foodie mcfooderson

a home cook with notions & an appetite

hugh fearnley-whittingstall’s river cottage meat cookbook’s herb roast chicken

There is very little about the whole River Cottage life that I don’t absolutely adore the idea of – getting to grow and raise your own food in a sustainable, … Continue reading

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turkey legs osso bucco

Turkey isn’t always for Thanksgiving, right?  And it isn’t just some ground meat you use try to convince yourself is indistinguishable from ground beef in chili, meatloaf or tacos.  (For … Continue reading

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zuni roast chicken

When I first started researching go-to roast chicken recipes, there were many, many opinions.  One recipe mentioned with regularity as a “go-to” for many people is the one that hails … Continue reading

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america’s test kitchen perfect roast chicken

How could I do the great roast chicken experiment without testing out the method recommended by America’s Test Kitchen?  I know that ATK and their companion magazines, Cook’s Illustrated and … Continue reading

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double pork and black bean chili (pressure cooker!)

Chili on a weeknight?  Made with pork that will be tender?  And will have fully developed flavors that taste like you let it simmer all afternoon?  Is this magic? Kind … Continue reading

March 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

tea-brined five-spice roast chicken with spicy sesame cucumber

If you were to buy Mindy Fox’s A Bird in the Oven for one single recipe, this would be the one.  If Mindy or the book sound familiar, you might … Continue reading

March 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

ad hoc’s whole roasted chicken on a bed of root vegetables

Test chicken #5 is a two-fer.  Not only is it part of my roasted chicken hunt, but it also comes from the ad hoc cookbook.  That’s right, I’m a cooking … Continue reading

February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

bon appétit’s ricotta tortellini

These are actual tortellini made by my hands.  For real.  As you may have already surmised from the photo, I’m not an Italian Nona keeping a blog for grins, but … Continue reading

February 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

cooking light’s roasted fig and arugula salad

I thought my procrastination on the last of garden posts might be good for wintery nostalgic posts where I could talk about days of ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures and … Continue reading

February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

alton brown’s b&b chicken

Welcome to Test Chicken #4.  This chicken actually reigned supreme for a bit, despite its overly crispy appearance (I promise that this looks far worse in photograph form than in … Continue reading

February 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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