Pan Roasted Duck

Mini Crab Salad

Jumbo lump crab meat with heirloom tomato, fennel stem & fronds, marscapone, EVOO, aged balsamic, sea salt and black pepper

Muscadine Grapes Are Here!

Certain things I just love. Muscadine grapes are one, the season just started and I'm pumped. Granted you can't do too much with them but I love just bursting them in my mouth. Their thick skin and seeds make them not alot of fun to work with but I had to use them last night. So I juiced them added some gelatin and whipped it into a sponge to set.

The texture was fantastic and the flavor was perfect. I use it for a bouche I was calling 'wine and cheese'. I used a local raw cows milk farmers cheese to accompany.

Like little tasty soldiers, all lined up!

The final product had the cheese, sponge, marcona almonds, and a little aged balsamic.

Local Foods From Farmers Market This Morning

NC Trout with a ratatouille tart, caramelized red onion coulis, sauteed purple and wax peppers and aged balsamic. Everything on this plate, aside from the balsamic, was purchased this morning from the Farmers Market! It don't get any better than that.

Crabby Amuse Bouche

This is a bouche I did not too long ago. It is lumb crab, champagne vin., melon terrine and aged balsamic