It’s not all fancy french recipes here. I mean, there are a lot. I like fancy french things. Fussy little pickles and rich spreads made from unspeakable parts of the animal, tasty pastries and bread, and wine. Did I mention wine? Now that i’ve got you thinking about delicious french […]
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Indian Spiced Fried Chicken
I’ve been taking a little break. I needed it. Who doesn’t these days. But I’ve been cooking. I made my Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich for my brother and his family – the first (carefully distanced, lots of COVID-19 testing) family visit since March. And I have been cooking and developing new […]
Southern Style Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Southern Style Buttermilk Fried Chicken is a quintessentially American dish that is loved by people all over the country – and the world. Also, it’s insanely delicious hot or cold – something that can’t be said about every dish in this book. This dish can be fried in almost any […]
Holiday Weekend Grilling Recipes
Planning ahead for the socially distanced holiday weekend? Here’re a few easy and tasty grilled chicken thigh recipes that can please an appropriately small, socially distanced, responsibly masked crowd. Or just you. Whatever you want. Smoked Chicken With Alabama Style White BBQ Sauce Jerk Chicken Thighs Simple Barbecued Chicken Peruvian […]
Chicken Thigh Tagine with Dried Fruit and Nuts
Tagines are the ultimate prep it and forget it dishes. Traditionally, the meats and vegetables used in the Moroccan stews aren’t browned, but instead cook slowly over low moist heat, releasing their natural juices to create layers of flavor in the long slow cook. That means you can just pile […]
Chicken Salad with Pistachios and Dried Cherries
I love chicken salad. It’s a delicious lunch, snack, or even hors d’oeuvre, and it can be made from leftovers. Sure, if I’m making it for a fancy garden party, i’ll use fresh chicken and poach it in stock to make it as deliciously chicken-ey as possible, but especially in […]
Tamarind Green Curry Chicken Thighs
What happens when you set out to make Thai-style green curry chicken, only to discover that you do not have any coconut milk in the house? You improvise, and sometimes that inspiration ends up being something wonderful. In this case, I swapped out the coconut milk for a can of […]
Korean Style Fried Chicken
In the past decade or so, Korean fried chicken has grown from a niche food, available only in the Koreatowns of coastal cities, to a national phenomenon – cloned, copied, and repurposed, found in fast food and fine dining, and even showing up as a potato-chip flavor. There is a […]
Chicken Thigh Larb
If you’ve never encountered larb, it’s one of the greatest dishes ever. It’s meat salad. Yup. Say that with me, those wonderfully incongruous delicious perfect words. Meat Salad. Sweet, sour, salty, spicy, meat salad. Larb (which has a number of spellings and transliterations) is a traditional dish from Laos and […]
Pollo en Salsa Cacahuate
Pollo en Salsa Cacahuate, chicken slowly braised with chili peppers, herbs, and ground peanuts, is probably unfamiliar to most Americans. I was unfamiliar with it until i came across recipes a few years ago, while researching Mexican dishes that I could serve to a large crowd for an event. Recipes […]