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Stephan Pyles is a chef, cookbook author, philanthropist, and educator. Pyles is also one of the founding fathers of Southwestern cuisine. His creative dishes blend elements of Southern homestyle cooking, sophisticated Southwestern fare, Mexican food and Tex-Mex food, as well as Cajun cuisine and Creole cookery. Pyles, along with his colleagues, Dean Fearing, Robert Del Grande, and Anne Lindsay Greer contributed to changes in the cuisine of the U.S. states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Pyles spent more than 25 years in the Dallas’ restaurant circuit, and was further the main creator of New Texas Cuisine. His first two restaurants were the business casual Routh Street Cafe which was founded in 1983 as well as a miniature version of said restaurant called Baby Routh. These restaurants are known for being the flagship of the Southwestern Cuisine explosion of the 1980s and 1990s. Since opening Routh Street Cafe, Pyles has opened some 15 restaurants, including Samar in the fall of 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.starchefs.com/chefs/Stephan_Pyles/html/bio.shtml )〕 Pyles, a fifth-generation Texan, has received numerous awards as well as nationwide recognition. Bon Appétit credited Pyles with almost single-handedly changing the cooking scene in Texas. ''The New York Times'' called Pyles "an absolute genius in the kitchen." The Dallas Morning News further stated,"If anyone can lead this town to its next level of culinary evolution, it’s Stephan Pyles." Among his awards are the AAA Five Diamond Award; Nation’s Restaurant News’ Fine Dining Hall of Fame Award; Restaurants and Institutions’ 'Ivy Award' and the American Academy of Achievement Award. He was the first person from the Southwest to win a James Beard Award for 'Best Chef.' He was further the first Texas native inducted into 'Who’s Who of Food and Wine in America.' On top of all this he was awarded, 'Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year' by both the Minnesota Restaurant Association and Texas Restaurant Association. .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stephanpyles.com/team-pyles.asp )〕 Stephan Pyles is the author of five cookbooks on Texan and Southwestern Cuisine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stephanpyles.com/cookbooks.asp )〕 In addition to his many achievements, he also hosted the Emmy Award winning PBS television series "New Tastes From Texas With Chef Stephan Pyles." This series ran during 1998 and 1999 and included a number of guest Celebrity chefs, including: Diana Kennedy, Rick Bayless, Patricia Quintana, Zarela Martinez, Americo Circuit and David Garrido .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.film.com/tv/new-tastes-texas-chef-stephan/14654183 )〕 ==Early life== Born in Big Spring, Texas in 1952, Pyles received classical training in voice and piano. Nonetheless, he much preferred to apprentice in the kitchen of his family's West Texas truck stop. This was followed by classic training in fine French Cuisine and a 200 plus recipe book entitled "The New Texas Cuisine" which made him nationally recognized by his early thirties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385423365 )〕 One of the main purposes of Pyles' first book was to demonstrate that there's much more to Lone Star cooking than Tex-Mex and barbecue; in this wide-ranging book, the award-winning chef of Routh Street Cafe presents eclectic and sophisticated Texas recipes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0385423365 )〕 Pyles owned and operated the Dallas resrautants of Routh Street Cafe and Baby Routh from 1983–1993. He further owned and operated the restautants of Goodfellow’s and Tejas in Minneapolis 1987–1993. In 1994 Pyles opened Star Canyon which would prove to be the restaurant to make Stephan Pyle's career skyrocket. The James Beard Foundation dubbed it one of the top five new restaurants in America and it got raving reviews from Bon Apetit, Esquire Magazine, Town and Country, Playboy and other publications.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.winefoodfoundation.org/press/54-chef-stephan-pyles )〕 The September 1998 issue of Food and Wine Magazine listed Star Canyon as the "quintessential Dallas restaurant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Award-Winning+Chef+Stephan+Pyles+Joins+Gaylord+Opryland+Texas+as...-a096287720 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephan Pyles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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