As we have been opening my restaurant Discovered Oyster, our normal supervisor, Joe Laraja, was adamant that we use his mother JoAnne’s recipe for mignonette, as a result of it was probably the most scrumptious one he’d ever had and the one factor JoAnne appreciated with oysters. We later got here to seek out that JoAnne bought the recipe from Island Creek Oyster Bar in Duxbury, Mass., the place the unique recipe is heavy on the alcohol. This model pays respect to Island Creek, and JoAnne, whereas taking its personal path with a lot of crunch and texture, because of the cilantro stems. Should you’re not a fan of cilantro, any combination of sentimental herb leaves and stems will work effectively.