I make roast chicken fairly often so I was a little shocked to see I hadn’t published a roast chicken post. Roast chicken is something everyone has eaten in their lives and most everyone is familiar with the basics of cooking one.
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Making Paella Valencia Style and Grocery Shopping in Spain
After seeing the Tour de France in the Pyrenees we traveled to Begur on the Costa Brava for a quiet and relaxing week of sunshine and some sand. Since paella can be considered beach food it seemed appropriate to make some while we were within sight of the Mediterranean. But first, we had to doContinue reading “Making Paella Valencia Style and Grocery Shopping in Spain”
Braised Chicken Legs with Kalamata Olives
Way back in time when I became more serious about cooking for myself I used to read a lot of Food and Wine magazines. This is a variation of one of the first “step-up dinners” I made where I graduated from using one of those jar sauces to cook chicken in. Those, of course, wereContinue reading “Braised Chicken Legs with Kalamata Olives”
Winter Warmer: Chicken, Polenta, and Kale stew
Cold, rainy, wet, windy. Chicago weather! That’s what greeted me on the way to the grocery store today. That’s right, our grocery shopping gets done on Mondays. Being a real estate broker means you usually have some weekend work to do, like any service industry, so on Mondays I do some work from home inContinue reading “Winter Warmer: Chicken, Polenta, and Kale stew”
What’s for Sunday Dinner – Roast Chicken with Orange-Saffron Sauce
After a long weekend of dining out it was nice to sleep in, go to the gym, watch the AFC and NFC championship games, and have a home-cooked meal. I had taken a chicken out of the freezer the other day and it was all thawed out just waiting to be cooked. Now roast chickenContinue reading “What’s for Sunday Dinner – Roast Chicken with Orange-Saffron Sauce”
A Fundraiser (with food by Hot Doug’s)
Didn’t get a chance to review Top Chef last night due to the fact Tivo’s recording time was scheduled for later (yeah yeah operator error). Needed Tivo’s help since we were attending a fundraiser my brokerage (Baird & Warner City North Office cross promotion here) had for Neumann Family Services of Chicago. It was heldContinue reading “A Fundraiser (with food by Hot Doug’s)”
The Roaming GastroGnome 