Ashley Christensen is the chef/owner of Poole’s Diner, Beasley’s Chicken + Honey, Chuck’s, Fox Liquor Bar, Death & Taxes, Bridge Club, and Poole’side Pies, all located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Ashley’s cooking--hinged on her philosophy of bright, fresh flavors and locally grown, seasonal ingredients--has garnered local and national acclaim.

Ashley is involved in a number of charities, including the Frankie Lemmon Foundation, the Southern Foodways Alliance, and Share Our Strength. In 2019, she received her second James Beard Award for the category of “Outstanding Chef,” five years after the foundation first honored her with the award for “Best Chef: Southeast” in 2014. She has also been named Chef of the Year by Eater.com, and Tar Heel of the Year by the News & Observer. She is the author of the cookbook, Poole’s: Recipes and Stories from a Modern Diner, which was published by Ten Speed Press in fall 2016 and named one of the top cookbooks of the fall by the New York Times.

Recreate Chef Ashley's recipes with her favorite Regalis ingredients.

Miyazaki A5 Wagyu Striploin

Like wine, Japanese Wagyu evokes refreshingly distinct terroir from one region to another. This award-winning selection is sourced directly from the Miyachiku Cooperative in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan.

There are four hundred farmers raising cattle throughout the prefecture, with a stunningly low farmer to cow ratio, ensuring that every animal receives the attention and respect required to raise the world's finest Wagyu. Mostly fed wheat and corn, meat from the region's finest Miyazakigyu cattle are known for their bright red color, soft texture, and density of flavor.

To make the most of your Wagyu, we encourage a hard sear on high heat, or paper-thin slices warmed with a blowtorch. Packing enough flavor on its own to vividly saturate a palate, we recommend simple, elegant accompaniments that keep the Wagyu in its proper spotlight.

Available in portions of 16- 17 oz, 17 - 18 oz, 18 - 19 oz, 12lb full strip, or as a 5lb bundle of 5 individual 18oz steaks. All Wagyu is delivered frozen.

from $155.00

Presa - Ibérico Pork Shoulder Steak, 1.25 to 1.5 LBS Average

Presa is a dense, well marbled pork steak from the shoulder that can be cooked just like beef. Leaner than Pluma or Secreto, we recommend rapidly searing this steak then finishing in the oven for five minutes, yielding distinct and peerless flavor and texture.

Ibérico pigs have been an integral aspect of the Spanish culinary tradition for centuries. Predisposed to exceptional fat development throughout their muscular structure, these hogs are amenable to long, slow curing that promotes unparalleled complexity and sweetness. For those that earn the distinguished status of Ibérico de Bellota Jamón, their golden years (specifically what's called the Montanera period - the fall and winter before they'll be slaughtered) will be lived out as luxuriously as imaginable, freely roaming among centuries-old pastures dotted with oak trees. This environment is called the Dehesa, and at the time of year when it belongs to the pigs, it will be covered with acorns - bellotas - for the pigs to feast upon. And as much as we love what becomes Ibérico de Bellota Jamón, the pigs seem to love these acorns.

During their few-month foray among the oak trees, pigs will double their weight on a diet consisting of these acorns and other naturally occurring grasses and herbs. Not only does this promote a rich nuttiness and crispness to the meat, it also ensures a significant concentration of unsaturated fatty acids, the epitome of good fat. Regardless of which cut is selected or which aspect of its tradition is focused upon, Ibérico de Bellota Jamon is absolutely one of a kind, and truly an honor to share.

Avg. Size is 1.5-2 lb per pc.

$65.00

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Fresh Wasabi Rhizome, Misho Variety

Misho Wasabi is the sweetest of our imported Japanese wasabis. Misho is delicate and sweet, and typically much larger than its Mazuma cousin.

We love this wasabi variety for its versatility in a multitude of applications.

Though most regard wasabi as a familiar flavor, it is a wildly rare ingredient to come upon in its true form. The reason for this is simple: wasabi is one of the world's most difficult and expensive plants to cultivate, and these costs are almost impossibly high if aspiring toward a commercial, cost-effective scale. Wasabi requires an extremely particular perennial climate - moderate temperature, shelter from direct sunlight, seasonally high humidity, and a consistent supply of clean, flowing water without stagnation. These conditions are most classically exemplified in certain pockets of the Japanese mountains, but even there, it takes years for a single stem to progress from seed to harvestable crop.

Each individual piece ranges between 5-8 oz.

from $115.00

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