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Eat for Eight Bucks: Curried Chicken Skewers with Lime-Apricot Glaze

Posted by Michele Humes, September 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM

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Our Favorite Fried Chicken in America

I'll 3rd Hattie's. Ate dinner there the other night and the fried chicken was spot on. I didn't touch any other part of my dinner as I was so focused on that chicken!

jenh718 at 8:44PM on 03/13/11

From Slice

Pizza Obsessives: David M. Cavanagh (aka 'dmcavanagh')

Great profile of a near-ish neighbor, I'm in Salem, NY.

You can have pizza any time you want it if you keep a bucket of dough in the fridge a la the Artisan Bread in 5 a Day method. I just took a cooking class with Zoe and we made pizza from that dough.

jenh718 at 6:33AM on 04/28/10

Eat for Eight Bucks: Pupusas con Curtido

I love pupusas, I made some on my blog a couple of months ago without a tortilla press http://sweetlytart.blogspot.com/2010/01/turning-fantasies-into-realities-or-how.html

I watched a You Tube video to see how to form them by hand.

jenh718 at 9:47PM on 03/09/10

American Academy of Pediatrics Wants to See Choke-Proof Hot Dogs

Too bad we can't legislate common sense.

I've said this twice in two days- we are becoming a nation of idiots.

jenh718 at 11:59AM on 02/23/10

Cook the Book: Peppercorn, Potato, and Parmesan No-Knead Bread

@jo_wang I was thinking the same thing. Unless you were planning on boiling potatoes, seems like a pain/waste. I had potato starch so I might just try it that way. A tablespoon?

jenh718 at 10:50AM on 02/23/10

What do you think of Frozen Meat?

Some of these snobbish comments regarding frozen meat make me laugh and wonder if some people are for real.

Not everyone lives within walking distance of a good butcher, or even a supermarket for that matter. Not everyone can or wants to shop for groceries every day. It's not practical for many people.

I live way out in the country and we are putting in an order for a side of beef. What else would I do with a whole side of beef other than freeze it? Not like you can eat 200 pounds of beef in a weekend.

I really want to eat more local, grass fed, humanely raised beef and the only way for us to do it is to buy it in bulk and freeze it. It's not as crazy as it sounds and the tiny bit of degradation that may occur is a silly quibble in the larger scheme of things.

jenh718 at 10:28AM on 02/23/10

A Day in the Life of Bianca Henry, 'Today' Show Food Stylist

That's my dream job right there. Great piece!

jenh718 at 11:49AM on 02/19/10

From Sweets

Mixed Review: Bruce's Southern Style Bread Pudding

Bread pudding from scratch is ridiculously easy to make, why use a mix?

jenh718 at 11:38AM on 02/19/10

Family Dinner with Son's Date- Revisited- Parts One – Four

You are a generous and forgiving soul. I would have been pissed. There's a lesson here...something about forgiveness, wisdom and grace. :)

jenh718 at 12:24PM on 02/16/10

Romantic Dinner Portland, OR

OR= Oregon.

jenh718 at 12:12PM on 02/16/10

Poll: How Do You Top Your Pancakes?

My homemade jam and a dusting of powdered sugar. Or Brown Sugar Vanilla Syrup from the giant Gourmet cookbook. Basically you boil a cup of brown sugar with a half cup of water and a half stick of butter. Boil hard until it reduces and thickens a bit then add salt and vanilla. Although, that's from memory so I could be off a bit :)

It's a nice trick to have for when you run out of maple syrup because it's the same consistency.

jenh718 at 11:59AM on 02/16/10

How to clean a pizza stone?

I have no idea whether you are supposed to or not but the last time I was cleaning my oven I forgot to remove the pizza stone and so it went through the self cleaning cycle. When I opened the oven door it looked brand new and it's not damaged in any way that I can see.

jenh718 at 11:11PM on 01/02/10

New Year's Eve Menus?

