My first challenge: Teach novices to cook in 2 hours. What was I thinking? My second challenge: Same time frame, narrower focus. This time, it was grassfed beef and pastured chicken and pork. As promised, here’s a look at those two cooking classes, each attended by ten persons. (You can read the course descriptions and […]
Entries Tagged as 'chicken'
Cooking class report card: Let’s call it a B-
November 6th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation
Sign of the season: first soup and a quiz!
October 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · recipes, Tools
I broke out the soup pot the other day about the time I turned on the furnace for a little while. By the end of the day, the house was still fragrant from the chicken soup, my belly was warm with it, and I had excellent leftovers in the refrigerator, too. This is a wonderful […]
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Visiting cook expands home’s repertoire
September 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Cooking tips, Food in the news, Food selection, recipes
I had the privilege to visit out-of-town friends this past weekend, and they let me prepare dinner for them one evening. It was fun in multiple ways: I got to cook for people I love, which is always a delight. I made a dish I haven’t made in I don’t know how long. I got […]
Chicken thighs with savory seeds is easy treat
August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · recipes
And today we present the promised recipe with chicken thighs (and no backbone). It’s based on the Coriander and Mustard Seed Chicken recipe in Gourmet magazine, which I got in a very slightly modified version in the Gourmet Cookbook. Here’s my version: Coriander and mustard seed chicken thighs 4 chicken thighs Salt and freshly ground […]
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Thigh bone is NOT connected to the backbone
August 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food selection
Attention chicken cutters: The thigh bone is connected to the knee bone (sort of) and the pelvis bone, but it is not connected to the backbone. That means, if you’re selling me chicken thighs, it shouldn’t have ribs or vertebrae. Those are part of the back, OK? This pressing issue came to my attention most […]
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Backyard chicken question provokes clucking
June 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments · General
The backyard chicken issue has reared its ugly comb right here in Lawrence, Kansas. I’m surprised it’s taken this long. When I saw the headline, “Chickens and the city: Health officials concerned fowls will spread disease,” I knew the pecking would begin. That headline was on Friday. On Monday, I learned from the Rolling Prairie […]