This is the daily question I ask any hungry stakeholder within earshot of my kitchen. It’s a mashup of idioms, born from the old college dining hall quip, “what’s for chicken tonight?” But it carries the promise of exotic flavors, moderately experimental cooking techniques, and a brief but unsolicited sermon on the chosen cultural destination du jour.
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the older I get…
This month a pair of viral foodie trends nearly got the best of me, so I had to reinforce my inner dialogue with a hearty dose of Mother’s “I’m so sorry, I can’t.” Of course, this was only after I fell for the Thai curry frozen pot sticker casserole.
creatures of habit …
Call me a traditionalist, but my relationship with the Buffalo wing is moored to a specific time and place. As a closeted creature of habit, I downright refuse to dissociate this food from those memories. From a culinary standpoint, I think the most critical benchmark is texture, regardless of size, presentation, or flavor – I shouldn’t have to specify my wing order as “extra, extra crispy.” Nobody wants a soft, gummy wing casing when a stubborn, sauce-embossed crunch is the whole damn point.
chickens and eggs…
A proper chicken recipe can be the perfect foil to the anxiety of choice – simple and affordable but with all the flavor and decadence of haute cuisine. For this post, I chose Poulet Gaston Gerard, a quintessentially French comfort dish with a charming, but inelegant origin story born from setback and recovery. I’d say it’s perfect for any volatile economic climate when you want to pretend that everything is fine.
a healthy fear of electricity…
(There is an) implausible, but very cool connection between reimagining chicken thighs and reimagining a bathroom. How’s that for a bizarre premise? While Foodishness has a tendency to occasionally morph into Toolishness, I always have food on the brain.
I will never again mock baseball…
Treating myself doesn’t have to be a gaudy sellout or an act of snooty, spoiled indulgence, but it shouldn’t have to pass an austerity test either.
highs & lows…
…savor the wins and take the hits. The last few weeks need to be presented as a giant hamburger. There’s a popular management exercise where you intentionally position negative feedback between two positives – the sandwich approach or the hamburger method. This is supposed to cushion the blow so constructive criticism can be better received.Continue reading “highs & lows…”
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