From its humble days of meat and three’s and chain restaurants, Nashville exploded onto the food scene a few years ago with the widely acclaimed Catbird Seat in 2011, followed by Rolf and Daughters in 2012 and Husk a year later. The previously under-the-radar “hot fried chicken” also became a national sensation. Now it’s accessible…
I’d been craving fried chicken. Not the fast food kind. I wanted a crispy, buttermilk style, but I can’t seem to find what I want in NYC. So when the critics started raving about Root & Bone, from the former Yardbird chefs and Top Chef alums, Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth, I decided to give…
In addition to an overwhelming amount of cucumber and zucchini, I’ve been getting a lot of eggplant in my CSA. As much as I love eggplant parm, it’s far too time-consuming for my effort. So as an alternative, and trying to clean out my some things in my freezer, I defrosted some ground beef and…
Getting your hands on a can of Heady Topper is almost as difficult as finding a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle. This world-class American Double IPA comes from The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vermont. And it’s not exported. They ran out of it at the Emmy’s, causing a media uproar. And bartenders have been known to…
Instead of zucchini coming out of my ears, this summer’s weekly veggie share has brought me an over-abundance of aubergines. Purple, white, yellow, green and multi-colored! A virtual rainbow of eggplants in all shapes and sizes. But what to do with them all. Frying was an obvious choice, especially with the very ripe Heirloom and…
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