Tuesday, April 6, 2010

What is food?

New American Food is a new approach to classic American favorites. I really feel food comes from the soul. Everything we do revolves around food "What are we going to eat tonight?"  "What do you want for lunch?" "Whats for breakfast?". What is food? Why does it make us so happy and fill certain voids?

What is the meaning of food...
Food is nothing and it is everything. It fuels our daily existence it feeds our minds and comforts our hearts it’s a complex language that speaks of connection, continuity, memory and love. It is what binds us together as families as communities and as human beings.
So what is the meaning of food? It is a part of everything we do. As boundless and complex as humanity itself. An old saying goes; the stomach is the center and origin of all civilization. How true! 

I really love to take old American classics and make them my own... taking other countries inspirations and intertwining them with American classics. Isn't that what America is all about? all sorts of people living together in an area? that's called neighborhoods, places where people from all different countries living together separated only buy sheet-rock. what goes on in that neighborhood? What are they cooking? What are they watching on TV? Years ago, you knew the people in your neighborhood, you played with there kids, you played in there yards, you ate over there house for dinner. You traded school lunches and got to eat there mom's food creations. Even back then food was our center.  I remember working in restaurants back in my training days and we would trade dinner with other restaurants in the area. Sushi chefs eating Italian... Italian chefs eating Chinese, Chinese eating Indian... we get bored with the same thing every night! I sugest trying something new. Take an American classic dish and add some culture from another country, learn to create on the plate. I am coming out with The Bistro's new menu on April 9th 2010 and at our last staff meeting, i asked all my staff to come up with there own dish, there own creation. I told them i would put it on the menu  and call it "staff inspired dishes". I created some new dishes i feel will be a huge success, we recently tested our "Fried Mac and 4 Cheese Spring Roll" drizzled with a warm Rosemary Honey. We are doing a new approach to a Southern favorite "Chicken and Waffles". We are doing a "Parise Roll", my take on sushi, i take Parma Prosciutto, Roasted Garlic risotto stuffed with roasted Red Peppers,Sun dried Tomatoes, Goat Cheese and fillet Mignon, rolled and cut, drizzled with a sweet Balsamic Molasses.  I am looking forward to this new menu launch and i hope you come by the bistro and try some new cutting edge cuisine. Its kind of like coming to my neighborhood. See you @ Parise's  http://www.parisebistro.com << Hey! if you want to send me some of your favorite dishes, feel free, i may put them on the menu with your name next to it.     See you at Parise's !  
Fried Green Tomato Napoleon with Herb Goat Cheese and a Basil Pesto.