American Western Cooking from the Roaring Fork Restaurant

by McGrath, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780877193500
• ISBN10: 0877193509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Presents a compilation of recipes that can be prepared with ease. Each recipe is explained clearly and provides a section detailing how to perform essential basics, such as smoke roasting, smoking, and grilling meat, preparing stocks, cooking dried beans, and cooking with chile peppers. Cookery, American--Western style.

Author Biography

Robert McGrath is the executive chef and owner of the Roaring Fork restaurant. This bistro and bar in Scottsdale, Arizona, is spearheading the American Western cuisine movement. McGrath has been winning cooking awards since 1985. The James Beard Foundation has nominated him for the Best Chef in America -- Southwest award in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 1999. The White House chose McGrath to organize and execute dinners for the heads of state attending the 1991 Economic Summit for Industrialized Nations. In 1988, Food and Wine magazine named him to its list of the Ten Best New Chefs in America. In addition, McGrath was chosen to participate on the 1986 United States Culinary Team. He also served as chef at several hotels/resorts, including the Mobil Five Star Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, Four Seasons hotels in Austin and Houston, Texas, and the Disneyland Hotel in California.

Table of Contents

Cocktails	1	(16)
Personal Favorites	17	(16)
Standard Preparations	33	(14)
Relishes, Dressings, & Sauces	47	(18)
Soups & Stews	65	(22)
Salads	87	(14)
Sandwiches	101	(16)
Small Courses	117	(30)
Main Courses	147	(48)
Cast-Iron Cooking	195	(16)
Vegetables & Starches	211	(20)
Breads & Desserts	231