Category Archives: Southern Food & Cooking

A Foodie Family’s Frolic in Florida – Part 2 – Miami

Posted on April 11, 2013 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Florida, Food and Drink, Hotels, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

It was about a three and a half hour drive from Orlando to our next destination – Miami Beach. More specifically, we were heading to the luxurious St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. This segment of the trip would be all [...]

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A Foodie Family’s Frolic in Florida – Part 1 – Orlando

Posted on April 9, 2013 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Florida, Food and Drink, Holidays, Hotels, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

With our youngest son almost in high school and never having visited any of the major theme parks, time was running out for us to fulfill what has become an American rite of passage that our two eldest boys had [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – The Link: Smoke and Sausage in New Orleans – Bart Bell and Nathanial Zimet

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Lucas Sconzo in Bistronomic, Food and Drink, Lucas Sconzo, New Orleans, New York City, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Starchefs, Traditional Ethnic

“Man, I am so hungover right now,” groaned Chef Bart Bell of Crescent Pie and Sausage Company to Nathanial Zimet of Boucherie shortly before the start of their hands-on workshop. Zimet responded with a hearty laugh and a nod; both [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Day Two Overview

Posted on October 10, 2012 by docsconz in Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Photo Posts, Rocky Merchant, Sara Gardener, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Starchefs

The second day of the ICC tends to be the busiest. Presenters, attendees and sponsors have settled in and the Congress is in full swing. This year’s ICC was no exception. It began at 9AM and finished with the ever [...]

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Sitting Tall in The Catbird Seat

Posted on May 15, 2012 by docsconz in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Hotels, Pastry, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, The Southern USA, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel, Wine

Once I tried their cooking in the less than deal environment of The James Beard House and it was so good, I knew I had to get myself down to Nashville to try the food of Erik Anderson and Josh [...]

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Sunday Photo – Cajun Crawfish Pie

Posted on March 11, 2012 by docsconz in Food and Drink, New Orleans, Photo Posts, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, The Southern USA, Top Tastes, Upstate NY

My anesthesia colleague, Spencer Bordelon and his wife, Tressie hail from Louisiana Cajun country not far from Rayne, the home of Hawk’s, a bastion of amazing boiled crawfish and other delights. Both Spencer and Tressie are quite nimble in the [...]

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Woodberry Kitchen – Wonder of the Chesapeake Part 2: Brunch

Posted on November 21, 2011 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Cocktails & Libations, Food and Drink, Maryland, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Travel

Though restaurant that Woodberry Kitchen most reminds me of is Roberta’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn. Though not as ethnically focused as Roberta’s Italian (even though Roberta’s is much more than an Italian restaurant), Woodberry Kitchen shares a similar ethos – taking [...]

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Woodberry Kitchen – A Look Behind the Scenes

Posted on November 18, 2011 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Food and Drink, Maryland, Pastry, Photo Posts, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Travel

Here are some photos from behind the scenes at Woodberry Kitchen:
At Woodberry Kitchen they usually take half an animal or more at a time and break it down in their own kitchen leaving essentially nothing to waste.
I was there shortly [...]

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Woodberry Kitchen – Wonder of the Chesapeake Part 1 – Dinner

Posted on November 16, 2011 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Cocktails & Libations, Food and Drink, Maryland, Pastry, Regional, Restaurants, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Travel

I can’t say that I was surprised that Woodberry Kitchen’s workshop at StarChefs was as wonderful as it was. I stopped there for dinner on my way home from visiting my son at the University of Virginia in September and left satisfied [...]

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StarChefs 2011: Woodberry Kitchen – Sustaining Relationships: A Chesapeake Ecosystem of Purveyors

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Sara Gardener in Bistronomic, Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Regional, Sara Gardener, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Starchefs, Travel, Washington, D.C.

(ed. note: In the 6 years that I have been attending Culinary Congresses, this was quite possibly the most thorough and most well organized workshop presentation that I have seen. It was also one of the tastiest, with a number of different [...]

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