The Original Little Richard's (4855 Country Club Road, 336-760-3457), a wonderamshackleshackle place with old license plates as wall décor and red-and-white-checked tablecloths, serves authentic chopped, coarse-chopped or sliced pork barbecue with slaw and hush puppies (starting at $4.59).
Roast Chicken With Dried and Fresh Mushrooms #2 ounces dried mushrooms, cepes or porcini #1 1/2 cups boiling water 1/4 cup olive oil #3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 3/4 pounds fresh mushrooms, very coarsely chopped 1/2 cup Italian flat-leaf parsley, including half the stem, finely chopped Kosher (coarse) salt Freshly ground black pepper #2 roasting chickens, 2 1/2 to 3 pounds each.
GREEN TOMATO PIZZA Time: 40 minutes 2 large or 4 small green tomatoes Coarse salt Pizza dough (see recipe) 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan 1/2 cup coarsely chopped or torn basil.
Nina Griscom's Haricots Verts 1 1/2 pounds haricots verts, ends trimmed if desired 1/4 cup minced shallots 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt or to taste Freshly ground pepper to taste 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 3 to 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice or to taste 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted.
With Tomato Sauce and Julienned Vegetables The sauce: 4 medium-ripe tomatoes, skinned, seeded, coarsely chopped #4 tablespoons olive oil 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 3/4 bunch basil leaves, coarsely chopped, approximately 3/4 cup Kosher (coarse) salt to taste Freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coarse salt, chopped cilantro, sauteed garlic.
Coarsely chop the Macaroons in a food processor in batches until you have coarse crumbs; they should not be too finely ground but you don't want large chunks either.
Consider it foremost a vehicle for fixings, though, and you may even come to appreciate that it's smaller, denser, and sweeter — hand-rolled without salt and parboiled in honey water — a demure foil for cream cheese and lox or an excellent whitefish salad, coarse-chopped with celery, pickled asparagus, and dill.
The accompanying sour cream and astringent, coarse-chopped tomatillo salsa mix together nicely, but hide what little taste there is to the pricey "medallions of cornmeal". Better are the medallions of creamy marinated goat cheese--the Brie of the '90s --atop a swell (if you like okra) salad of grilled vegetables that taste, well, grilled.
(Can be served with boiled baby white potatoes, lightly crushed and seasoned with melted butter, coarse salt and chopped parsley).
