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Fiesta Chicken Salad

by Jillian Bedell April 30, 2013

Finally. Finally, Finally, Finally. You know how much I like living in Maine. How grateful I am for seasons, especially fall and winter. And what mixed feelings I have about spring; it kind of freaks me out. But, seriously. Thank God. Because FINALLY it is sunny. And warm. Well, warmish. In the low sixties. It’s [...]

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How to Make Chicken Liver Pâté

by Malcolm Bedell February 7, 2013

Rendered duck fat gets a lot of play here in Maine, and for good reason. There are few better fats that you can use for frying impossibly rich, golden brown potatoes (just ask the good folks at Portland’s Duckfat), but it’s also fantastic in pie crusts or rubbed on the outside of a chicken prior [...]

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Crusty Chicken Thighs with Mushroom Ragout

by Malcolm Bedell January 18, 2013

I’m not going to bury the lead, here. This recipe is one of the easiest to prepare that we’ve ever featured, while also delivering the most impressive results. The effort/reward ratio is completely out of whack on this one. A few basic ingredients, including just salt, pepper, some mushrooms, and one of the cheapest cuts [...]

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America! Presents: Jack Link’s Buffalo Style Chicken Big Dippers™

by Malcolm Bedell January 10, 2013

On that fabled evening in 1964, in the tiny Anchor Bar in upstate New York, when Teressa Bellissimo first plunged fried chicken wings into a spicy hot sauce, she couldn’t have known the massive culinary impact her dish would create. As a chill crept through a crack in the window of her cramped kitchen, she [...]

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Jamaican Chicken Stew

by Jillian Bedell October 29, 2012

Have you heard the news? It’s a hurricane out there. Sandy has arrived on the Eastern Seaboard with all the accompanying media frenzy, battery buying, and stocking up on water, wine and whiskey. A superwindy “Frankenstorm,” with gusts and floods and outages, has officially made landfall. You know what that means. Storm food and horror [...]

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Chicken Fricassee

by Jillian Bedell October 16, 2012

Chicken Fricassee is classic comfort food, absolutely ideal for fall. There are red leaves and political signs littering the lawns in our neighborhood, pumpkins and scarecrows and wood smoke in the air. It’s my favorite time of year. It was already dark as I started putting this dish together. The baby was mashing bananas into [...]

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Apricot-Shellacked Ghost Chile Chicken Wings

by Malcolm Bedell September 27, 2012

When I think back on my history of eating spicy foods, a significant turning point springs instantly to mind. It was 2007, and Jillian and I were living on the Gulf coast of Mexico. We were at one of our favorite restaurants, a few blocks off of the zocalo in Merida. It was a bit [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: “Greek Chicken Sub” (Athens Pizzeria)

by Malcolm Bedell September 26, 2012

Today’s sandwich is the “Greek Chicken Sub” from Athens Pizzeria in Thomaston. It combines grilled chicken souvlaki, lettuce, tomato, pickles, crumbled feta cheese, and sliced Kalamata olives on a white submarine sandwich roll. Location: 179 Main Street, Thomaston Price:$7.95 Notes: Sometimes, you just can’t face another Ham Italian, you know? Don’t get me wrong: I’ve [...]

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Classics: Spicy Cheez-It Chicken Fingers with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch

by Malcolm Bedell August 23, 2012

Who among us hasn’t, when confronted with a menu filled with a dizzying array of dishes, including a fresh-foraged locally-sourced braised pork shank with a fair-trade pesticide-free basil/pomegranite reduction, cast a wistful eye towards the kids’ menu, and wished for simpler times? Whether you are an actual child, or have simply rendered your brain childlike [...]

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Chicken & Green Bean Stir-Fry

by Jillian Bedell July 9, 2012

More than twenty years ago, bored suburban mothers made lopsided Christmas trees in ceramics class, and brought home a wok from Chinese cooking class at the adult learning annex. Stir-fry is as much a part of the American family dining lexicon as ground beef lasagna and ground beef tacos. My mom added pitted black olives to [...]

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