Great ideas, thanks :)

An antipasto plate sounds good and perfect since there's an Italian import store I have been meaning to visit.

I like the rounds idea, we will most likely be renting movies so that's a nice way to space things out.

CJ McD how do you do your cheat palmiers? They sound interesting...

Gougeres are a good idea as well, I've never made them but they seem simple enough.

Thanks again- keep em coming...

jenh718 at 9:35PM on 12/29/09

Best bite of food ever

My first time picking strawberries. There is nothing like a sun warmed, just picked strawberry.

jenh718 at 4:17PM on 12/29/09

The $449 SousVide Supreme: Worth It?

No Lippy, you are not the only one.

jenh718 at 11:07AM on 12/28/09

Cook the Book: America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book

I heart Christopher Kimball (even after his rude bashing of food blogs) but I must quibble with you when you say he wears horn rimmed glasses. He does not. He wears wire rimmed spectacles. And The Family Baking Book rocks! That and Baking Illustrated are my go-to cookbooks.

jenh718 at 10:55AM on 12/22/09

Eat for Eight Bucks: Pasta with Brown Butter and Sage

Goodness, is all the criticism really necessary? A plate of simple pasta for dinner once in a while is not going to kill you. Should it be how you eat every day? Absolutely not. But over the course of the week if you have a balanced diet, it's not a big deal.

Lighten up.

jenh718 at 9:15AM on 12/16/09

Weekend Cook and Tell: Your Favorite Cookbooks of 2009

I love the basic bread recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I really want their new healthy bread book but I haven't gotten it yet.

I made the Whipped Cream Cake from Rose Levy Berenbaum's new cake cookbook but I haven't purchased it yet. It's on my Christmas wish list.

jenh718 at 11:18PM on 12/09/09

Advice needed on best electric stand mixer

I just got a KitchenAid Artisan on sale on Black Friday for 213.00. Like you, I'd read all the reviews on Amazon and decided that was the one for me but I had a hard time coming up with the close to 300.00 that it typically was. Anyhow, I am so glad that I finally got it- I love it! Before I had it I was using a borrowed 4 1/2 quart lift model which I didn't care for. It mixed fine but I really appreciate the tilt head feature. It's better for adding ingredients. I highly recommend it.

jenh718 at 11:14PM on 12/09/09

Peanut Butter + Cookie Dough Tube = Genius

The more I read about your mom, the cuter she sounds.

@Chris Thompson- those mock tagalongs sound really good. The perfect PMS food.

jenh718 at 2:52PM on 12/09/09

Cook's Illustrated's Foolproof Pie Dough

I've used this crust and had perfect results the very first time I made it. The second time was a failure but that was because I didn't have vodka and tried to substitute scotch. It completely overwhelmed the taste of the pie. So mad at myself for that one!

jenh718 at 4:54PM on 11/23/09

That's Nuts: The Easiest Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Pie

You're mother's cute...and crafty.

I'd actually like to make this but I too would not like to use Cool Whip. It just grosses me out. Can't you also stabilize whipped cream with a bit of powdered sugar? I thought the cornstarch in it also acts as a stabilizer. I'm just trying to not have to buy extra ingredients...

jenh718 at 4:49PM on 11/23/09

Thankgiving side dish ideas - HELP!!

I do roasted brussel sprouts with apples, garlic and bacon. Everyone loves those, including the kids.
Last year I did a scalloped herbed potato recipe that I found on the Pioneer Woman's website. She has a lot of really yummy side dish recipes.
For an appetizer I did her bacon wrapped jalapeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese. Sinful and delicious.

jenh718 at 8:20AM on 11/17/09

Dinner Tonight: Spanish White Beans with Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Making this for dinner right now. I'm serving it tossed with orecchiette as I know everyone will complain there are not enough carbs. I ate some plain and it's delicious.

jenh718 at 6:27PM on 11/02/09