From the category archives:

chicken

Snow Day

February 7, 2010

Today was a snow day. A gigantic snow day — up to 3 feet. For some reason, all of the huge snow days this year have fallen on a weekend, thereby ruining my plans. Kevin and I took the opportunity to break down a chicken and then let it slowly saute with cumin, garlic, onions [...]

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Family Man Fried Chicken (and mac ‘n’ cheese)

November 6, 2009

Gary White admitted he may have overdone it. This is an understatement. When I entered his kitchen and looked around, I realized there was an enormous amount of food being prepared. Gary cooks like he is expecting 20 people to walk in the door at any moment. He enjoys a nice meal with family and [...]

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Pork Chops and Applesauce

August 24, 2009

By day, Janice James runs the Human Resources department at a Washington, DC law firm. But late at night as she’s falling asleep, her mind turns to food. Janice imagines recipes. Thinking about eating healthy, she substitutes sugars and fats for more wholesome ingredients. ‘Autumn ApplePork Chops’ is an example of a perfect Janice dish–mostly [...]

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Home from Baltimore

August 9, 2009

Just got back from an awesome weekend in the Baltimore-Annapolis area. Kevin and I got to spend quality time with my little sister Julie, her husband Mike, her in-laws, Janice & Gary James and Janice’s mom, Gram Elayne.     Gram Elayne taught me how to make latkes. Janice shared her pork/chicken/apple sauce recipe with [...]

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Smacznego!

July 26, 2009

What do you get when you cross a talented Jewish woman with a funny Polish guy? Well, in my case we added in some Hungarian recipes and wound up with an amazing dinner with a lot of laughs. My Aunt Carole is a brilliant woman. A lawyer by training, she currently manages a busy plastic-surgery [...]

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Father’s Day

June 27, 2009

Our arms filled with Bagliani’s Market bags, Kevin and I struggled through the front door, randomly threw the food into the fridge and headed back out to the car and onwards to my in-laws for Father’s Day dinner. Arriving at their house, we are greeted with the savory smell of simmering tomato sauce. My mother-in-law [...]

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