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Maria’s Fried Country Chicken! Part 2

Maria’s Fried Country Chicken! Part 2

You’ve heard me say it before: I love fried chicken (in moderation, of course). But the chicken recipe’s got to be worth it. To me, the perfect fried chicken is nice and batter-y, is organic, has its skin on, and is good and crispy. If I have to eat fried chicken out, KFC original recipe […]

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How to Make the Perfect Lobster Roll at Home

How to Make the Perfect Lobster Roll at Home

We’ve been going to Maine for 20 years to drop kids off at camp, and each time we have eaten lobster rolls, which are a uniquely Maine delicacy. There seem to be two clear, constant winners of the best lobster roll contest in Maine: the Clam Shack, in Kennebunkport, and Red’s Eats, in Wiscasset. Both […]

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Trout Cooked over a Wood Fire

Trout Cooked over a Wood Fire

Who knows what is going to happen to our seafood-eating habits over the next decades, thanks to the Gusher in the Gulf. Fortunately, trout is a freshwater fish, and according to the excellent sustainable seafood guide put out by the Monterey Aquarium, it is totally good to eat—farmed trout, too. (I know, it’s all so […]

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Ardie's Garlic Chicken

Ardie’s Garlic Chicken

Memorial Day isn’t just a holiday for picnics; it’s a holiday for remembering. I love to remember my lost relatives (although none of them served in the military) by making their recipes and tasting the past with them. For my mother’s mother, I always enjoy making her Ham and String Bean Soup (a real Pennsylvania […]

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Grilling! Quick and Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Grilling! Quick and Easy Lemon Garlic Chicken

Ah, it’s grilling season. Nothing tastes quite as good as something cooked outdoors and infused with the flavor of wood smoke. Yes, I mean real grilling—with charcoal and wood. No dangerous-looking propane tanks for me…and certainly, no lighter fluid! We’ve had a lot of grills over the years. My husband prefers a cheap Weber, but […]

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It's Buffalo Wing Time!

It’s Buffalo Wing Time!

The Super Bowl is this weekend. (I don’t need to tell you that!) I’m not a big watcher of the game, but I do love my wings. Since my husband grew up near Buffalo, he introduced me to wings in all their variations early in our relationship. I was already a wing girl then, in […]

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How to Make Amazing Gravy from Scratch

How to Make Amazing Gravy from Scratch

Gravy, real gravy, has to be one of the best foods on earth. It makes everything taste better (rice and gravy, potatoes and gravy, stuffing and gravy, bread and gravy, gravy and gravy…yum!). Gourmet machinations just mess it up. It’s got to be simple, pure, heavenly gravy. I know some people make it in a […]

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Stuffing Wars: Mrs. Cinquino’s Recipe Wins Them All!

Stuffing Wars: Mrs. Cinquino’s Recipe Wins Them All!

I grew up with my mother’s favorite stuffing, which is really “potato filling.” I never really liked it, and much preferred my grandmother’s Pepperidge Farm stuffing—even though she would put dried apricots in it. But I never liked either stuffing enough to bother getting the recipe. Then I met my husband, and tasted his mother’s […]

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