This post should be titled “In Defense of Fried Chicken…and Mary J. Blige”. I’ve been saving this for awhile to see how a few fried chicken developments would pan out. It’s been almost 2 months since MJB’s fans threw a chicken fit over a YouTube posting of an unfinished commercial with the queen of Hip [...]
When I saw chef Nathalie Dupree‘s name on the list of authors for the Capital Bookfest, an annual event that features African American books and authors (now expanding from PG County into several communities) , I didn’t really blink. Nathalie is well-respected as a southern food chef, and she can throw down some fried chicken. [...]
John T. Edge’s Fried Chicken: An American Story has to be one of the best pleasure reads I’ve had all year. Edge is director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, educator and contributor to the New York Times, Savour, Gourmet, Oxford American. For Fried Chicken, Edged traveled the country (north AND south) collecting stories and configuring [...]
Speaking of oil…. Every since I started this series on fried chicken, seems like everybody’s got a chicken story. In fact, we now have a new saying…”3 chicken bones of separation.” Or “Chicken Bones for the Finger Lickin’ Soul,” the potential title of an upcoming anthology. I’m almost serious. And I’m almost up to my [...]
Years and years ago, I told the mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, (before she became a star) that I couldn’t sit through an opera performance. That I couldn’t listen to opera unless I was doing something at the same time…like frying chicken. Well, that’s what I’m doing today. I’m frying chicken. And I’m going to select a [...]
