Every successful restaurant is known for its distinctive approach to food...the style, the ingredients, the flavor combinations and the presentation. Savor A Taste of the California Desert is a feast for your eyes and your palette with a collection of popular recipes from favorite restaurants in the California desert resort communities of the Coachella Valley. Inside, you'll find beautiful photographs depicting innovative starters and salads, an array of main courses ranging from elegant roast rack of lamb to comforting chicken and dumplings, and a sampling of sweets. Weather you put your own culinary skills to work preparing these recipes for family and friends, or continue to enjoy the dishes in the restaurants from which they came, Savor A Taste of the California Desert is a tasty treat in its own right.
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Savor A Taste Of The California Desert Proves That People Really Do Eat With Their Eyes! A Unique Blend of Signature Dishes from Some of the Best Coachella Valley Restaurants When it comes to memorable food ... the senses of taste and smell come to mind immediately, however ...great chefs know that people in the truest sense;eat with their eyes. Over time, every successful restaurant becomes appreciated and well known for their distinctive approach to dining. Almost always ... a few unique or signature dishes become representative of the restaurant itself. 'Savor a Taste of the California Desert Signature Restaurant Recipes' is a feast for your eyes, and your palette, where every signature dish is portrayed with a spectacular full page photograph, inside information about the featured restaurant, quotes from the chef's themselves, a recipe ... and the personal signature of the owner or chef. Savor A Taste of the California Desert is more than a cookbook ... and speaks volumes in terms of visual appeal and appreciation for local Coachella Valley chefs. --MICHAEL's Private Club GM - Amazon.com
If you haven't had the opportunity to pick up a copy of;Savor A Taste of the California DesertI would highly recommend that you do. This is a fabulous culinary collection of local Palm Springs signature restaurant recipes that was co-authored and published by two very talented ladies - Victoria J. Bailey and Kim K. Crandal. Our guests who attended this year's 2009 Meeting of the Year; in Palm Springs California were delighted to receive a welcome gift copy of Savor A Taste of the California Desert. Victoria and Kim ~ Bravo to you both for your exquisite publication which included dazzling illustrations - it was the highlight of this year's welcome gift package. --Desert Springs Publishing Website
This is a lovely, useful guide to dining in the Coachella Valley of California. Excellent restaurants chosen. A great guide for the snow birds& and the permanent desert resident. --Desert Dweller's - Amazon.com
If you haven't had the opportunity to pick up a copy of;Savor A Taste of the California DesertI would highly recommend that you do. This is a fabulous culinary collection of local Palm Springs signature restaurant recipes that was co-authored and published by two very talented ladies - Victoria J. Bailey and Kim K. Crandal. Our guests who attended this year's 2009 Meeting of the Year; in Palm Springs California were delighted to receive a welcome gift copy of Savor A Taste of the California Desert. Victoria and Kim ~ Bravo to you both for your exquisite publication which included dazzling illustrations - it was the highlight of this year's welcome gift package. --Desert Springs Publishing Website
This is a lovely, useful guide to dining in the Coachella Valley of California. Excellent restaurants chosen. A great guide for the snow birds& and the permanent desert resident. --Desert Dweller's - Amazon.com
About the Author
Victoria Bailey & Kim Crandal --Victoria is a successful custom book publisher with a love for story-telling and documenting history. With over 20 years experience in advertising and publishing in Los Angeles and San Francisco, she published eight books a year on various topics from health care to hospitality, including a luxurious volume celebrating 150 years of the incorporation of the City of San Francisco. Since moving the Coachella Valley, she has distinguished herself by publishing commemorative histories such as California Desert Resort Cities books for the Cities of Indio and La Quinta, and most recently, Simply Perfection, a book about The Quarry at La Quinta, a private golf club. Kim Crandal is a respected hospitality industry manager and food and beverage consultant with expertise in both day-to-day operations and special event planning. She has orchestrated a wide variety of innovative galas, member-guest functions and on-going programs for a number of prestigious private country clubs with great attention to detail. Her appreciation of creative chefs in their mastery of the culinary arts is what led to the creation of this book.
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Savor A Taste of the California Desert Proves That People Really Do Eat With Their Eyes!,
By MICHAEL "Private Country Club Gen. Mgr." (La Quinta, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Savor A Taste Of The California Desert Signature Restaurant Recipes - Enhanced Edition (Hardcover)
Savor A Taste Of The California Desert Proves That People Really Do Eat With Their Eyes! A Unique Blend of Signature Dishes from Some of the Best Coachella Valley Restaurants When it comes to memorable food ... the senses of taste and smell come to mind immediately, however ...great chefs know that people in the truest sense "eat with their eyes." Over time, every successful restaurant becomes appreciated and well known for their distinctive approach to dining. Almost always ... a few unique or signature dishes become representative of the restaurant itself. 'Savor a Taste of the California Desert Signature Restaurant Recipes' is a feast for your eyes, and your palette, where every signature dish is portrayed with a spectacular full page photograph, inside information about the featured restaurant, quotes from the chef's themselves, a recipe ... and the personal signature of the owner or chef. Savor A Taste of the California Desert is more than a cookbook ... and speaks volumes in terms of visual appeal and appreciation for local Coachella Valley chefs.
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By Desert dweller "avid reader" (Palm Desert, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Savor A Taste Of The California Desert Signature Restaurant Recipes - Enhanced Edition (Hardcover)
This is a lovely, useful guide to dining in the Coachella Valley of California. Excellent restaurants chosen. A great guide for the "snow bird" and the permanent desert resident.
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