American Western Cooking: From the Roaring Fork - Hardcover

by Robert McGrath (Author), Mary B. Herrmann (Other), Michael Mertz (Other)

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 has two locations: Scottsdale, Arizona and Austin, Texas. The James Beard Foundation has nominated him for the Best Chef in America--Southwest award in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 1999. In 1988, Food & Wine magazine named him to its list of the Ten Best New Chefs in America.