Chef Jim Noble

Some my favorite vegetables and sides right now are the pan fried green beans. These, along with the pan fried corn, are adaptations from Karen’s paternal grandma, Grandma Rosa, from Oxford.  I love to take thoughts and tastes from our parents and grandparents and rework them for today.
I was working in the kitchen at the [...]

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As we are heading full steam into the fall season, we quickly begin to forget the summertime flavors of fresh summer vegetables.  As much as I lamented in our last post about giving up the tomatoes (and also things like fried okra, stewed summer squash, fresh cucumber slices and of course fresh garden corn) I begin to anticipate [...]

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Summer and tomatoes.  Summer is almost over and sadly so too are the tomatoes.  But that is the beauty of seasonal food.  But summer is my favorite time for vegetables.
When I think about summer, I instantly think of tomatoes.  When I reflect on my childhood, among my fondest memories are the vegetables from Grandaddy’s garden [...]

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What a wonderful time of year for fresh produce from local farmers.  Right now we are enjoying the best of heirloom tomatoes and local peas and beans.
This is an article I wrote for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association publication (http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org)
Ahh, Those Wonderful Bean and Peas, Whatever you Call Them
When I sit at my desk on [...]

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