Chicken thigh recipes, tips, tricks, and techniques for home cooks
I got an air fryer. This is mostly notable because I’d been anti air fryer for sort of a long time. It wasn’t so much that I had something against the tool itself, but that it seemed sort of like another single use appliance. I generally dislike single use tools […]
I’ve been away for a bit. I’m not ignoring the chicken. The chicken is still delicious, and I’m still developing new recipes. I’ve just been working on other things as well. This meal comes together quickly, and while a little unusual, it’s intensely satisfying. The chicken is braised in a simple […]
You can be easily forgiven if you’re not familiar with sorrel. It’s not a vegetable we see much of here in the states. You may have seen the red-veined variety. It’s often used as garnish on fancy plates – especially the tiny leaves. But I’m talking about garden sorrel, or […]
It’s cold and raining here today. It’s been cold and raining a lot recently. When it’s cold and raining I crave a certain kind of comfort food, the kind that sticks to your ribs, that’s satisfying in almost a visceral way. You have eaten. You know you have eaten. You […]
My mother used to serve us a dish she simply called “Greek Stew” – a tomato rich braised beef with a touch of ground cinnamon. Like Cincinnati’s “greek chili” the dish she served us’s origins may or may not actually be Greek. It was essentially Kapama, a slow cooked preparation […]
I developed this recipe for my other food project “The Weekly Menu” after coming back from the farmers market with a. pile of delicious, sort of rare, and very seasonal ramps. If you’re not from a swath of states bordering the Appalachian Mountains (or you’re not a huge food nerd) […]
Duck a l’Orange is fancy. Really fancy. Like, classy old movie, white tablecloth restaurant, waiter with a fake French accent, and Humphrey Bogart yelling “Garcon!” fancy. Chicken a l’Orange is also fancy. Just not quite as fancy. Maybe more like a nice evening at home with candles left from last […]
I’ll be honest. This recipe came about when I was struggling to figure out what to make for dinner. I scrounged in the fridge and cooked with what I had. But I accidentally came up with something that mimics flavors used in Europe before the European conquest of the Americas. […]
Nashville hot chicken has been all the rage for a few years now, popping up on everything from fast food menu boards to perfectly plated fine dining versions. That’s both because it feels like a new discovery (it’s not – we just weren’t paying attention to the Black food pioneers […]
Soy sauce chicken is a wonderfully simple dish. The chicken is slowly poached in a flavorful liquid that leaves the meat tender but toothsome, the slink a glistening brown, and the whole piece infused with the unique richness of the soy, aromatics, and Shaoxing wine. The cooking process is simple […]