American Western Cooking From the Roaring Fork

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.McGrath, Robert is the author of 'American Western Cooking From the Roaring Fork' with ISBN 9780877193500 and ISBN 0877193509.