Patience is an important part of this recipe; the peppery vinegar brine not only packs a flavor punch but also ensures maximum tenderness for the chicken, so let it marinate for the recommended 4 hours, or even longer of you can stand to wait.

This simple, delectable fried chicken recipe is a regular dinner GO-TO in our home; a satisfying dark meat crunch with light, lemony arugula is wonderful all by itself, but if you really want to elevate it to the next level, add a classic poached egg, giving the dish a beautiful yellow yolk sauce beneath the tangled peppery greens. It might just change your life.

Here’s a super easy, delicious pan seared salmon recipe that not only takes 30 minutes to prepare, but it’s also a quick clean-up because we’re using a single pot. Like most people, we’ve been cooking a lot during the pandemic, and sometimes cleaning up after making a meal seems like a daunting task…but this recipe is quick to prepare, and quick to clean, allowing you more time to spend with the family.

There’s a certain amount of mystery associated with the origin of Spoonbread; a delicious, simple baked dessert that has been a staple around our house this season. The name is derived from the fact that it’s best eaten with a spoon, and although it has been recorded that it was a favorite dessert of George Washington, it also has uncanny similarities to the Native American porridge called soppone.

And what is it about watermelon and feta that works so well? It has everything to do with the sodium from the feta and how it reacts with the sweetness of the melon; after all, most lovers of watermelon like it sprinkled with salt…a thirst quenched and activated simultaneously by these two seemingly opposing ingredients. We’ve also added thinly sliced radishes to this recipe to give it yet another level of peppery summer complexity.