i rarely buy chicken, rarely order chicken when dining out and really - i rarely even like chicken.  it’s kind of a ‘nothing’ food to me, almost always somewhat tasteless and uninteresting, taking on whatever sauce you throw at it.  but on occasion, like once at ‘david burke and donatella’ in nyc - i’ve stumbled across […]

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here on the day after the last day of october, and for the record, let me just put forth that i am the halloween grinch, which more or less goes with my overall dislike for kids.  ok ok - all you great folks out there with beloved children… i’m just not the one dying to hold […]

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there was no way i was turning on the oven.  really, even grilling was brave.  yesterday was 104 and as i type it’s 105.
105…
i had defrosted some locally processed beautiful chicken breasts and they needed to get cooked.  i prefer to do them in the oven as last time my results were so very fine. […]

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the $12 chicken breasts were thawed and ready to go.  tonight was the night. my friend dave was coming for dinner and i wanted to knock it out of the park.
and i’ll be damned if i didn’t get cookers block.  the time came to prepare this basic, unassuming dish and i didn’t know what the hell to do.  […]

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i have kids this week. i say this because i don’t have kids most weeks. but every other weekend and for a stretch each summer and winter we get my boyfriend’s two tweens - fresh faced and exuberant just like kids should be. luckily their mom is a wonderful cook and a total foodie so […]

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