The Hot Chick

November, 2013

A RENEGADE SOUTHERN CHEF GIVES CHICKEN AND WAFFLES A SPICY REBOOT• Chef Edward Lee cooks for the 21st century South­ern gentleman. At Lee's restaurant 610 Magnolia in Louisville, Kentucky, crab cakes are spiked with green-tomato kimchi and okra gets the Japanese tempura treatment. This mash-up mentality is perhaps best expressed in an already mashed-up dish of epic deli-ciousness: fried chicken and waffles. Lee first poaches the poultry in a Filipino vinegar and soy adobo broth to boost the flav...