Tag: marie writes

Food From Fiction 5: Sirine’s Saffron Chicken

“The recipes…are little more than lists, no cooking instructions or temperatures, but scattered among the pages are brief reflections on the nature of animals, flowers, people, and God. Sirine browses through the book, lingering equally over the reflections and the lists of ingredients, which seem to have the rhythms and balance of poetry. There is one for a roast chicken that she decides she may try preparing for a daily special: chicken, saffron, garlic, lemons, oil, vinegar, rosemary.” – from Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber (W.W. Norton & Company, 2003)

This is Marie, contributing a story about a roast chicken inspired by the book Crescent. I must confess, I actually ran across a description of the chicken before I’d read the book, but I had saffron and it sounded so good I had to give it a try. Then I checked out the book to see where the recipe came from, once we found it was good. Continue reading “Food From Fiction 5: Sirine’s Saffron Chicken” →

Ginger Noodle Stir-Fry

This is Marie, contributing a recipe I tried out because I just didn’t want to make spaghetti again (for once). Thursday is our Pasta Night, and the overwhelming majority of the time we have red sauce with sausage and rotini. Although it’s usually comfort food, I found myself suddenly and inexplicably underwhelmed by this prospect. Continue reading “Ginger Noodle Stir-Fry” →

Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Nachos

This is Marie, contributing a recipe that has a lot to do with not wanting to cook because it is too warm. I’m not honestly a nachos sort of person, but there are people in my house quite keen on them and I was willing to try them out. I am pretty sure I found this recipe by following links starting somewhere in an article about not wanting to use the stove during the summertime. It hadn’t occurred to me until then that a crock pot was actually not a wintertime-only tool.If it wasn’t from a link in that nowhere-to-be-found article, then it was from a mommy blogger (sorry I can’t credit you either) who linked to this… Continue reading “Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Nachos” →

Pouch, Athens GA

This is Marie, contributing an article about baked goods – one savory, one sweet.

I had taken my boy for a day out in Athens. We had fun picking strawberries together, and wearing out the boy in the always delightful “World of Wonder Playground” in Southeast Clarke Park, working up quite an appetite in the process. We then went downtown to get some lunch. Continue reading “Pouch, Athens GA” →

Chapter 1200: Chicken with Mango Salsa

This is Marie, contributing an article about a nice, quick recipe that is pretty flexible. The original recipe is one that Grant found at a blog called When Life Gives You Melons. The rub that I used, though, is actually quite close to the one I used on the recent pork steak recipe, except that it uses paprika instead of black pepper. I threw in some paprika with the already prepared rub, because I’m contrary that way, and it turned out just fine. Continue reading “Chapter 1200: Chicken with Mango Salsa” →