Restaurants: Ellerbe Fine Foods

A Shreveport chef brings a touch of elegance - and moxie Cajun - the edge of the cow country.

Chefs cooks love to toss around terms like "cuisine" and "comfort food", but too often, the results are more than friendly fantasy. Molly McCook - chef and co-owner of Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth - filled the gap. In the rooms bright and sunny station beautifully redesigned of ' 20s, the Shreveport native is champion of the flat South with a professional lustre. His meltingly tender braised pork shank, for example, is also easy to love (and understand) as a Braised Sunday, but a stone ground mustard glaze and East Texas - based Johnnie fair syrup gives it a touch of class. His lack of cabbage, a heavenly hash of fresh shrimp with corn, tomato has Texans of lapping up to one of the most legendary dishes of Louisiana. Who said that the cowman and the Cajun cannot be friends?

Ellerbe Fine Foods 1501 West Magnolia Avenue, Fort Worth (817-926-3663; ellberbefinefoods.com)

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Restaurants: Ellerbe Fine Foods

A Shreveport chef brings a touch of elegance - and moxie Cajun - the edge of the cow country.

Chefs cooks love to toss around terms like "cuisine" and "comfort food", but too often, the results are more than friendly fantasy. Molly McCook - chef and co-owner of Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth - filled the gap. In the rooms bright and sunny station beautifully redesigned of ' 20s, the Shreveport native is champion of the flat South with a professional lustre. His meltingly tender braised pork shank, for example, is also easy to love (and understand) as a Braised Sunday, but a stone ground mustard glaze and East Texas - based Johnnie fair syrup gives it a touch of class. His lack of cabbage, a heavenly hash of fresh shrimp with corn, tomato has Texans of lapping up to one of the most legendary dishes of Louisiana. Who said that the cowman and the Cajun cannot be friends?

Ellerbe Fine Foods 1501 West Magnolia Avenue, Fort Worth (817-926-3663; ellberbefinefoods.com)

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Restaurants Now: Ellerbe Fine Foods

A Shreveport chef brings a touch of elegance—and Cajun moxie—to the edge of cow country.

Chefs love to toss around terms like “regional cuisine” and “comfort food,” but too often, the results are more fancy than friendly. Molly McCook—chef and co-owner of Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth—has bridged the gap. In the bright, sunny rooms of a prettily revamped ‘20s service station, the Shreveport native is turning out rootsy Southern dishes with a professional sheen. Her meltingly tender braised pork shank, for instance, is as easy to like (and to understand) as a Sunday pot roast, but a glaze of stone-ground-mustard and East Texas–based Johnnie Fair syrup gives it a touch of class. Her maque choux, a heavenly hash of fresh corn and tomato studded with shrimp, has Texans lapping up one of Louisiana’s most fabled dishes. Who said the cowman and the Cajun can’t be friends?

Ellerbe Fine Foods 1501 West Magnolia Avenue, Fort Worth (817-926-3663; ellberbefinefoods.com)

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