This meal starts with the roasting chicken we received in our weekly CSA package from farmer friend Brett. This is not to be confused with the stewing hen I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Brett, being a man of many facets, deals in two kinds of chicken. One, the laying hen, needs to […]
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Throughout the winter CSA season, our farmer friend Brett will occasionally include a chicken with our weekly produce delivery. This is one of his laying hens. People sometimes tell Brett the chicken is tough. Brett says, cook the chicken longer. By that he does not mean an hour or two. He means three or four […]
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I find myself constructing these winter meals in my head days in advance. Where will the calories come from? I ask myself. What can I do that doesn’t repeat what I did last week? Which of my two farmer’s market options to employ? Obviously, I have too much time on my hands. But soon after […]
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