Cooking Up a Storm
Photos by Bob Winsett
Silverheels’ executive chef, Bob Starekow, displays his tempting Chicken Anasazi.
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Take a passion for cooking, mix well with an innate sense of good taste, sprinkle with the love of the Colorado high country, and what’s the result? People committed to the dual loves of their lives.
What follows are profiles of four such individuals who have found culinary heaven in Summit County and, in the process, have provided their clientele with an abundance of epicurean delights.
Bob Starekow, Executive Chef, Silverheels at the Ore House, Frisco
Betty Crocker didn’t give the nod to an eight year old’s Devil’s Food Igloo Cake entry in her bakeoff contest decades ago, but that didn’t stop Bob Starekow from perfecting his skills in the kitchen. He attributes all his culinary education to staying close to his mother’s knee.
The Thief River Falls, Minnesota native and graduate from that state’s university, set out to be a doctor, but moved to Colorado in 1972 where he pursued his first love, cooking.
Keystone’s Snake River Saloon benefited first from Bob’s donning a chef’s hat, followed by Dillon’s Gore Range Inn. The Vintage House in Springfield, Missouri, lured him for a few years to prepare their gracious Southern cuisine, but Colorado was in his soul.
Bob was chef at the original Silverheels Southwest Grill in Silverthorne’s Wildernest area, which was the previous incarnation of Silverheels at Frisco’s Ore House. As testament to his considerable skill, he recently was inducted into the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Hall of Fame.
“Silverheels suits my tastes perfectly. I love Southwest cooking, with its combinations of fruit, vegetables, chiles, and the techniques that are and have been part of the history of the American Southwest," Bob explains.
“We specialize in aged steaks, Rocky Mountain Trout and Southwest adaptations of classic recipes, such as our Chicken Anasazi, Steak Ranchero or Salmon Sonora with orange jalapeno glaze. We have some fun bar specials such as Sushi Night on Wednesday and Thursday, a Northwoods fish fry on Friday and Taco Night with a salsa bar on Sundays”
For more information, call 970-668-0345, visit the restaurant at 603 Main Street, Frisco, or visit www.silverheelsrestaurant.com
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