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fried food

  • Strange Delight

    Strange Delight

    [From the 8/29/24 newsletter] Last night we had what many couples call “date night.” For me, every night is date night because I like to make every meal an occasion, but for Craig he needs the title to justify going out to a nice/new restaurant. Hence our date night field trip to Strange Delight in…

  • The Best Fried Chicken of Your Life

    The Best Fried Chicken of Your Life

    Give me credit. It’s been a while since I’ve declared something “the best ___ of your life.” There is, of course, the broccoli, which brought all of you to my blog in the first place. Then there’s the chili which, as far as I’m concerned, has never been topped. The brownies remain unrivaled and the…

  • Haggis, Kedgeree, and a Céilidh: A Trip to Edinbur

    Haggis, Kedgeree, and a Céilidh: A Trip to Edinbur

    It began with an off-the-cuff remark. Craig mentioned that his movie was going to play at the Edinburgh Film Festival and I said, “See if they’ll bring me out too.” I never expected that to actually happen but, somehow, some way, it did and before I knew it we were on a plane flying over…

  • Hushpuppies (A Recipe)

    Hushpuppies (A Recipe)

    I have a distinct memory of a spring day in New York, back when I lived in Park Slope, at Brooklyn Fish Camp. Craig and I were sitting outside at a picnic table with benches and under that warm blue sky, the first of its kind after a harsh winter, a waitress presented us with…

  • Chicken Fat Fried Potatoes

    Chicken Fat Fried Potatoes

    It occurred to me last Thursday that one of the best recipes in my repertoire isn’t even something that I consider a recipe. It’s a thing that I’ve done for years and years–I talked about it in my video “How To Roast a Chicken”–and, yet, when I look at it by itself, separate from the…