Nichelle Newsletter
My Week In Food
Notable things that I have eaten this week is a homemade chicken soup, a chocolate sheet cake from a cake mix, and bites of a rabbit mortadella sandwich.
The Best Pantry Staple You're Not Using
Powdered coconut milk can be used for a lot of things as Patrice Grell Yursik shares in Food and Wine. It froths perfectly for coffee and works well in Asian and Caribbean dishes. Keep powdered coconut milk in your pantry.
First Pancake, Best Pancake
What is the origin of calling the firstborn child, the first pancake?! (I am firstborn but I rebuke that slur! ) Anyway, my Dad loves pancakes so I had to share this excellent review of the best store-bought pancake mixes.
Once You Fry Chicken, You Stay Kickin’
My friend Jenn De La Vega writes about fried chicken and how that’s a slippery slope to cooking schnitzel and more. I love this quote below.
Layering flavor in fried chicken is a balancing act. If you’ll be marinating or brining your chicken with pickle juice, buttermilk, or even sweet tea, timing is important.
Seven Gifts Beer Lovers Want to Receive This Year
I love craft beer, so this is a great gift guide for people like me. I would also recommend Sandor Katz’s new book, Fermentation Journeys. Speaking of gift guides, check out my list of cookbooks on Bookshop.
Novel Idea: Put Real Fruit in Hard Seltzers
One of my beer buddies has to give up beer because of a gluten allergy and now she’s drinking cider and hard seltzers. I am trying to adjust by becoming more knowledgeable of good hard seltzers. Here’s a list of hard seltzers made with REAL fruit.
Have a delicious week,
Nichelle
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