Around these parts this time of year most appetites wander toward such lovely Springtime delicacies as artichokes, asparagus and fresh peas. And while all that’s just fine and dandy, Spring for me has always meant sitting in the backyard…
with Warm Butter Pecan Sauce Back in the day before I became the lucky chef/co-proprietor of my own eponymous restaurant and was still working for others, I took a consulting gig with this Fella. Jon and I were old…
Growing up in the Deep South, sweet tea was the only tea. When I was dreaming up ideas for my first restaurant far, far from the South I came up this concoction in the hopes of updating an age-old idea…
with Recipes for Uber-Umami Scallops and Wild Mushroom and Bacon Spoonbread This past Holiday season when the Wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas, being the anti-clutter, useless-junk hater that I am, I immediately began thinking of all of the…
and Lived to Tell About it with recipes for Gluten Free Pancakes After months and months of pure holiday decadence the wife and I decided to give a 3-day CLEANSE a try. I decided on this one: Initially I was…
and other Favorite New Orleans-isms plus a recipe for Chicken and Andouille Gumbo "Guuuurl, you done put yo foot in dis" the frightening, newly released ex-convict/ dishwasher growled without lifting his head from his bowl of gumbo. It was my…
with a killer tailgate recipe for Big Easy Party Wings Until about three and a half years ago I hated football. Hated it. This deep-seated hatred was probably instilled by a few childhood traumas such as this one: Or maybe…
with a Recipe for Goose Fat Potatoes Of course after putting so much love and energy into cooking my Christmas Goose and reserving all of that luscious FAT, there was no way in hell I was going to let any…
For me, enjoying a nice Christmas goose on the baby Jesus’ big day has always been left to the mythic “Winter Wonderland” pile of my youth. I just assumed such holiday merriment was meant only for blessed little rosy-cheeked children…
plus a recipe for one very decadent sandwich: Dungeness Crab Croque Monsieur “The restaurant is on FIRE! I repeat the restaurant is on FIRE! You need to get dressed and get down here RIGHT NOW! I repeat the restaurant is…