I don’t have an exact, or even vague, timeline of when roast chickens became all the rage for celebrity chefs. When food media began writing Very Serious Articles about whose technique was superior. I also don’t exactly know when Roast Chicken became some sort of home cook litmus test to determine skill, or seriousness, or…
Poultry
Milk Street’s Piri Piri Chicken
“As long as it refuses to examine the culpability of its explicitly patriarchal theology in fostering abuse, the SBC’s [Southern Baptist Convention] systemic abuse problem is going to remain unsolved.” —Chrissy Stroop, Playboy You may remember reading the bombshell investigative report on sex abuse scandals and the ensuing cover-ups plaguing the Independent Fundamental Baptist denomination,…
Chicken Wontons with Crunchy Chile Oil
“It’s mostly women telling these stories. Congratulations, you’ve found a new, not particularly original, way to say ‘shut up and cook.’” — Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen Because there is apparently nothing more pressing to discuss on social media these days, one of the emerging HOT TAKES of 2019 appears to be, groan, food blog…
Iron Chef-Style Chicken Tortilla Soup
There are very few first-world problems in this life I find more maddening than the uber-annoying, completely unnecessary rhinovirus – yup, the common cold. Seriously, WHAT is the point. This completely harmless virus hitches a ride into your system via one of your orifices, and can your immune system just leave well enough alone? Oh…
Chicken for the Bold
It’s Top Chef premiere week (Season 15, people!) and yesterday I gave you a Tom recipe. Today, as promised, we have a Padma Lakshmi recipe. And tomorrow is going to be the mother of all Top Chef posts: my rankings of season 1 through 14. I’ve been a loyal TC fan since the pilot season,…
