Kai, the centerpiece restaurant of the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa near Chandler, is highly regarded for its Native American cuisine. It’s one of only six U.S. restaurants to have garnered AAA’s Five Diamond status, and the only Native American one to have earned Mobil’s Five Star rating.

So I was very excited to learn executive chef Michael O’Dowd and former chef de cuisine Jack Strong have co-authored a new cookbook with veteran food writer Marian Betancourt.

“The New Native American Cuisine: Five-Star Recipes from the Chefs of Arizona’s Kai Restaurant” features more than 50 recipes, such as grilled buffalo tenderloin with smoked corn puree, sweet corn panna cotta with pickled squash and lobster tail on fry bread with avocado mousse.

The book, which also includes a Native American food glossary and a shopping guide, was released Sept. 1 and is available in hardcover ($24.95) at the resort and major bookstores. You also can get it on Amazon.com for $16.47.

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