Turn that plate with polenta around and you’ll find pollo alla cacciatora, or chicken cacciatore. It’s really a simple dish to make. The essential ingredients include carrots, onions, and celery, to make a soffritto; tomatoes, either canned or fresh, and some tomato paste; some wine; some cheese; a few fresh or dried herbs; mushrooms if you [...]

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When I have a full day planned in the kitchen–breaking down chickens, making stock, making soup, or similar activities–I like to reward myself mid-day with a chicken salad sandwich. It’s simple and tasty so I always make enough for two or three more meals. Today, I’m making soup so I have chicken stock, which is [...]

Categories: Lunch, chicken, salad
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I needed a meal for four. I had chicken for two, veal shanks for two, and absolutely no desire to go to the store. A look into the pantry revealed potatoes and carrots. I had what I needed for a stew!

Categories: beef, braising, chicken, dairy-free, entrée, poultry, stock, supper, technique, veal
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I had just finished breaking down a chicken for a photo session when I realized that it was time to eat. Fortunately, I had some chicken on the cutting board. A quick trip to the pantry for inspiration yielded sweet Marsala wine and veal demiglace.

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There was a time when every home cook knew how to break down whole poultry into parts, because they didn’t have a choice. Then we learned to pay exorbitant amounts of money for other people to do it for us. Well that’s just silly. It only takes a small amount of instruction and one chicken to learn how to break down poultry, and you get to eat the chicken because YOU CAN’T FAIL.

Categories: chicken, pantry, poultry, stock, technique
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A leftover roast chicken is in the refrigerator, it’s time for lunch. What should I do?

Categories: Lunch, chicken, entrée, mushroom, pasta
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I bought a whole chicken on sale. It was rather late in the day and I didn’t feel like doing anything difficult, so I decided to roast it.

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Time for a Quick Supper. I’m amazed that when people need to throw something together for a meal, they often neglect fruit. It doesn’t take much, half an apple in with some potatoes transforms the flavor delightfully. Found some pineapple in the refrigerator, and shortly it’s supper.

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