Caribbean-Creole Bistro
Throw a themed dinner party that covers all the courses or add a Creole kick to your midweek menu. Simple, soulful cooking with delightfully deep flavor and a splash of spice.
Big Easy flavor
“When people eat my food, I want to take them somewhere new, or back to a happy moment in their memories. These dishes are a tasting tour through my life, from the cooking I do today in New Orleans all the way back to the Caribbean spices I grew up with in St. Lucia.”
-Nina Compton
Recipes in this deck
in New Orleans
Meet
Nina Compton
Nina is an award-winning chef and restaurateur who delights in melding the flavors of her Caribbean upbringing with the deep culinary history of French and Italian cuisine. Originally from St. Lucia, she fell in love with New Orleans during a star turn as a Top Chef finalist. With investors nationwide beating down her door after the season aired, she chose to make a return to the Big Easy. She’s lived and worked there ever since.
Onions! They are used in everything but they get no credit. They add sweetness to sauces, you can throw them raw into a salad for zing, they’re great pickled too... Just so multipurpose.
Grilled pompano. Simple, delicious, full of flavor and meaty.
Any type of curry, it warms my soul.
Fried flying fish with parsley sauce. My granny would make this on special occasions.
All the spice, twice as nice
(Because bulk isn't always bettter)
The Herb Garden
All your favorites from “Scarborough Fair,” plus a few other familiar faces. Their concentrated flavor punches above its weight in recipes and as a garnish.