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"Are you crazy about mussels? No, not the Arnold Schwarzenegger type. I'm talking about the tasty bivalve shellfish type..." Sandy D'Amato

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Chef Sandy D'Amato
Winning Styles

Chef Sandy D'Amato, a contributor
to the James Beard "Winning Styles"
Cookbook, was personally chosen
by Julia Child to cook for her
80th Birthday.

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Contributing Chefs to the
Winning Styles Cookbook:

Alessandro Stratta, Las Vegas, Nevada
Charlie Trotter, Chicago, Illinois
Christine Keff, Seattle, Washington
Gary Danko, San Francisco, California
Guenter Seeger, Atlanta, Georgia
Jamie Shannon, New Orleans, Louisiana
Joachim Splichal, Los Angeles, California
Julian Serrano, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ken Oringer, Boston, Massachusetts
Lidia Bastianich, New York, New York
Michael Mina, San Francisco, California
Michael Schlow, Boston, Massachusetts
Patrick O�Connell, Washington, Virginia
Rick Bayless, Chicago, Illinois
Robert Kinkead, Washington, Dc
Robert Mcgrath, Phoenix, Arizona
Roberto Donna, Washington, D.C.
Roxsand Scocos, Phoenix, Arizona
Sanford D�Amato, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Susan Spicer, New Orleans, Louisiana
Thierry Rautureau, Seattle, Washington

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Recipes from The James Beard Foundation Award Winning Chef Sandy D'Amato

Chef Sandy D'Amato's Recipes

Chickpea, Escarole and Eggplant Salad
with Smoked Paprika Vinaigrette

Mussel Timbale with Green Olives
and Romesco Sauce

Chargrilled Loin of Elk on ...Summer Vegetable
Saut� with Tart Cherry Essence

Lemon Pound Cake with Caramelized Apricots

Sweet Potato Soup with Seared Tomatillos

Salmon on Seared Rapini with Saffron Lima Bean Broth

Seared Striped Bass on Green Papaya Salad with Green Curry Sauce

Summer Vegetable Saut�

Chef Sandy's D'Amato's Restaurants:

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American Dining, Continental Eclectic/Int'l, French, Mediterranean Vegetarian, Contemporary Ethnic Monday - Thursday 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM Friday 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM Saturday 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Sunday - Closed Sanford Restaurant 1547 N. Jackson Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: (414) 276-9608 phone Directions/Map	French Bistro Monday- Thursday 11:00 am to 10:00 pm Friday 11:00 am to 11:00 pm Saturday 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm Sunday - Closed Coquette Cafe 316 N. Milwaukee St. Milwaukee, WI 53202-5885 Phone: 414/291-2655 Directions/Map

Biography

Chef Sandy D'Amato

Sanford D'Amato graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1974, and stayed on for a one year fellowship in the Escoffier Room. He then worked in various New York City restaurants through the 70's. In 1980, he returned home to Milwaukee's John Byron�s Restaurant where he received national attention in 1985 Food and Wine magazine as one of the top 25 "Hot New Chefs", and touted as "One of the finest seafood chefs in the country" in a 1988 Bon Appetit feature article.

In 1988, he was selected as one of 12 national finalists in the American Culinary Gold Cup, Bocuse D'or. He also competed in the 1988 and 1989 American Seafood Challenge and received one of two gold medals awarded in 1989 and took third place overall. In December of 1989, Sanford and his wife Angela opened Sanford Restaurant in the former site of his father and grandfathers grocery store. It has since received accolades locally and nationally in Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Wine Spectator 1990 - 1999 Award of Excellence, Milwaukee Magazine, Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Esquire magazine as one of 1990s' best new restaurants.

In November of 1992, Sanford was one of 12 chefs in the nation to be personally chosen by Julia Child to cook for her 80th Birthday Celebration in her

hometown Boston. Sanford has made television appearances on feature programs such as Dining Around on The TV Food Network, Great Chefs/Great Cities, PBS Julia Child Special, America�s Rising Star Chefs and weekly on CBS�s �Always in Good Taste� with Willard Romantini. In 1994, Sanford Restaurant was awarded the Fine Dining Hall of Fame award by Nation's Restaurant News and the DiRONA (Distinguished Restaurants of North America)Award and are 1995 recipients of the Ivy Award from Restaurants and Institutions Magazine. Sanford has also consistently received the AAA - Four Diamond Award and the Four-Star award from Mobil Travel Guide and the highest rating for food (29) given by the Zagat guide.

After being nominated for six consecutive years by the James Beard Foundation, Sanford won the Perrier Jouet Best Chef Midwest award in April of 1996. In the October, 2001 issue of Gourmet magazine, Sanford Restaurant was listed as number twenty-one of the fifty best restaurants in America. And in February 2002, Sanford was one of 45 chefs chosen nationally to cook for the Salt Lake City Olympics � United States Art of the Table.

In February of 1999, Sanford and Angela opened their second restaurant, Coquette Cafe, in the Historic Third Ward in Milwaukee. Coquette has a local 3 1Z2 star rating. Sanford also writes a weekly food column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.