About Traveling Foodie a.k.a DrFoodie

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

A Talented Up & Coming Chef: Marketha Bailey

Down home cooking by Ketha's Kitchen in Concord, North Carolina by way of Huntsville, Alabama.

Marketha Bailey is currently a culinary arts student at Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina.  I have know Marketha since our days as undergraduates at the illustrious Tuskegee University in Alabama.

Enjoy the mouthwatering images as Marketha serves up healthy, hearty dishes for her family and shares them with us!

Ketha




(Regularly Updated)

Seafood and spring vegetable terrine


"Blooming Melon"
 
Sesame Shrimp stir-fry made with Asian eggplant, carrots, snap peas, red bell peppers, mushrooms, onions and topped with fresh green onions. The pasta (thin spaghetti) was tossed in sesame-ginger marinade/sauce.
Spicy Suthwest omelette made with 3 Pepper Cheese, tomatoes, green chilies, red onions, corn, black beans, and topped with fresh green onions. Oh, and there's bacon on the plate, too.
Black bean and corn relish

Vegetarian Pita
Chicken Pita made with leftover farro rissoto, acorn squash, and other random prepped produce with a side of roasted red potatoes
Chipotle shrimp with oven roasted tomatillio grits made with corn, black beans, red and bulb onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, and avocados.
Baked rabbit with a raspberry, roasted red bell pepper sauce with a side of acorn squash and a quinoa. The quinoa is mixed with craisins and spinach.
Sesame, sake and criollo marinated rack of rabbit served with a black bean-corn farrotto and oven roasted vegetables. The vegetables are acorn squash, red onion, green bell pepper, and garlic
Shrimp scampi cavatappi with spinach
Shrimp with Asian vegetables over pasta tossed in a Citrus Ginger sauce



Bacon wrap chicken wings stuffed with sausage and drizzled with a Marsala sauce

Baked Monterey Porteballo mushroom Burger topped with tomatoes, pickles and slaw. The slaw is a made with radicchio, brussel sprouts, carrots, caramelized onions, garlic and mustard.

Baked honey chicken with whole grain brown rice and roasted vegetables. Served with a glass of homemade raspberry water.

Beef Enchiladas served with yellow rice, chilli green beans, and black bean Pico de Gallo

Chilled watermelon soup with a ginger-melon granita
Bitter orange chicken with a tarragon, citrus, vanilla butter cream sauce served with a warm purple endive salad made with leek, mushrooms, and couscous tossed in rice vinegar.

Cherry-vanilla strudel cups



Country Chicken Cutlets with mushroom gravy, yellow rice and green beans

Hawaiian chicken topped pineapple relish over whole grain brown rice and asparagus.


Kid's rib pasta with mixed vegetables

Mushroom-swiss veal Marsala with mashed turnips and broccoli

Orange Duck Stir-fry Pasta

Pan seared Red Snapper with arugla salad tossed in a lemon- roasted yellow pepper sauce over a bed of fried onion and carrot straws.

Philly Steak and Cheese nachos: fresh chips loaded with mozzarella and cheddar cheese sauce, Philly steak, grilled red onions, mushrooms, green peppers, fresh diced tomatoes,sour cream, cilantro, and scallions

Roasted pork tenderlion marinated in a cherry gastrique with a Cherry Vanilla-rum sauce. I served it with a side of broccoli and quinoa pilaf

Shrimp tacos with jack and cheddar cheese, remi sauce, chunky salsa, sour cream, scallions and cilantro



Smoked sausage, stone ground cheese grits and a tomato salad. The salad is made with corn, yellow onions, olive oil, rice vinegar and herbs.

Smoked sausage; grilled yellow squash & tomatoes marinated in Marsala, olive oil and herbs; cheese tortellini topped with garlic-sundried tomato Basil sauce

Stewed beef tips over rice and sautéed spinach

Stuffed leg quarters over a mixed green salad, candied butternut squash and a cherry-blueberry sauce

Beef pot pie filled with peas, carrots, potato, kohlrabies, red peppers, onions

 Pork Marsala, garlic and herb risotto with green beans.
Ratatouille layered with eggplant, squash, zucchini, kohlrabi, red bell peppers and homemade chunky tomato sauce an shredded Italian cheeses

Kohlrabi






Dried Shrimp












Save-The-Date August: Boston Foodie Tours

BOSTON FOODIE TOUR (PREMIUM)

**Reprinted from the Boston Foodie Tour Website**

The Details

Meeting Place: Second floor reception area of the Liberty Hotel.
Start Time:12:15 p.m. Please check tour calendar.
Duration:Approximately 5 hours
Price:STANDARD: $72.00 plus processing fee. PREMIUM: $82.00 plus processing fee. Alcoholic/soft drinks and tour guide gratuity, if considered, extra.
Available Dates: Tour is currently offered on Tuesdays and Saturdays. tour calendar.
Highlights:The Beacon Hill/Back Bay Food Tour is one of our most popular tours.  On this tour, we  explore two of Boston’s historic neighborhoods. Featured is the restaurant of  one of the country’s “Coolest” “Top 10 Bad-ass Female Chefs”, whose lobster pizza was recently voted as one of the top ten pizzas in Massachusetts by Food Network magazine and Zagat.  Recent celebrity sightings at this restaurant include Matt Damon, Tom Hanks and Lionel Richie.  Also included is a  ”Best of Boston” chocolate winner,  as well as a “Hall of Fame” gluten-free chowder or a “presidential” chowder.  Or “chowdah”, as we like to say.  And we hope you won’t mind if we make a quick stop to visit one of Boston’s popular food trucks, maybe even a local competition winner.  Deviled tea eggs or banh mi, anyone?  But that’s not all.  We’ll visit a Boston breakfast institution that has seen the likes of  Ryan Reynolds, Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Kevin Costner,  as well as a notorious murderer.  We’ll also introduce you to a few hidden gems, such as a fabulous, new wine and cheese shop that’s off the beaten path, and  Oprah’s favorite, go-to gift basket provider.  It’s been featured in her magazine twice!  And we bet you won’t won’t to leave one of our favorite stops: a balsamic vinegar and olive oil bar!  And how could we forget Julia Child’s personal market?  She’d never forgive us!   Before we part, we’ll enjoy some of Boston’s best desserts, perhaps the creations of award-winning or celebrity chefs.  Maybe even a Top Chef!
We hope you’ll join us on Boston’s tastiest food tour as we “Stroll. Sample. Savor. Repeat.”

NOTE: Premium tour = Standard tour plus 4-star restaurant, such as L’Espalier, or 5-star hotel, such as the Mandarin Oriental. Also includes a small gift bag of local food artisan products. To view all tour dates, please see tour calendar on our home page.

My review of the tour, here!