It’s eight days to Thanksgiving. I am not traveling to see family, but I am joining the family’s Zoom call and I am excited to see everyone.
Monday, I ate leftover fried chicken with my friend. She pulled out maple syrup and hot sauce and we poured it over the chicken and it was delicious. In addition, I washed it all down with Honest Abe’s Mexican Lollipop cider. That cider is one of my favorites. It is watermelon and habanero flavor with an ABV of 7%. I highly recommend buying a four pack whenever you buy craft beer.
Send One Your Love
If you are considering send baked goods to friends and family, then check out Eater’s advice on how to send baked goods in the mail.
The Hungry Hutch
Congratulations to Aaron Hutcherson (The Hungry Hutch). He is now writing about food for The Washington Post. I met Aaron years ago at TECHmunch, a food blogging that I co-produced with Babette Pepaj. We did TECHmunch in New York, Austin, Philadelphia and Atlanta.
Love Me Tender
At the restaurant where I work I can hear the sound of the prep cooks tenderize the chicken beasts. It sounds like a construction site. Here’s an article that tells why you should tenderize your chicken before cooking it.
A Brief History of the Cheese Curl, Junk Food’s Happiest Accident
When you read this article about the origin of the cheese curl, you can admire the ingenuity of humans.
Recommended
If you are a paid subscriber to Alicia Kennedy’s substack, then you will see her list of books and one of them is Jessica B. Harris’ High On The Hog which is also on my Bookshop list.
Podcast
I am reading the latest memoir of Barack Obama, A Promised Land. I am only on chapter 3, but I have some thoughts. Being corny and optimistic is courageous.
Look for a recipe post coming this Friday.