sample menus


healthy fare for drop-off/meal prep

Seared triggerfish with riced cauliflower and zucchini salad with pecorino, basil and almonds

Slow smoked turkey kebabs with roasted beets, tzatziki sauce, and cucumber tomato salad 

Grilled shrimp with blistered tomatos, corn and scallions with quinoa 

Chilled corn soup with basil

Crunchy fennel and celery salad with parmesan and lemon with radishes and raddicchio

Green shakshuka with avocado and lime

Smoked Chicken and Celery Salad with wasabi-tahini dressing

Ginger Cauliflower soup with cilantro and lime

Kale and Brussels Salad with warm halloumi and almonds

Grilled wreckfish with Chinese smashed cucumbers and a mung bean, herb salad with miso sesame vinaigrette

Seared turmeric salmon over wilted greens with coconut rice

Couscous with grilled baby bok choy, roasted mushrooms, and baby eggplant with fresh herbs and a sherry vinaigrette

 


small weeknight dinner party

Lamb shwarma slow roasted over wood fire, and vegan kebabs served with sumac onions, cilantro chutney and kaffir lime oil

Roasted baby beets with black tahini sauce

Grilled baby boy Choy salad with with miso sesame dressing

Hen of the woods mushrooms roasted with shallots and a sherry dijon deglaze

Whole satsumas and dark chocolate bars, to peel, share and pass around


 Client request: Spanish/Lowcountry tasting menu to celebrate 2 birthdays:

 pre-dinner snacks: cheese straws, warm rosemary Marcona almonds, quicos, robusto cheese and castvelstrano olives

First: Jamon croquettes with crème fraiche chives and osetra caviar

 Second: Crab bisque with pan con tomato and oil cured olive emulsion

 Third: Lacinato Kale BLT salad with preserved meyer lemon creamy dressing paired with silky corn custard and grilled corn studded cornbread

 Fourth: Lowcountry shrimp and Geechee Boy mahon cheese grits with lamb merguez, quail breasts, hen of the woods mushrooms and shallots topped with chorizo crumbles.

 Fifth: Slow smoked chicken thigh roulade with padron peppers and pe’tit basque cheese wrapped in prosciutto over sauteed baby artichoke hearts in a sherry mustard sauce.

 Sixth: Venison meatballs poached over parsnip, turnip and celery root filled ravioli with a shaved crunchy salad of fennel, celery, parsley and parmesan in a light citrus vinaigrette.

 Seventh: Individual Krispy Kreme doughnut bread pudding with espresso semifreddo and tonka bean crème anglaise.

 Eighth: 5 -layer devil’s food cake with caramel buttercream and salted caramel filling


 Client request: lighter fare, drop-off soup and salad dinner

pre-dinner snacks: warm rosemary and shallot nuts, beet hummus and crudite

chilled corn soup with basil oil

smoked chicken and celery salad with tahini dressing over butter lettuce

broccolini with grilled lemons, shallots and pistachios

individual Persian lime olive oil cakes with green peppercorn whipped cream



Small rehearsal dinner, steak night

Appetizers Options:

Crab bisque with sherried whipped cream and chives

Shrimp and sausage cakes with corn emulsion

Tomato, basil and burrata tartlets

Chicken croquettes on waffles with sage and maple sausage sauce

 Family style Side Options:

 Prosciutto wrapped asparagus dressed with parmesan and kaffir lime oil

 Lobster mac and cheese

Summer succotash; peas, corn, tomatos, pancetta

Smoky creamed collards with crisp bacon and fried shallots

Mexican street corn custard

Roasted king oyster, maitake, and enoki mushrooms with a Dijon sherry and tarragon sauce

Hasselback potatos with hollandaise

Kale BLT salad with preserved meyer lemon dressing

Geechee boy creamy grits

 Dinner, grilled to temp preference

American wagyu ribeye, ny strip or filet mignon fresh fish filets (tile fish, wreck fish, grouper)


Heavy hors d'oeuvres for a 50th birthday cocktail party

Slow smoked brisket sliders

Corn fritters topped with pickled local shrimp salad (no mayo base)

Mini lobster rolls

Tartlets with baked feta, blistered tomatos and basil oil

Yucca frith with cilantro scallion sauce