Tag: Chicken
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Ben’s Secret to Stock
Homemade stocks make ALL the difference in recipes, particularly in soups, sauces, and gravies. But who’s got room in their freezer for gallons and gallons of homemade stock? Lots of TV chefs will tell you to reduce the stock a bit and then freeze it in ice cube trays, but then you have to maintain…
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Coq au Vin
This is one of my favorite dishes on earth. “Cock in Wine” is the translation…a mean, tough, stringy old rooster slowly braised in red wine. It has become a French classic, but it arose from humble farmhouses, rather than sophisticated bistros. I grew up eating dry, tough old roosters. And any time a rooster attacked…
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The Very First Eggs!
As you know, I have chickens in my backyard. This is not the first time I’ve had chickens. I got a flock of 10 Rhode Island Reds back in 2008, and they became famous after they appeared on The Rachael Ray Show in 2009. On Easter 2010, the neighborhood kids were out in the park…
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On Brining…
It’s turkey season, and that means all the TV shows are full of tips and tricks for the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Baste it every 10 minutes. Bake it in a bag. Deep fry it. Rub butter under the skin. The turkey, like all meats that have both light and dark on the same carcass, presents…
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MasterChef recap: Three’s Company
(Please Note: This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef. The opinions reflected herein are solely that: opinions. I have no inside knowledge of how MasterChef is produced or judged and my opinions should not be treated as fact.) Josh, Becky, and Christine are the top 3. And beneath the mystery box today is…
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Animals are Meat: A Follow Up
It’s now been about 24 hours since I posted the photo on Facebook of a free-ranging rooster from a chicken farm near Dallas that I was about to dispatch to become part of the menu at FRANK this weekend. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined what a magical 24 hours it would…
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NEWS FLASH: Once upon a time…meat was ALIVE!!!
As you all know, I run an underground restaurant here in Dallas with the stunning Jennie Kelley. We met on the set of MasterChef and have become incredibly close friends. FRANK is a celebration of fresh, local, sustainable food. And for our upcoming French-themed Bastille day dinners, our main course is coq au vin, a…
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MasterChef: Week 2
Wow… I’m just speechless. Reliving the MasterChef experience by watching it on TV is almost as stressful as womans health info when I was actually competing. Making my signature dish is both fun and nerve-wracking. There’s a strict time limit of 1 hour. Not a second longer. Luckily, my partner Christian, my neighbor Sharon, and…