Chicken Archive

SUMMER BARBECUE FLAVORS TO LAST THROUGH THE CHILL OF WINTER / recipes to tide you over to spring

By Larry Levine – Summer is long gone – a faded rose, as the song says – and now autumn is behind us, too. Even in sunny southern California we face the chills of winter and the early sunsets. Outdoor grills and barbecues are put away, while we wait for spring, when the days will [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – The journey back from the operating table to the dinner table / Chapter 9 / CRUISE SHIPS – where diets go to die

By Larry Levine – (BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT is a memoir in progress being published in draft form in this magazine.) I was doing fine, feeling smug about my ability to stick to a responsible diet – low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium. Then until Jennifer and I set sail on a 16-day [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT / Chapter 7 – THE GREAT CHICKEN SACRIFICE – Clucking your way to healthier dining

By Larry Levine – Here’s to the chickens that have been sacrificed in the name of my healthful diet. I know not how many there have been. But I’ll tell you a secret – this whole post coronary bypass diet business would have been far more difficult, maybe even impossible, without chicken I liked chicken [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – Chapter 6 / The Essential Stocks – Preparing youself for healthful dining that tastes good

By Larry Levine – The secret to freedom when confronting a restaurant menu lies in how well you manage your overall diet when eating at home. I make a game of mental credits out of it: if I’m going out to a restaurant tonight I need to hold the fat, cholesterol and sodium to a [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Chicken Fricassee

By Larry Levine - Sometimes something magic happens to an old recipe. I’ve been making chicken fricassee at home for decades. Recently I made a mistake at the super market and bought a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes instead of just plain old Roma tomatoes. I didn’t realize my mistake until I was well [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Chicken with Morels

By Larry Levine - This is one of the most satisfying recipes I’ve ever created because it started from absolute nothingness. One morning Jennifer said, “I feel like something chickeny for dinner.” I knew I didn’t feel like doing one of my old or standby meals. To understand how this recipe came about it would help to understand [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Stir Fry on the Fly

By Larry Levine - Jennifer was in Sacramento for the birth of our grand daughter Alise when I came up with this recipe. It was a very busy, pre-election time in my office – one of the few times of the year when food fades to the recesses of my mind. I didn’t feel like [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Curry in a Hurry

By Larry Levine – It happened a long time ago – maybe 25 years ago – but I remember it clearly. I walked into the store around the corner to order some frozen yogurt to take home after dinner. The clerk eyed me and asked, “What have you been cooking?” It was the first time [...]
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