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Author Archives: Michael Procopio
Mrs. Webb’s Fried Chicken
I want to spread the news of this fried chicken like a televangelist spreads the Gospel.
Except I won’t be asking you for any money. Nor will I condemn you for not believing it is the One True Fried Chicken Recipe.
But it may very well be. Continue reading
Posted in Savories
Tagged fried chicken, Laverne & Shirley, michael procopio, Mrs. Webb's Fried Chicken, recipe
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Happy New-ish Year
Well, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar to all you people out there. I’m still under the New Year wire, am I not? I rather enjoyed 2010, but I am comfortable letting it go. I met a lot of really interesting people, did innumerable … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Ovaltine Ice Cream: Christmas without The Fluff
Cloris Leachman and Mel Brooks are almost entirely to blame for this week’s post. Or to thank, depending upon your point of view. I was curled up in bed one evening, enjoying a scene from the film Young Frankenstein in … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged Christmas, Cloris Leachman, Dean Martin, dessert, Frank Sinatra, ice cream, marshmallows, Ovaltine, Ovaltine Ice Cream
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One Fierce Holiday Cookie.
The Holidays are loud, overly-decorated, in-your-face. This time of year screams out for a cookie to to match it. And gingerbread drag queens certainly fit the bill. Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Sweets and the Like
Tagged cookies, drag queens, gingerbread, hannukah, holidays
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We Have A Winner!
Finally. Okay, I simply forgot to post the winner because I’ve never done a giveaway before and I am perfectly imperfect. Congratulations to Rebecca of Foodie with Family! She is the soon-to-be proud owner of a dead person’s cake comb. … Continue reading
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My Calabria: My Rosetta Stone
About a month ago, I received an email from a woman named Roberta Klugman asking me if I remembered the conversation we’d had more than a year ago about an upcoming cookbook called My Calabria when she came to lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Books I Love and Loathe.
Tagged Calabrese cuisine, cookbooks, fried peppers, My Calabria, Rosetta Constantino
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Saganaki, Unflamed
One evening, as I passed the kitchen line of the Greek restaurant where I work, my chef asked me to do what he is always asking everyone within reach to do: run food. “Heat,” he likes to say,” is a … Continue reading
Posted in Savories
Tagged Chicago, flaming cheese, fried cheese, gay, Greece, greek, kefalotyri, saganaki
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