Pretty vegetables, great quality olive oil, and herbs are the key ingredients to a beautiful one-pan vegetable side dish. I sourced baby eggplant, zucchini and North Carolina potatoes from the Veggie Bin, located on Spring Street downtown Charleston, SC. My friend came over after work on a whim a couple weeks ago, and this dish came together just in time! As a private chef, I am excited to add this roasted spiral of vegetables with herbs to my dinner party menu while eggplant

A rainy Sunday is the perfect time to make a cozy and simple soup. This past week, I noticed that I had a few zucchini in my fridge and was craving soup. I turned on my record player and put on my pajamas and got to it. Less than 25 minutes later, I had hot soup ready for an early lunch! I used Olinda olive oil combined with my country ham compound butter to cook the zucchini an onion before adding vegetable stock and a Parmigiano-Reggiano rind. Check out this zucchini soup w