HE FOUND INSPIRATION FROM BUTTERMILK AND BOURBON.
HE SURVIVED HEALTH KITCHEN, CHEF AND OWNER OF THREE HOT EATERIES, KNOWN FOR CREATIVE CUISINE AND TINTED LOOKS.
>> STILL ROCKING THE BLUE HAIR.
>> 23 YEARS STRONG.
>>THE SECRET TO MY SUCCESS.
SHAYNA: NOW JASON SANTOS IS A COOKBOOK AUTHOR.
>> IT IS EXCITING.
HER PASSIONATE, WANT TO EXPAND THIS BRAND AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO GET THESE INTO PEOPLE’S HANDS.
SHAYNA: STRAIGHT OFF THE MENU AT BUTTERMILK AND BOURBON, HIS NEW ORLEANS INSPIRED RESTAURANT.
>> IT IS A VERY SIMPLE RECIPE.
WE ARE NOT SPLITTING THE ATOM IN THE KITCHEN.
WE ELEVATE THINGS TO BE BETTER THAN GOOD.
THIS IS THE BUTTERMILK FRIED CHICKEN.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR.
DO NOT SCREW THIS UP.
SHAYNA: I WANT THE QUICK, EASY AND I CAN IMPRESS PEOPLE.
>> 50-50 FLOUR AND MATZOH FLOUR.
STUCK TO THE CHICKEN, SQUEEZE IT, FEEL IT.
NOW MOVED TO THE FRYER, 350 DEGREES, HEAVY BOTTOMED CAST-IRON PAN.
SHAYNA: WHAT ARE YOUR BEST RECIPES?
>> THE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS WITH HONEY BUTTER, PIMENTO CHEESE AND FRIED CHICKEN AND A BOILED PEANUT HUMMUS THAT IS SO GOOD.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO WRITE AND SUPER METICULOUS WITH MEASUREMENTS AND AT HOME I WOULD SAY, ADD SOME SALT BUT YOU CAN’T PUT THAT IN A COOKBOOK.
WE HAD TO TEST THE RECIPES, GEARED TOWARDS THE HOME COOK.
SHAYNA: THIS IS ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE SAUCES, WHITE -- HOMEMADE WORCESTER SURE.
I THINK THAT IS GOOD.
LET’S SEE -- DON’T NEED ANY THIRD-DEGREE BURNS.
SHAYNA: AND NEW ORLEANS STYLE STRIP WITH JAMIE THIS CREAMY JALAPENO BRITS.
>> TRINITY, KOSOW HIM.
THIS IS THE BEST -- TASSO HAM.
WHEN THEY CURL, THEY ARE DONE.
YOU CAN MAKE THIS.
HOPEFULLY.
ALL THE RECIPES, 100%, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BOOK IS IN THE RESTAURANT.
SHAYNA: IT IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A BEVERAGE.
THERE IS A CHAPTER FOR THAT TOO AS WELL AS SALADS, SUITES AND SAUCES.
-- SWEETS AND SAUCES.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE MADE FRIED CHICKEN.
>> THINK I AM ONTO SOMETHING.
SHAYNA: YOU MIGHT HAVE A FUTURE.
>> THE TRIAL OF LIZZIE BORDEN ACCORDING TO THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATER ONES IN THE WORLD HISTORY.
>> MORE THAN 125 YEARS LATER, THE TRIAL STILL FASCINATES WHOSO BRUTALLY KILLED AND -- THE DAUGHTER OF SOLE SUSPECT WAS ACQUITTED BUT THE CASE INSPIRED BOOKS, MOVIES AND EVEN A BALLET.
WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY?
>> THERE ARE MORE PRIMARY SOURCES, CORRESPONDENCE FROM HER IN JAIL AND AFTER THE TRIAL HAD COME TO LIGHT.
ANTHONY: IN THIS BOOK, CARA ROBERTSON BEGAN -- COMPLETES WHAT SHE BEGAN AS HER SENIOR THESIS.
>> I WAS DRAWN TO THAT GILDED AGE BECAUSE IT IS CHANGE AND TUMULT.
IT IS FANTASTIC, GOT SOME OF THE FUN OF AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY.
EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK IT IS A WHODUNIT, IT IS A WIDE DONE IT -- WHY DONEE IT.
ANTHONY: ROBERTSON, NOW A LEGAL SCHOLAR AND INTERNATIONAL RENTAL -- IN CRIMINAL LAW TO BURN TO BEST DEVOTED 20 YEARS TO RESEARCH.
>> THERE SHOULD BE A BOOK THAT STAY CLOSE TO THE PRIMARY SOURCES, THE FACTS, DON’T INDULGE IN SPECULATION AND LAID OUT THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING.
THROUGH THE TRIAL AND ON TO THE CURIOUS CULTURAL AFTERLIFE OF THE CASE.
ANTHONY: THAT CONTINUES TODAY AND THE BOARDINGHOUSE IS NOW A -- TODAY.
THE BORDEN HOUSE IS NOW A B&B.
DIANE: >> I CAN TELL YOU I HEARD NOTHING, NOT A BUMP IN THE NIGHT.
NOT SURE I SHOULD BE DISAPPOINTED OR RELIEVED.
ANTHONY: GOOD TODAY’S FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY HAVE ALTERED THE OUTCOME OF?
MAYBE.
>> SOMEONE WHO SEEMS ORDINARY LEADING UP TO THE MURDERS AND THEN LIVED A COMPLETELY ORDINARY LIFE AFTER THE MURDERS COULD HAVE ACTED WITH SUCH BRUTALITY TOWARDS HER FATHER AND
STEPMOTHER.
ANTHONY: THE TRIAL OF LIZZIE BORDEN WAS A MEDIA SPECTACLE.
>> IT TURNED AND LOCAL HOMICIDE CASE INTO FRONT-PAGE NEWS.
ANTHONY: SHE WANTS READERS TO FOLLOW THE CASE CHRONOLOGICALLY AND MAKEUP THEIR OWN MINDS.
>> FALL THAT ON THE NOTION IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE COULD HA