"Raised on a farm near Promontory Summit, Utah, Colleen was an outdoor gal from the moment she was born. Working and living in the outdoors is part of her heritage. Her grandparents came west as pioneers in covered wagons and her addiction to cooking with Dutch Ovens started at an early age. Her mother cooked many a meal in the farmhouse on a coal and wood stove. Her grandmother is quoted as saying, "it is the healthiest kind of cookin' we can do for our families." With that heritage, a handwritten cookbook of old pioneer recipes, a gather that was a Scoutmaster for 38 years, county fairs, and 4H, you can see how her career as an outdoor expert and master Dutch Oven chef came to be." -- Intro in Colleen's Lewis and Clark cookbook