Comfort Food Comfort Food Comfort Food. The windows are closed and the heat is on and I’m a couple weeks away from moving my porch herbs inside to hopefully survive and prosper rather than wilt and die. This change of temperature brought me an immense craving for roasted chicken, especially since I just came across [...]
Read more →After reviewing my checking account transactions last week, I realized that my love of gourmet cooking and dining-out were putting a serious dent in my funds. I needed a meal that I could stretch for a while. I decided that roasting a chicken would produce enough meat for several days and the bones could be [...]
Read more →The season of perpetual illness is upon us, kicking off this season for Billy is a hefty dose of laryngitis. Who gets that? To commemorate his birthday, the germs of all-hallows-eve have stripped him of his newly renewed (thanks to bilateral endoscopic surgery of the sinuses) voice. How will I nurse this birthday boy back [...]
Read more →This dish yields a fair amount of servings, and makes for great leftovers, however, it can be easily adapted to better suite a smaller crowd. Chicken Marbella: 4 chickens, 2 1/2 pounds each, quartered 1 head of garlic, peeled and finely pureed 1/4 cup dried oregano coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste [...]
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