I’ve been outta the kitchen for weeks now. That’s what happens when Jane, Mary, Candace and Diane’s Book Club enters your life. First there was the LA movie premiere on May 6, then the May 18 opening night viewing. My jitters were reserved for the reviews, which turned out mighty fine considering how hard it is for…
Holiday Chicken – Thanks, Recipe Whisperer
I’m grateful to everyone who shares her favourite recipes with me — so grateful in fact, that if the recipe passes my love test, I subsequently share it with you. Susan Schwartz is today’s “Recipe Whisperer.” She encouraged me to try this Holiday Chicken recipe that hails from the much-loved Mosaic Cookbook. Good call, Susan!
24 Wonderful Jittery Chicken Recipes
Every now and then I get a request for a great chicken recipe, and in my own jittery fashion, I scramble to help. Just like a mom who can’t possibly select her favourite child, I present you with 24 wonderful Jittery chicken recipes for you to sample. I leave it to you to pick the best…
Oven-BBQ Chicken Thighs – Warm Dijon Potato Salad
Do you carry stuff on your to-do list for way too long? for so long that it might as well belong on your to-don’t list? When I first received Camilla Saulsbury‘s 200 Best Sheet Pan Meals to review, I made stars here, there and everywhere indicating recipes to try. It’s a drool-worthy read. And then time passed. I was…
Chicken Marinara Pasta – And the Winner Is
Do you want to win an Oscar for your main course? Then answer “yes” to these three questions: Is it sweet, savoury, salty, spicy, fragrant and somewhat spicy? Does it have just the right chewy, creamy texture? Is it a gorgeous shade of orangey-red with flecks of green? Fill a pot with water and settle down for…
Senegalese Chicken Yassa – Exploring the World
This past week I’ve been exploring the world. I met my Mexican hairless xoloitzcuintli grand puppy, finally enjoyed the Morikami Japanese Gardens, visited the incredible Nigerian artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby‘s exhibit – I Refuse to be Invisible at the Norton Museum with Cecilia Simms and sampled this fantastic Senegalese Chicken Yassa, a recipe from the Casamance region of southern Senegal. This Chicken Yassa recipe hails from the lovely cookbook, Eating Clean in Costa Rica….