Making the most of a Leg of Duck
Jason Scholz, Chef/Owner of Stella’s Southern Bistro loves a good fried green tomato, and we serve plenty of them. It’s a year-round staple because it’s what the customers want. Yet Stella’s also serves the finest charcuterie in the South. You heard me, the South. Charcuterie is the process and technique of grinding, curing, smoking and […]
Chicken Sausage Enchiladas
Every day, every shift, we make a meal for the staff. It’s usually made from scraps, leftovers and tidbits and it’s always delicious. It better be because in a busy restaurant where teamwork is paramount, everyone needs to know that they are important to success. One of the ways that’s done is through […]
Strawberry Mojito anyone?
Jason Scholz, the Chef/Owner of Stella’s Bistro is one of the hardest working chefs I have ever known. Yet he has also surrounded himself with a creative and enthusiastic staff such as Jay Powell, one of our bartenders. Now that it’s strawberry season, Jay decided to make a few infused spirits with the glut of […]
Pimento Cheese Yeast Rolls
Three or four times a week I make yeast rolls for the customers at Stella’s. I usually look around for some sort of leftovers to throw into the rolls such as left over mashed potatoes, fresh herbs, tomato juice etc. The other day we had two cups of chopped red peppers just sitting there calling […]
Bamboo Shoots
We have a walking/cycling trail in our neighborhood and in the middle of this trail is a healthy growth of wild Bamboo. Bamboo reproduces by sending out shoots from a network of rhizomes that grow rapidly in the spring. I checked on the bamboo last week and didn’t see any shoots then we went away for 4 […]
Morel Mushrooms
Saturday afternoon we got a phone call from a gentleman that hunts mushrooms. He found a patch of yellow morels and he wanted to know if we would buy some. Jason, the Chef/Owner of Stella’s Bistro responded emphatically, “Damn right!” As he got off the phone he turned to me and relayed the good news and asked […]