From the category archives:

poultry

Happy New Year!

8 January 2011

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeuse Épiphanie! And all that. This site missed them all, of course, though its writer, happily, did not. There was cold weather and there were airplane rides and train rides and taxi rides and car drives. People at airports can get awfully mad. But then we were all there, and […]

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Thanksgiving Doom

23 November 2010

Last week a friend and I were discussing the benefits of Thanksgiving over Christmas and its cousins. There is no shopping beyond the grocery store. No need for mind reading or gift giving. No awkward mistletoe to be avoided (or worse, wind up under all alone). No weirdo office parties. No writing of Christmas cards […]

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Smoky roasted chicken

16 September 2010

Oh dear. That isn’t what I expected. Those Robiola-stuffed tomatoes from The New York Times, I mean. My food didn’t look like theirs, and I really really hope that it didn’t taste like theirs. Following recipes is not my favorite thing to do, nor is it anything I do with particular frequency or flair. But […]

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Fricassée of rabbit with bacon + summer vegetables

30 August 2010

This is not my greatest photo or presentation of a plate. The time and place and taste were more important anyway, and I don’t think we ate before 10 o’clock that night, after much aperitif-ing, giggling, and the like. So can we please move on? It may be one of the best meals I’ve ever […]

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Lapin DB

11 August 2010

What lives in your freezer? Mine has—or rather had—frozen peas, two saddles of rabbit, boned, Mexican-style chorizo, egg whites, dashi (Japanese fish stock), and some spinach, but now it’s just the final two. Do you ever wonder whether the contents of your freezer say anything about you as an eater or a person? I once […]

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Chicken + chickpea tagine

4 June 2010

It’s not summer. It’s not summer. It’s not summer. I can’t hear you; it’s not summer. Thermometer, I can’t see you! It is not summer. It isn’t summer for another several weeks, I know, but by way of a preemptive confession: Unless there is sand and ocean, I hate hot weather. I grew up in […]

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How to microwave a chicken

28 April 2010

A certain member of my family, who shall remain nameless, is quite famous for having once attempted to cook a chicken in the microwave. I was not alive when these events took place (nor was the chicken), but even I will tell this story (it’s just that sentence) at family and other dinners, to either […]

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Smug supper

14 April 2010

When in doubt, a wise man once said to me, add more duck fat. I don’t think he knows how to boil water, but he does know this. I hadn’t considered it before, but now, I can’t say I disagree. To be sure, you wouldn’t like duck fat in your chocolate cake (I think), but […]

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Pushing poussin

16 March 2010

Last week my meat woman was pushing poussin, holding up the little birds to everyone who passed, extolling their many virtues, delicate flavor, ease of preparation, and other good things. I bought it, so I bought one. Taking my $7, my meat woman boasted that the poussin had been slaughtered at just five and a […]