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SANTA FE FLAVORS Best Restaurants and Recipes
IN A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS FINE DINING, Santa Fe boasts countless restaurants for the food lover. Restaurant critic Anne Hillerman takes connoisseurs on a whirlwind tour through some of the most delectable Santa Fe restaurants and offers recommendations on the best eateries and provides diners the chance to re-create some of their favorite dishes with recipes contributed by restaurant chefs.
More than fifty restaurants and recipes are included, with both celebrated and undiscovered chefs.
RESTAURANTS FEATURED INCLUDE:
Bobcat Bites, El Farol, The Pink Adobe, Blue Heron at Sunrise Springs, Coyote Cafe, Geronimo, Trattoria Nostrani, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #350887 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

From the Back Cover
In a city known for its fine dining, Santa Fe boasts countless restaurants for the food lover. Restaurant critic Anne Hillerman takes connoisseurs on a whirlwind tour through some of the most delectable restaurants Santa Fe has to offer. She gives impeccable recommendations on the best eateries throughout the area and even provides diners the chance to re-create some of their favorite dishes. Recipes from both celebrated and undiscovered chefs include Bonnie's Coleslaw from Bobcat Bites, Aguacate from El Farol, Lobster Salad from The Pink Adobe, and Basil Ice Cream from Blue Heron at Sunrise Springs. Bring back the flavor of Santa Fe's finest to your own home. From sweet treats to savory entrees, Santa Fe Flavors has something to tickle every taste bud.
In more than twenty years as a journalist, Anne Hillerman has worked as editorial page editor for the Albuquerque Journal North and the Santa Fe New Mexican, and an arts editor for both papers. She has been the Santa Fe restaurant reviewer for the Albuquerque Journal and Journal North since 2001 and works as a writing coach on fiction and nonfiction projects. Anne is the author of four other books: The Insiders Guide to Santa Fe, Children's Guide to Santa Fe, Done in the Sun, and Ride the Wind: USA to Africa. She is currently a director of Wordharvest Writers' Workshops and the Tony Hillerman Writers' Conference: Focus on Mystery, both of which she helped to establish in 2001.

About the Author

Anne Hillerman has worked as editorial page editor for the Albuquerque Journal North and the Santa Fe New Mexican, and as arts editor for both papers. She is the author of six other books, including Santa Fe Flavors.

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Seared Scallops with Potatoes
Pesto Butter Sauce and Arugula Salad Arugula Salad 2 pounds potatoes, quartered 1 cup chives 1 cup oil Salt to taste 1/4 cup julienned sun-dried tomatoes
Chive Sun-Dried Tomato Potatoes
1/ 2 cup white wine 1/ 2 cup heavy cream 1/ 2 pound unsalted butter, cold 1 cup pesto (homemade or store bought) Salt and pepper to taste Pesto Butter Sauce 1/ 2 pound arugula 1 leek, diced and fried 1 tomato, diced 1/4 cup lemon vinaigrette, store-bought or use your own recipe 2 pounds scallops
To make the potatoes, boil the potatoes until soft. Puree chives with oil and add salt. Mash potatoes with the chive-oil mixture and stir in sun-dried tomatoes.
To make the pesto sauce, reduce white wine by half. Add cream and reduce by half again. Stir in cubes of cold butter. Add pesto. Add salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm.
To make the salad, mix arugula with fried leek, tomato and lemon vinaigrette.
To serve, sear scallops. Place mashed potatoes in the center of plate. Encircle potatoes with sauce. Place seared scallops on top. Drizzle pesto sauce over scallops. Place arugula salad atop potatoes and serve.
Servings: 6

Customer Reviews

A highly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections
Few people can rival the expertise of a professional restaurant critic when it comes to identifying the best cuisine local and gourmet quality culinary establishments have to offer their patrons. Anne Hillerman draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as a restaurant critic to compile superb recipes from a wide range of renowned restaurants in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in "Santa Fe Flavors: Best Restaurants And Recipes". Each feature dish is thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' in preparation and range from Beer-Battered Chile Rellenos (Santa Fe Bar and Grill); to Atole Pinon Hotcakes (Tecolote Cafe); to Basil Ice Cream (Blue Heron at Sunrise Springs); to Shrimp Veracruz (Mariscos Costa Azul). For gourmet quality meals that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite, "Santa Fe Flavors" is a highly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections!

Yummy!
This is a wonderful collection of some of the best resipes from Sante Fe, NM restaurants written by one of my favorite foodies. This is not just another litany of green chile dishes, but a literary tour of the culinary side of Santa Fe. I reccomend you enjoy it with a lovely bottle of wine.

santa fe flavors
anne hillerman is one of a kind; awesome when it comes to reviewing eateries in santa fe and surrounding. a must read.