A Summer Twist on Cassoulet

This Weeknight Summer Cassoulet takes inspiration from a date night at Passerelle Bistro in Greenville, SC. By swapping duck confit for pulled pork or rotisserie chicken and adding peak-season vegetables, it’s a lighter, fresher spin on the French classic, easy enough for a weeknight, but special enough to impress.

Italian Cheese Burger with Provolone, Charred Heirloom Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Aioli on Ciabatta

This Italian burger was inspired by some heirloom tomatoes that were about to go bad and I had some ciabatta on hand. Ingredients for Italian Burger Ingredients for Roasted Red Pepper Aioli How to Make Roasted Red Pepper Aioli How to Make Italian Burgers

Kimchi Air Fried Tater Tots with Spicy Aioli

My wife loves Molly Yeh, the food tv show host. She is so cute, who wouldn’t. One of Molly’s shows featured these Kimchi Tater Tots. I didn’t watch the show but I found the recipe online and we tried it. My sauce is a little different and we air fried the tater tots but dang…

Local Shitake and Swiss Burger with Black Garlic and Soy Aioli

Who doesn’t like a mushroom and Swiss burger? This one is elevated with the black garlic and soy sauce aioli. I had never worked with black garlic myself. I’ve had it at restaurants and seen it on cooking shows but I had never even seen it in any of the stores we shop at. One…

Lowcountry Bourride with Shrimp, Scallops, Salt Potato and Garlic Truffle Aioli

One of the things that gave us comfort during all of this covid-19 craziness has been at least looking at menus of restaurants we used to go to. One such restaurant I’ve been stalking is one of our favorite Charleston haunts, FIG. This recipe came directly as a copycat, even though I never actually ate…