoor cooking tips to help you cook for your crew.[1,5,7,8,9,10,11]
Grill recipes and tips for feeding a crew
Cook from the grill for family, friends, and neighbors — the authors say this cookbook includes an entire chapter on grilling recipes and tips, continuing their cowboy cooking tradition from A Taste of Cowboy. The cover presents the book as recipes to feed your crew from the grill, garden, and iron skillet, with the Apple Books listing naming Honey-Chipotle Chicken 'hot off the grill'.[7,8,10]
Iron-skillet comfort food recipes
The authors describe Faith, Family & the Feast as a cookbook with comfort foods sizzling in the iron skillet, continuing the hearty, simple style of their earlier cowboy cooking. The cover presents it as recipes to feed your crew from the grill, garden, and iron skillet, and a listing names Cracklin' Cornbread as a skillet dish.[7,8,10]
Cook with garden-fresh produce from your own backyard
Faith, Family & the Feast is a cookbook from The Fresh Chile Company that includes recipes featuring garden-fresh ingredients like Cool Cucumber Dill Salad. The authors state that they added more garden-fresh recipes compared to their first cookbook, A Taste of Cowboy, and the book's cover highlights recipes from the grill, garden, and iron skillet to feed your crew.[7,8,10]
Reading the stories, poems, and photos — not just the recipes
The authors describe this as more than a collection of recipes — a book filled with stories, poems, and vivid pictures meant to illustrate the importance of sharing food and fellowship. Alongside the recipes, it includes Kent Rollins's inspirational sayings, tales of the range, and cowboy poetry, plus scripture quotes and photographs of cowboy culture. One reader especially liked the short paragraphs that open each recipe, saying they personalized the entries.[2,4,6,7,12]
Product comparison
Compared within this brand.
| Faith, Family & The Feast: Choose this if you want a cowboy-style cookbook with stories, poems, photos and inspirational sayings woven among its recipes. The authors say it adds more garden-fresh ingredients and an entire grilling chapter alongside their iron-skillet comfort foods, and the pages include recipes like Green Onion and Ham Scalloped Potatoes and Cowboy Eggs Benedict. Choose this for feeding a crew at home or outdoors if you want scripture quotes, numbered-step recipes and practical cooking tips.[2,5,7,8,9,11] | A Taste Of Cowboy: Choose this for simple comfort food made from pantry ingredients, plus storytelling — the merchant describes 256 pages of recipes by Kent Rollins, an authentic cowboy and TV veteran. The recipes come alongside his tales, poetry, and photos of the American West, matching the cover subtitle 'Ranch Recipes and Tales from the Trail,' and a photographed interior page shows a 'Green Pepper Frito Pie' recipe laid out with numbered steps in the hardcover. Per the merchant, it suits anyone who loves good, honest food and wants a glimpse of a vanishing way of life.[3,13,14] |
Image Analysis
3 images- 01
Product
Front-facing book cover showing two people in cowboy hats holding a cast-iron skillet with a cooked golden-brown dish; large title text at top and author names at bottom.
- Cover title“Large serif title text across the top reading 'Faith, Family & the Feast' with a large ampersand in a different blue-gray color and the rest of the title in red.”
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x 0.05 · y 0.02 · w 0.90 · h 0.20 (high) - Subtitle block“Three-line white serif subtitle at upper-left: 'Recipes to Feed Your Crew' on the first line, 'from the Grill, Garden,' on the second line, and 'and Iron Skillet' on the third line.”
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x 0.06 · y 0.18 · w 0.48 · h 0.16 (high) - Author credit“Large white serif author line centered along the bottom reading 'Kent & Shannon Rollins'.”
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x 0.05 · y 0.88 · w 0.90 · h 0.10 (high) - Two people portraitA man and a woman standing close together, both wearing wide-brimmed cowboy hats; the man stands to the right with his right arm around the woman's shoulders and the woman on the left smiling toward the camera.
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x 0.20 · y 0.24 · w 0.60 · h 0.62 (high) - Woman clothing and hairWoman wears a long-sleeve white blouse with an allover red floral pattern and denim jeans; her hair is braided and draped over her left shoulder.
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x 0.20 · y 0.44 · w 0.36 · h 0.50 (high) - Man clothing and faceMan wears a light tan button-up shirt with a visible chest pocket and a dark brown hat; he has a mustache and is looking toward the camera.
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x 0.48 · y 0.20 · w 0.32 · h 0.56 (high) - Cast-iron skillet with dishA round black cast-iron skillet held by both people containing a browned, baked golden casserole or skillet dish with a textured top.
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x 0.42 · y 0.66 · w 0.36 · h 0.20 (high) - Distant wagon and flagA small red and green wagon with a visible American flag mounted on it sits in the grassy field behind the people at left background.
