An Opinionated Way to Roast a Chicken

What's your favorite way?

Having roasted many, many chickens in my cooking life, I've come to the opinion that there is no way to roast a chicken without some kind of opinion. You may get away with tossing an untrussed chicken into the oven with a shower of salt, maybe a lemon in the cavity, and calling it dinner, pretending to be as careless as possible.  But that's still an opinion. So is planning days ahead of ti...

Focaccia, the Easiest Homemade Bread

The best bread to make for those that don't like to make bread.

If bread making scares you like it scares me, but the lure of authenticity is irresistible, then focaccia may be the place to begin.

The intoxicating smell of yeast; the wet stickiness between your fingers; the magical billowing quality of the dough when a warm spot trns it into a living thing.  These are the pleasures of bread making.  And these are the pleasures I am almost wholly unfam...