The Nashville food scene is rocking! I covered 15 restaurants in 4 days including James Beard Foundation contenders Folk for Best New Restaurant and Henrietta Red for Outstanding Restauranteur and Best Chef. My favorite was Adele’s, Chef Jonathan Waxman’s Nashville restaurant honoring his mother. Simple dishes but delicious!

 Here are the menu items now trending in Nashville:

• Southern Vegetable Plate (Husk)

• Cornmeal Butter Cake (Husk)

• Truffle Sweet Potato Fries (Burger Up)

• Royal Red Shrimp, Old Bay, Lemon (Folk)

• Pineapple, tomato, mozzarella, Chilies, Red Onion, ‘Nduja Pizza (Folk)

• Artisan Cheese Plate (Marche Artisan Foods)

• Pear Tartine (Marche Artisan Foods)

• Bacon Wrapped Dates (Butcher and Bee)

• Whipped Feta (Butcher and Bee)

• Avocado Crispy Rice (Butcher and Bee)

• Crispy Shrimp, Togarashi Aioli (Adele’s)

• Meatballs, Polenta, Pecorino (Adele’s)

• JW Chicken (Adele’s)

• Golden Tile (Adele’s)

• Tuna Togarashi (Whiskey Kitchen)

• House made Bacon, Black Peppercorn, Maple Cotton Candy (Kayne Prime)

• Tuna, Toasted Sushi Rice, Japanese Flavors (Kayne Prime)

• Croque Madame (Le Sel)

• Mango Guava Tropicale Guacamole (Saint Anejo)

• Shrimp and Mango Quesadillas (Saint Anejo)

• Tres Leches (Saint Anejo)

• Toast, Stracciatella, Olio Verde (Rolf & Daughters)

• Ricotta Cavatelli, Heirloom Shelling Bean, ‘Nduja (Rolf & Daughters)

• Shrimp, Poached & Shelled, Lemon Aioli, Sunchoke, Horseradish (Moto)

• Blueberry, Chevre, Prosciutto Pizza (Moto)

• Agnolotti, Mushroom, Blueberry Balsamic, Sage (Moto)

• Josephine Benedict, Poached Eggs, Scrapple, Country Ham, Brown Butter Hollandaise (Josephine’s)

• Monkey Bread (Henrietta Red)

• Roasted Broccoli Toast (Henrietta Red)

• Baked Egg (Henrietta Red)

• Roasted Cauliflower, Mizuna, Walnut Pesto, Lemon, Garlic, Pecorino (City House)

• Lazzaroli Ziti Rigate, Mushroom Conserva, Ricotta, Chilies, Bread Crumbs (City House)

• Tennessee Waltz Cake (City House)

Nashville is becoming a very influential food city and keeping up with New York, Chicago and Atlanta food scene. Next up: West Palm Beach.