Game 2 was a heart stopper and AJ rose to the occasion and pitched a brilliant game. I have been considering a chicken stew for a World Series post and after one down home guy like Burnett saved our bacon, and another in Andy Pettitte was pitching today, I figured that a one pot country [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 29, 2009
World Series Chicken Recipe #2
I work with Martha Rose Shulman’s recipes every day for her Recipes for Health column in the Health section of the NY Times on the Web. Her talent for creating quick, healthy and delicious meals is something I never take for granted but every one in a while there is a recipe that just plain [...]
October 28, 2009
World Series Chicken Recipe #1
The World Series begins on a Wednesday and one of the things I always remember about Wednesdays was going to my grandmother’s house for chicken soup. My grandmother, Annie, was always second fiddle in Sadie’s (my great-grandmother and family matriarch) kitchen but she could bake and she could really make stellar chicken soup. My version [...]
October 27, 2009
Idiom Cafe Volume 3.
Millie: Honey, these are the salad days for The Big Apple. Those Yankees are a bunch of tough cookies.
George: Everyone I know is souped up for the Series.
Millie: This is when you have to prove you’re worth your salt or you are toast.
George: Those fans are gonna be freezing their buns off and packed like [...]
October 24, 2009
ALCS Chicken Recipe #6
So, here we are back home in NY for a Game 6. Rainy, cold and miserable and in need of something warm and comforting for what will doubtlessly be a long night. I have cooked and shot dozens of Mark’s recipes and without fail his sense of simplicity and taste never disappoints. This recipe is [...]
October 22, 2009
ALCS Chicken Recipe #5
The Silver Spoon (Phaidon) is useful in many ways… as a step stool for small children…to beat confessions out of suspects…to hammer in railroad spikes…and of course to cook great chicken recipes for ALCS games. Silver Spoon is a hefty number not only because it weighs close to 6 pounds and has 2000 recipes on [...]
Sunday Saucer
