Seasoned food writer Eliza Castaneda has collected a wealth of great information on where to find, enjoy, and celebrate the foods of her home state. Whether it's green chile sauce or smoked trout, goat cheese or chocolate-dipped fruit, readers will discover Colorado's many wonderful producers and purveyors of delicious foods with this engagingly written guide. But there's much more: cooking workshops, wine trails, extra-special eateries, and the state's tastiest events--brewfests, pastry competitions, and harvest festivals, to name just a few. Interspersed among the detailed listings are cooking insights, culinary folklore, and delectable regional recipes (about 30 in all), including the signature egg dish of the Highland Haven Creekside Inn. This is the ultimate guide for Colorado food lovers to use--and savor.
Eliza Cross is the author of five books, including her most recent cookbook "101 Things To Do With Bacon" (Gibbs Smith, 2011).
She is co-author of "The Rusty Parrot Cookbook" (Gibbs Smith, 2009), and author of "Family Home of the New West" (Northland Publishing, 2006) and the award-winning "Food Lovers' Guide to Colorado" (Morris Book Publishing, 2003 and 2006).
Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Parents, Writers' Digest and Natural Home. She is a regular contributor to Mountain Living magazine, and Senior Contributing Editor for Western Art & Architecture magazine.
