So… This recipe has two extra step compared to basically every other Lemon Chicken Recipe out there. Is it worth it? In my opinion, absolutely! We are searing the chicken first, making the skin extra crispy and rendering out the fat (besides being crispy, all that fat doesn’t make it into the sauce making it…
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Famous Plum Torte
This simple and elegant cake is no ordinary cake. This is a famous recipe that was first published by the New York Times in 1983 and then again and again for multiple years in a row. This is one of those recipes that you can memorize almost immediately and contains just a few very simple…
Flaky, Tender and Crispy Fish
I think of this dish as a homemade fish and chips. I truly believe this is the best way to cook fish in a home kitchen. I created this dish a couple of years ago after I enjoyed a walleye (or pickerel as we call it in Canada) fillet prepared this way. As much as…
Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Chips
I just love these! You can eat them as is, you can season them with your favourite spices and you can top just about anything with them, making them the pièce de résistance of any dish. Sweet potato’s composition is tricky. Lots of moisture, making it hard to crisp up and lots of sugar that…
Crisp String Beans, Papaya and Fresh Greens Simple Salad
Soft butter texture of fresh butter lettuce, slight bitterness of swiss chard, crisp brightly coloured young string beans perfectly balanced with the sweetness of papaya, gently dressed with shallot, mustard, white wine vinaigrette. This is one of those dishes where the ingredients are allowed to shine! The recipe focuses on how to preserve the vibrant…