New Firesides Restaurant chef Jeremy Mercado works on three dishes in the kitchen of the eatery at Boot Hill Casino on Thursday. Mercado is a Dodge City native who returned home to take over as chef and is presenting feature dishes each weekend. ROGER BLUHM/DODGE CITY DAILY GLOBE / Dodge City Daily Globe
By Roger Bluhm/@roger_dcglobe Jeremy Mercado left Dodge City for the bright lights of big cities and swore he would never return home. Now, he’s the…