This is Marie, contributing a recipe for balsamic chicken that did its very best to avoid being presented to you. Seriously, I lost this recipe at least three times, which is silly because I ought to have been able to remember it after one or two readings. So here it is, before the commentary with my alterations in parentheses, just in case: Continue reading “Balsamic Chicken with Pickled Beets”
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Seven Hens, Sandy Springs GA (CLOSED)
In 2012, we stopped into the first location of Seven Hens, which Michael Gurevich had opened earlier in the year, and were impressed by the sandwiches and, because we’re keen experts in any and all things restaurantic (read with sarcasm; we’re nothing of the sort), we figured that the owner was all set to pounce on second, third, and twelfth locations before the end of the year. Wisely, Gurevich didn’t skimp on the design of that store in Decatur. It looked professional, confident, and ready to franchise. And, since the food – chicken schnitzel sandwiches in a variety of internationally-themed styles – was very good, it looked like a concept ready to succeed. Continue reading “Seven Hens, Sandy Springs GA (CLOSED)”
Chicken and sweet pepper fettuccine
During Grant’s late night insomnia periods, he’s often surfing food blogs and sending me far more recipes than we’ll ever have the chance to try. One Sunday morning, I woke to find this one in my inbox and it sounded so interesting that we tried it that evening. It’s from a blog called Vittles and Voyages and it was very good! Continue reading “Chicken and sweet pepper fettuccine”
Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand, Atlanta GA
Well, here’s a restaurant that’s been a long time coming. Ages ago, we had a single meal at the original location of Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand – here’s the story – and had planned to return, but we’re just never out that way. The friends who lived nearby up and moved, limiting the opportunities to bring big, delicious, messy sausages on hoagies back to their place. Continue reading “Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand, Atlanta GA”
The Chicken Salad Chick, Auburn AL
This is Marie, contributing a story about a very special specialty store and restaurant. The Chicken Salad Chick is a chain that is slowly expanding through the southeast, and on a recent trip to Auburn, Alabama, we visited the original location. Each of the main menu items except the pimento cheese is some variety of chicken salad. There is a limited selection of sides. The combination I picked was “Fruity Fran” and “Olivia’s Old South” with a side of fruit intended for the boy, who came with us on the two-hour drive from our house to “the Plains” in eastern Alabama. Each of the salads that has a name is linked to a real person in the life of Stacy Brown, the owner and inventor of these delicious recipes. Continue reading “The Chicken Salad Chick, Auburn AL”
Food from Fiction 2: Nero Wolfe’s Poached and Truffled Broilers
“As I had holiday traffic to cope with, it was half past nine by the time we got home and washed and seated at the dinner table. A moving car is no place to give Wolfe bad news, or good news either for that matter, and there was no point in spoiling his dinner, so I waited until after we had finished with the poached and truffled broilers and broccoli and stuffed potatoes and herbs, and salad and cheese, and Fritz had brought coffee to us in the office, to open the bag. Wolfe was reaching for the remote-control television gadget, to turn it on so as to have the pleasure of turning it off again…” – from “Fourth of July Picnic” by Rex Stout (aka “The Labor Union Murder,” in Look, July 9, 1957), reprinted in And Four to Go (Viking, 1958)
This is Marie, contributing the second of my articles about food in fiction. This time it is a recipe from the completely wonderful source The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout (and, although not on the cover, Barbara Burns who is credited with testing many of the recipes and providing the final wording). Continue reading “Food from Fiction 2: Nero Wolfe’s Poached and Truffled Broilers”
Otter’s Chicken, Marietta GA
I had originally described Otter’s Chicken, a quite good little place in The Avenues at West Cobb shopping complex, as a Guthrie’s clone, but that’s not strictly accurate. It’s a little more like a Zaxby’s, which would make this a second-generation Guthrie’s clone. Ah, the genetics of restaurants, it’s a very strange field of study. Continue reading “Otter’s Chicken, Marietta GA”
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