what's your beef?

viking cooking school. lrb enrolled in a steakhouse cooking workshop at the viking cooking school. yes, you guessed it, in greenwood, ms. 12 people shared the class and the large teaching kitchen. i may have learned a couple things, but the best lesson to learn in cooking is; ingredients. you ain’t never gonna have a steakhouse steak buying your steaks at the local grocery store. sorry, & stop your buts now, paying more for ‘em from the separate faux butcher case will leave you equally disappointed. hate to be the one to break it to you; you’ll need to find a good butcher shop or specialty mail order. and a whole other can of worms is “corn fed”, you don’t want that, you want “pasture raised”. steakhouse steaks are a thick cut 2 inches (not 1”, not 1½”) & aged. aged to the point if you saw it, you probably wouldn’t want to eat it (the workshop's steaks were not super aged). you want fat around the meat & marbled fat throughout and preferably on a bone. my favorite part of the workshop was chewing on the steak bone after the meat had been cut off. now you know.

enjoy the photos, then, book a class.

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notice the steak is sliced before plating ➚.

Delta Dawn, i mean, Bistro

delta bistro. this cute, art-filled restaurant was as fun to look at; as the food was good. i liked the vibe immediately, but, liked it even more when i saw a posted flyer selling a local dairy farmer’s cow milk. the tables were partitioned from each other (a theme in greenwood) with a piece of hanging glass. an artsy piece decorated with painted ginko leaves - cute. the menu included appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches, pastas, steaks, small plates (tapas), desserts and a chef’s table menu for $30 per person. now, that’s cool. the bistro even has a drive-thru window. the comeback sauce on the crab cake & fried green tomato plate ($6) was particularly delicious (guess i missed that photo op). everyone must think so, b/c it is on the take-out item menu for $9 a pint. this was a food-filled weekend, so much prior food intake made us less appreciative of the delta bistro than we should have been. next time you find yourself in the delta, visit the Delta Bistro. at the very least, make your own version of comeback sauce.

Delta Bistro
117 Main Street
Greenwood, Mississippi 38930

662.455.9575