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Other
Outdoor editorial photo composition: grassy field with red wildflowers in foreground and a blue sky background; soft lighting with mild shadowing; full-cover portrait crop with text layered over image.
- Background landscapeGreen grassy field with scattered red flowers extends across the lower half of the cover and meets a clear blue sky in the upper half.
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x 0.00 · y 0.34 · w 1.00 · h 0.66 (high) - Shot compositionVertical portrait layout with subjects centered-right, title and subtitle layered in the sky area and author text layered over the lower grass area.
- Lighting and shadowEven daylight illumination with soft shadows visible on clothing and faces, minimal specular highlights on the skillet rim.
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Colors
medium red· title text (main)#C23D3Cblue gray· ampersand#597C9Cwhite· subtitle textpatterned red· woman blouse patternoff white· woman blouse backgroundlight tan· man shirt#C4B199dark brown· cowboy hats#433C34matte black· skillet exterior#251A13golden brown· skillet dish#B3ADABsky blue· sky background#A4CAE2white· author text- Cover title“Large serif title text across the top reading 'Faith, Family & the Feast' with a large ampersand in a different blue-gray color and the rest of the title in red.”
- 02
Product
Open cookbook spread showing a recipe page on the left and a large close-up photo of scalloped potatoes in a rectangular enamel baking dish on the right.
- LayoutTwo-page cookbook spread: left page contains recipe text and ingredient list; right page is a full-bleed photograph of a baked scalloped potato casserole in a rectangular dish with a portion scooped out at the bottom-right.
- Baking dishRectangular enamel or ceramic baking dish with a visible narrow rim that is reddish-orange on the outer edge and white on the interior, filled with scalloped potato slices, melted cheese, diced ham, and chopped green onions.
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x 0.56 · y 0.04 · w 0.43 · h 0.93 (high) - Topping compositionSurface shows browned patches of melted cheese, small diced pink ham pieces scattered across, and small chopped bright green onion rounds sprinkled on top.
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x 0.62 · y 0.06 · w 0.33 · h 0.66 (high) - Scoop-out detailLower-right quadrant of the dish shows a scooped portion with exposed potato layers and sauce residue on the dish wall and a wooden spoon with a portion of the casserole resting to the right edge of the image.
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x 0.82 · y 0.56 · w 0.16 · h 0.31 (high) - Recipe heading“Green Onion and Ham Scalloped Potatoes”
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x 0.06 · y 0.08 · w 0.38 · h 0.14 (high) - Recipe steps block - step 1“1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a 12-inch cast- iron skillet or 9-x-13-inch casserole dish.”
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x 0.25 · y 0.40 · w 0.28 · h 0.09 (high) - Recipe steps block - step 2“2. Warm the milk and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until the butter has melted. Add the flour and cook just until it thickens to a thin gravy, 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently.”
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x 0.25 · y 0.48 · w 0.28 · h 0.14 (high) - Recipe steps block - step 3“3. Remove from the heat and stir in the onion dip until smooth.”
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x 0.25 · y 0.63 · w 0.28 · h 0.05 (high) - Recipe steps block - step 4“4. Arrange half the potatoes in the skillet or dish. Pour half the milk mixture on top. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the ham, 1 cup of the mozzarella, and 1/2 cup of the Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Repeat the layers once more.”
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x 0.25 · y 0.67 · w 0.29 · h 0.16 (high) - Recipe steps block - step 5“5. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for another 20 minutes, or until the potatoes soften and the cheese has slightly browned. You can brown the cheese more by broiling for a couple of minutes or moving the skillet to the top oven rack at the end of baking. Top with chopped green onions and serve.”
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x 0.25 · y 0.80 · w 0.29 · h 0.17 (high) - Sidebar heading“OUTDOOR COOKING TIP”
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x 0.06 · y 0.82 · w 0.17 · h 0.09 (high) - Ingredient column presentNarrow left column contains an ingredient list and small metadata lines such as prep time and total time; the full ingredient text block is visible but some lines are small and partially cropped at the spine.
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x 0.06 · y 0.20 · w 0.22 · h 0.55 (medium) - Page footer“136 Faith, Family & the Feast”
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Other
The book lies open on a wooden surface outdoors with a green cloth visible under the dish photo; natural daylight creates soft shadows and slight page curl at the spine. The image is a slightly angled top-down shot with the right page filling the right half of the frame.
- Surface and propsOpen book placed on a weathered wooden table; a dark green textured cloth is visible beneath the top-right corner of the right page and under the baking dish photograph.
