Category: Chef’s Side Dish

Executive Chef Frank Lee

Too Hot for the Kitchen

Ever wonder what gets Maverick Southern Kitchens chefs cooking? What motivates them to provide delicious dishes to our guests everyday? Or what they have in their kitchen at home and what advice they have for other chefs? Wonder no more! We have asked all our chefs to answer our “Too Hot for the Kitchen” questions and will feature a Maverick … Read More

Shellfish in a Buttery Broth with Lemon and Herbs

Music to Your Mouth 2011

The sun was shining, the water was calm and the smell of delicious food greeted over 500 guests at the Palmetto Bluff Music to Your Mouth 2011 Culinary Festival. Executive Chef Frank Lee and his culinary team represented Slightly North of Broad at this year’s festival, fitting right in with some of the Southeast’s finest chefs.  Chef Lee, assisted by … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: All About the Beef!

Quality, consistency, creativity….. and value! For years at Slightly North of Broad we’ve been on a quest to source beef solely from outside the industrial food chain. We tried Argentinean grass fed beef in the late 90’s (ahead of the curve but the quality was ultimately lacking), and now all the beef served at the restaurant is either grass fed … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: “Planting the Seeds of Hope”

I had a lovely time with some of my chef buddies at McCrady’s “Planting the Seeds of Hope” event Sunday evening! Together, we prepared a farm to table dinner to raise money for Roper St. Francis. Each chef was paired with a local supplier and made a dish using the ingredient. • Frank Lee of Slightly North of Broad with … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: Price of Disaster.

Procuring quality products is always a challenge. Availability, quality, delivery and price are often moving targets. This year alone we have experienced floods in California; freezes in Florida that put a squeeze on tomatoes, bell peppers and lettuce; an earthquake in Chile that interrupted salmon transportation; a volcano eruption in Iceland that hurt salmon transportation from Scotland, and now the Gulf … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: Hats off to Chef Brock!

Much of what I have been writing about on my blog thus far has centered around the hard work associated with supporting local suppliers. Another Charleston chef that understands and embraces this is Sean Brock of McCrady’s. Congratulations Chef Brock on winning the 2010 Best Chef Southeast James Beard Award! Here is a little something that will blow your mind. On … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: Foundation for Success.

Getting back to how we build the cuisine in our Maverick kitchens. The French call the stocks “fonds” or foundations. A foundation on which to build. We recently received three whole big spear caught grouper from local fisher extraordinaire, Mark Marhefka, whose fish are popping fresh. Wow, the flesh was so firm, white…smells like a fresh ocean breeze. Chef Brendan … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: Soft Shell Season

So, I was at the Old Village Post House at 7:45 am checking up on Jim (our Chef de Cuisine), opening coolers, giving the white glove test. Elizabeth is way ahead of me cleaning rooms, windows, getting the place ready for the day. Since Carol has coffee ready for the Inn guests, I help myself to a cup. Maybe it … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish: It’s Springtime!

Spring is upon us. Everyone in our kitchens get excited when the local produce starts flourishing. We already have pea shoots and spring onions from Celeste Albers (Wadmalaw Island) and strawberries, arugula, asparagus and lettuce from Sam Ambrose of Ambrose Family Farm (Wadmalaw Island). Not to mention our herb garden has exploded! We just harvested a bumper crop of flat and curly parsley. … Read More

Chef’s Side Dish

Hi there, Frank Lee here, chef of Maverick Southern Kitchens. I am constantly asked by our dining guests and others that I meet to share with them what it’s like to do my job. As you can imagine, after almost 40 years of cooking I have a lot of stories to tell, and have decided to begin sharing them with … Read More