Coachella Desert Cuisine

In this volume, Chef Roland has documented restaurant dishes using local ingredients, and he has developed original recipes celebrating the desert and the local products of the Coachella Valley. About the Author: Chef Roland fell in love with the desert when his mother served him Iraqi dates as a young boy in England. While he has currently lost all desire to visit Iraq, he does reside in the desert at Desert Hot Springs in the Coachella Valley of Southern California.