Desert Magic

Restaurant: Private Chef Justin Snyder

Location: Palm Desert

Date: September 24, 2024

Cuisine: American

Chef: Justin Snyder

Rating: Really creative

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For a Corporate Retreat dinner we brought on private chef Justin Snyder.

Snyder’s cooking leans toward what he calls “desert terroir cuisine”—a style that marries classical French rigor with the bold, sun-struck flavors of the Southwest. Cholla-blossom honey, smoke-kissed Medjool dates, and citrus from century-old groves anchor menus that change ...