Geoffrey VanDussen & Lauren Zuchowski
Bill Strength & Chef Irv Miller
Dean Dalrymple & Renee Borden
Julie Lippincott & Nic Schuck
Beth & Bill Walton
Sienna Miller & Andrew Carter
J
ackson’s Steakhouse graciously hosted a fantastic launch party for Executive Chef Irv
Miller, to promote his newest book on Sunday, September 30. Chef Irv had a wonderful
opportunity to meet and greet fans, friends, and discuss his new book titled Gulf Coast
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Oysters: Classic & Modern Recipes of a Southern Renaissance published by Spring
House Press. Limited-edition hardback cookbooks were available for purchase and signing.
Chef Miller has been working along the Florida Panhandle and writing about the food of the
Gulf Coast for over three decades. Chef Miller has been a six-time performing chef for the James
Beard Foundation and has served ten years as a founding member of the Pensacola Celebrity
Chefs. Miller’s longtime commitment has been to the Florida Panhandle and Southern-inspired
foods. Gulf Coast Oysters: Classic and Modern Recipes for a Southern Renaissance
features 216 pages that highlight oyster farms and farmers, and 70 personalized oyster recipes
for both raw and cooked dishes. The cookbook also focuses on preserving the Gulf’s cross-
cultural, Southern traditions and a goal of creating new interest in approaching sustainable Gulf
oyster practices for celebrating both the iconic natural set Gulf oyster and the new off-bottom
farmed oyster. His main focus of Gulf Coast oysters was to directly bring awareness to how to
obtain fresh oysters from farmers, who are just now in the birthing stages of developing and
growing farms in locations such as Louisiana, Grand Isle, Cedar Key, and other locally sourced
participating farms.
CheF Irv Miller
photos & story by
Kristina Wright
Shelley & Steve Black
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