Clementine’s gnocchi is one of the recipes featured in San Antonio Cooks Credit: Jessica Attie

Veteran Alamo City food journalist Julia Rosenfeld is releasing a cookbook featuring more than 80 recipes from notable local chefs and cocktail gurus.

San Antonio Cooks (Figure 1 Publishing) will drop Nov. 22, showcasing recipes from culinary powerhouses including Dashi Sichuan Kitchen + Bar’s Kristina Zhao, Best Quality Daughter’s Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin and Quealy Watson, Clementine power couple Elise and John Russ, and Lala’s Gorditas owner Steven Pizzini.

San Antonio Cooks is available for pre-order now. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Figure 1 Publishing

Rosenfeld, who also owns culinary tour company Food Chick Tours, sought to include a wide sampling of San Antonio flavors, ranging from Mexican street corn and beef shank barbacoa to Asian dumplings and chocolate banana cream pie.

“The diversity of our restaurants reflects San Antonio’s friendly and inclusive culture,” Rosenfeld said in a press release. “These are some of my favorite dining spots anywhere, and some of the most passionate chefs you’ll ever know. I’m thrilled Figure 1 offered me an opportunity to share their stories and recipes with a wider audience.”

Author Julia Rosenfeld’s career includes fourteen years as a restaurant reviewer. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Figure 1 Publishing

Rosenfeld’s career includes 14 years as a restaurant reviewer for outlets including San Antonio Magazine and Zagat. She’s also served as a writing instructor at the Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio. In 2014, Rosenfeld coauthored her first cookbook, Texas Hill Country Cuisine: Flavors from the Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant, with chef Ross Burtwell.

Now, in addition to writing, she introduces food lovers to the city’s chefs, artisans and producers through her seven-year-old Food Chick Tours.

San Antonio Cooks is the latest in the award-winning City Cooks series from Vancouver-based Figure 1, which has churned out similar collections such as Miami Cooks, Phoenix Cooks, Seattle Cooks and Portland Cooks.

San Antonio Cooks is now available for pre-order at $32.95 through Amazon and Barnes & Noble in advance of its street date.

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This article appears in Nov 2-15, 2022.

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