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x 0.66 · y 0.02 · w 0.28 · h 0.18 (high) - Shot compositionPhotograph taken at a slight angle from above; left page shows a visible spine crease and the right page's photo runs to the page edge and is cropped by the image frame.
- LightingNatural diffuse outdoor lighting with soft shadows and mild highlights on the glossy photo area; no harsh overexposure.
- Wooden spoon propWooden spoon with some casserole residue sits to the right of the dish, partially cropped at the image edge.
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x 0.93 · y 0.60 · w 0.07 · h 0.32 (medium) - Image qualitySharp detail on the recipe text and on the casserole photo; slight perspective distortion from angle, no major motion blur.
Colors
paper white· page backgroundcreamy off-white· melted cheese surfacemedium brown· browned cheese spotscooked ham pink· diced ham#AB947Cbright green· chopped green onionsreddish orange· dish rim#7D6243- 03
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Open cookbook spread photographed flat; left page shows a close-up photo of an Indian taco on a white plate; right page shows a recipe layout with a heading, numbered steps, and a large pull quote at the lower right.
- Open book spreadTwo-page spread of a cookbook photographed flat with the gutter near the top center; left page is a full-bleed food photo, right page contains recipe text and a large pull quote.
- Food photographClose-up photograph of an Indian taco on a white enamel plate with blue rim; visible toppings include shredded yellow cheddar, chopped tomatoes, shredded pale green lettuce, and browned ground beef with some beans; taco rests on a flatbread.
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x 0.02 · y 0.18 · w 0.60 · h 0.64 (high) - Plate detailWhite round plate with visible embossed decorative rim and a narrow blue trim around the outer edge, plate sits on left page overlapping the gutter area.
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x 0.08 · y 0.66 · w 0.34 · h 0.34 (high) - Recipe heading“Single-line heading 'Indian Tacos' printed in a large serif font near the top of the right-hand page.”
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x 0.58 · y 0.04 · w 0.26 · h 0.10 (high) - Numbered instruction blockA vertical list of numbered recipe steps (numbers 1 through 5 visible) printed in a serif font with small paragraph text to the right of the photo.
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x 0.66 · y 0.28 · w 0.26 · h 0.36 (medium) - Page number and source lineSmall text near the lower right corner showing a short source line and a page number.
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x 0.82 · y 0.92 · w 0.16 · h 0.06 (medium) - Paper and print finishMatte off-white book paper with printed serif and sans-serif text; text ink appears dark gray to black.
- Gutter and page curvatureSlight curve and shadow at the inner gutter where the pages meet; pages lay mostly flat with a visible seam near image center-top.
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x 0.46 · y 0.00 · w 0.08 · h 0.20 (high) - Legible pull quote headingA large multi-line pull quote printed in a bold serif type near the lower right of the right-hand page.
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x 0.68 · y 0.66 · w 0.28 · h 0.28 (high) - Visible small caption textShort small-caps or small serif text near the lower right aligning with the pull quote, likely a source or chapter label.
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x 0.82 · y 0.92 · w 0.12 · h 0.04 (medium) - Recipe ingredient columnA narrow column of ingredient or equipment text appears to the left of the heading and above the numbered steps, set in a smaller typeface.
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x 0.54 · y 0.14 · w 0.10 · h 0.36 (medium) - Visible page edgeOuter right edge of the right-hand page shows the book's edge and slight stacking of underlying pages.
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Other
The photograph is taken from a slight top-right oblique angle; book is placed on a wooden surface with visible wood grain at the bottom and right edges; natural lighting with soft shadows; image shows full page crop including gutter and table edge.
- Shot compositionPhoto taken from above at a slight angle toward the right, showing the two-page spread and some surrounding wooden tabletop.
- Background surfaceRough wooden tabletop visible at the bottom and right edges of the image with warm brown tones and wood grain.
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x 0.00 · y 0.88 · w 1.00 · h 0.12 (high); x 0.86 · y 0.00 · w 0.14 · h 0.88 (high) - Lighting and shadowSoft diffuse lighting from above-left producing mild shadows under the plate and slight shadowing in the gutter area.
- Image quality notesImage is in focus overall with shallow perspective distortion from the camera angle; some text in small columns is legible while finer small-print blocks are not fully readable at this resolution.
- Large pull quote transcription areaLarge pull quote text block visible and legible near lower right.
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Colors
cheddar yellow· cheddar cheese#DDC384pale lettuce green· lettucetomato red· tomato pieces#AB665Clight tan· taco flatbread#E3CB8Coff-white plate· plate#EBDCA3dark charcoal· printed textwarm off-white· book paper
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Customer Reviews
So fresh, so authentic. that’s what it is. So much flavor in a spoonful.
Provenance
- Merchant Link
- https://freshchileco.com/products/faith-family-the-feast
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