Poultry Cavity Conflict: Causes and Solutions
Note: This post was syndicated on BlogHer, November 2011. The Roast Chicken Chronicles Episode III: Poultry Cavity Conflict: Causes and Solutions With Canadian Thanksgiving coming up this weekend and the US turkey season fast-approaching you have no doubt heard a lot about Poultry Cavity Conflict (PCC). It is the cause of anger and disappointment around [...]
Read More...The Roast Chicken Chronicles Episode 2: I’ve Got You Under My Skin
I have a friend who croons I’ve Got You Under My Skin so sweetly. I’ve always enjoyed listening but I honestly never understood the lyrics. If something is under your skin it’s supposed to annoy you, right? So how can it be a term of endearment? Well, I finally understand and I owe it all [...]
Read More...The Roast Chicken Chronicles Episode I: Getting Naked
When nothing much attracts my attention at the grocery store, I slip into a comfortable frame of mind and grab a whole chicken. It’s quick. It’s versatile. It takes care of itself in the oven. Most importantly, it satisfies. Actually, it satisfies me so often that I’m starting a recurring series here on Cook the [...]
Read More...Use Booze: A Port Reduction to Adult-It-Up
My little J is not interested in sauces: He does not want any liquid to touch his food (except maple syrup, which he will use to drench anything, even broccoli!). He does not like dips (unless he’s dipping his fingers in ketchup and then putting them in his mouth for a suck). Any kind of [...]
Read More...Wrapping Up the Box: Empty the Fridge Soup and Frozen Fruit Smash
This is the last post in the series What’s in the Box? Tips for Dealing with Your Weekly Produce Box. I’m sad that it has come to an end. It’s been such fun sharing my organic improvisations with you while also reading your fantastic tips for how you get through your boxes of fruit and [...]
Read More...The Weekly Organics Box Stir Fry
It had to be done. I fixed a firm expression on my face and told my husband the news, “We’re not having stir fries anymore.”
Read More...Wake up to a Mediterranean Sandwich (Recipe from the Falcon Lake Deli)
I just saw a Subway billboard that read, “A great sub ahead of time! Now open at 7am.” I wondered, “Who wants a sub at 7am???” Then I remembered the first Saturday I waited tables at my parents’ Falcon Lake Deli. They wanted me there at 9am. I didn’t have a clue why they needed [...]
Read More...An Unscary Supper: Cumin Scented Chickpeas with Organic Chicken Sausage
Alongside Garlic Couscous Peppered with Golden Raisins Don’t forget to check out my post Eating Alone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly this week on Scary Mommy‘s Scary Mommy Society. Now back to this week’s theme: Strategies for getting dinner on the table. I’m not great at dashing madly around the kitchen for half [...]
Read More...When Does Food Taste THE BEST? Part 2: The Mystery of the Chicken Sandwich
Saturday I tasted a sandwich that puzzled me. It was the best one I’d ever eaten and yet I couldn’t detect anything particularly special about it. My fingers tugged at cling film as my lips rested on a brown bun. My teeth crumbled cheese as my tongue prodded roast chicken. Everything slid together and yet [...]
Read More...A Mourning for Chicken Soup
She woke to the twittering of early morning birds. Stretching, she cursed the cold air for making the birds seem so bloody loud. Oh well. Time to get up anyway. Into the kitchen to turn on the kettle, into the shower, out to the front porch for the paper, to the desk to fire up [...]
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