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22 Apr Making the most of a Leg of Duck

Posted at 23:19h in Food, Pinot Noir, Stella's Southern Bistro, Uncategorized by ChefJohn 1 Comment

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...

14 Apr Chicken Sausage Enchiladas

Posted at 10:49h in Family, Food, Stella's Southern Bistro by ChefJohn 2 Comments

[caption id="attachment_418" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Carrots, onion, garlic, shallot, red peppers tossed in olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper then oven roasted, 350 degrees"][/caption] Every day, every shift, we make a meal for the staff. It's usually made from scraps, leftovers and tidbits and it's always...

09 Apr Strawberry Mojito anyone?

Posted at 23:40h in Stella's Southern Bistro by ChefJohn 2 Comments

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...

06 Apr Pimento Cheese Yeast Rolls

Posted at 23:47h in Food, Stella's Southern Bistro, Yeast by ChefJohn 3 Comments

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...

06 Apr Bamboo Shoots

Posted at 00:16h in Food, Foraging, Stella's Southern Bistro by ChefJohn 4 Comments

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...

27 Mar Morel Mushrooms

Posted at 14:18h in Food, Stella's Southern Bistro, Wine by ChefJohn 5 Comments

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...