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GRAND OPENING Tuesday 10/28/08 Chama Gaucha 18318 Sonterra Place  San Antonio TX  78258 210*564*9400

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10/25/08     11/01/08     11/08/08

Christmas Gift for the FOODIE

Foreign country, exotic tastes and custom agents in hot pursuit – sounds like the latest spy thriller but in reality it’s Steven Jenkins newest book – “The Food Life – Inside the World of food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway”.  This is not only informative and loaded with great recipes by Chef Mitchel London but it is also a fantastic read.  After reading this book I was ready to leave friends and family behind and move to New York City just to be able to shop at the Mecca that is Fairway.  I cannot begin to count how many times while reading this book I suffered from hungry pains, how my local grocery store grew dim in my culinary eyesight and how my pantry suddenly became lacking.  This is the book that shows you what is missing from your culinary life and where you can find it. Now, next time I run to the store for some necessities it might take me a couple of days (Mapquest says that it’s about a 30hr drive to the nearest Fairway).

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11/15/08     11/22/08     11/29/08

NEW Restaurant

CAFÉ VIDA DOUGH FIREHOUSE SUBS GOURMET BURGER GRILL BIG BOB's BURGER PAPA MURPHY'S PAT'S BBQ SOGO WILDFISH TRESCA's ROARING FORK Coming Soon EDDIE V'S

12/06/08     12/13/08     12/20/08

Restaurant   Review

UPCOMING

Great New Restaurant - El Chaparral - New Location - Gold Canyon at 1604 This is the restaurant that is on my top 10 list - for food, service and just - good looking!  For the bean soup to the art on the wall - I really like this place.  www.elchaparral.com COCO - Chocolate Lounge & Bistro  - The food, the ambience – this is a dining experience. My wife and I did a little sampling of the menu. We had the Crab Cake, the Escargot, the Brie En Croute and the Duck Confit Pizza. We ending the meal with COCO’s signature dessert – “The Kiss” and a Chocolate Martini – what a Decadent Taste Sensation. 18402 US Hwy 281 N Suite 114 San Antonio, Tx 78259 210-491-4480 www.sa-coco.com WILDFISH - It is my pleasure to have Wildfish as a client and be able to stand behind the proverbial kitchen door and see this restaurant’s dedication to quality and freshness. With the talent and dedication to freshness and flavor – Wildfish has it going on! 1834 NW Loop 1604 San Antonio, TX 78248 210.493.1600 P 210.493.1613 F Open daily at 4:00pm ROARING FORK - I have had the good fortune to eat at the Austin location and I am excited at the opening of this restaurant here in San Antonio across the parking lot from its sister restaurant – Wildfish. Both dedicated to bring you the finest in quality, freshness and taste. San Antonio 1806 NW Loop 1604 San Antonio, TX 78248 210.479.9700 P 210.479.9702 F Opening June 23 2008 Also be on the look out for Chef Scott Cohen New Restaurant!

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Cookbooks Picks

Aldaco’s Bin 555 Boardwalk Bistro Bohana’s Café Paladar Caliza Grille CAPPY'S Citrus Fleming’s Fralo’s Godia Grey Moss Inn Las Canarias Las Ramblas Luce Magnolia Pancake Haus Melting Pot Meson Mon's Morton’s Oro Pesca Phoenix Reggiano’s Shiraz Silo The Grill The Lodge Tong Thai

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A Few of the Guests From "The Home and Lifestyle Show"

Alan Rosen Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook: Aliza Green, the Philadelphia-based cookbook author Carole Bloom/Author – The Essential Baker Chef Ana Sortun - OLEANA   Chef Brian West - Cafe Paladar Chef Bruce Aden - Biga Chef Cat Cora from the Food Network Chef Charles Royal rom New Zealand Chef Chip McMullen - Westin Riverwalk Chef Diana Kennedy - Mexican Cuisine Chef Guy Fieri  - Food Network Chef Holly Smith - Retama Chef Jasper White – Summer Shack Chef John Shields - PBS -  Coastal Cooking with John Shields! Chef Johnny Hernandez - True Flavors and Pork Council Chef Marcel Desaulniers - Trellis Restaurant - Williamsburg, VA Chef Mark Bliss - Silo Chef Mark Bohanan - Bohanan's Chef Neil Connolly - In The Kennedy Kitchen Chef Phil Sprio  Carmine's Chef Rick Bayless - Chicago Chef Robert Flemming - Food Network Chef Robert Irvine - Food Network Chef Robert Rainford - License to Grill Chef Sam Choy - Hawaii Chef Scott Cohen Chef Tiffany Collins Texas Beef Council Chef Tim Love - Fortworth Costantino Cicchelli  - Academia Barilla Ellie Krieger "The Food You Crave" Fuchsia Dunlop is an East Asian specialist for the BBC Jeremy Black - Sambazon Melissa Guerra - Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Melissa Pasanen - Cooking with Shelburne Farms Nirmala Narine - In Nirmala's Kitchen Patty Pinner -  Sweets: A Collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories  Paula Disbrowe – Cowgirl Cuisine Robin Miller -  Robin to the Rescue: Rocky Stubblefield - Stubb's Grandson Scott Jensen, President and CEO of Stubb's Legendary Kitchen Spencer Chesman:  iGourmet Virginia Willis, author of Bon Appetit Y'all

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Wetpaint Contributor of the Month This month's top props go to safoodie, rock star contributor to the Food & Wine Across America wiki. As his name might imply, safoodie is a culinary enthusiast from San Antonio, TX and has compiled an exhaustive list of restaurants and food-related information about the San Antonio area. Keep up the good work, safoodie!

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