Our grandmother Jane taught three generations of our family to cook. Not just from her cookbook, but from standing next to her — learning when the cornbread was ready by smell, how long to let a roast rest, why you never rush a roux.
When we were kids, she’d have the grandkids over once a month to cook something none of us had tried before. We picked the dish, she taught us how to make it, and we all sat down to whatever came out of the oven. Some months it was great. Some months it was a lesson.
Jane | Test Kitchen is our way of keeping that tradition going. Once a month, Bonnie and I cook a new menu. Some dishes are new ideas built on the Southern techniques she taught us; others are upscale takes on classics straight from her family cookbook. We invite a small table, ask for honest feedback, and keep the dishes that earn it.
The best of them are the beginning of the menu at Jane, the restaurant we’ll open in her name.
Daniel & Bonnie