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Chef Jimmy Schmidt’s Palm Springs Guide - Find. Eat. Drink.
September 30, 2014
November 4, 2014
Chef Jimmy Schmidt’s Palm Springs Guide
Jimmy Schmidt describes himself as a three-times James Beard award winning chef, restaurateur, food scientist and and co-founder of a collective called FoodShed Exchange. He made a name for himself at the Rattlesnake Club restaurants in Denver and Detroit before moving to the California desert to take over as executive chef of Morgan’s in the Desert in La Quinta.
Visit chef Jimmy Schmidt at his restaurant Morgan’s in the Desert the La Quinta Resort & Club in the Coachella Valley of California and check out his recommendations for eating and drinking in the Palm Springs area.
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Making Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen
Photograph courtesy of NitroInfusions
“They are making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. They make it per order and they make a very good espresso, dark chocolate one as well as the sea salted caramel.”
Shields Date Garden
80-225 U.S. Highway 111, Indio, CA 92201-6599
T: 760.34.0996 | www.shieldsdategarden.com
“They have a whole museum on dates with 13 different varieties. Their famous thing is the date milkshake that everybody is crazed over.”
Dates at the Shields Date Garden
Photo Credit: Jay Cross [Flickr]
“They do interesting small plate dishes. They do a great Ahi tuna. It's a little taco that’s in a fried wonton shell with really big flavors of reduced soy glaze on it. They do a house-cured salmon that’s really good. It’s just a tiny place and the little bites are really good.”
Mussels at Cork & Fork
Photograph courtesy of Cork & Fork
“They’re using lots of local ingredients which is great. They tend to lean towards more braised items, more hearty slower cooked items. They do a very good lamb shank here.”
Quinoa crusted Alaskan halibut at The Purple Palm
Photograph courtesy of The Purple Palm
“This is an authentic Mexican restaurant with lots of delicious shellfish. They do great little jalapenos stuffed with shrimp which are pretty crazy. They have a hot chili aioli type mayonnaise with it. They also do a lot of long-cooked stewed meats with chilies.”
Shrimp Stuffed Jalapenos
Photograph courtesy of El Mexicali
“This is a bar located right next to the Empire Polo Club fields and you sit in saddles at the bar. During polo season all the polo players hang out here and most of them are from Argentina and South America, so it’s a pretty crazy bar. I usually get a tequila and a beer.”
Tack Room Tavern
Photograph courtesy of Tack Room Tavern
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FoodShed Exchange
Morgan’s in the Desert
49499 Eisenhower Drive
La Quinta, CA 92253
T: 760.564.7600
