If you’re a true Southerner, then you love traditional tomato pie. This recipe is a satisfying, quick method when your fresh tomato cravings won’t wait for the longer version…
Looking for the perfect sip to ride along with Summer Tomatoes? Look no further than our High Southern Spring Collins - Farmers Market strawberries, basil, and local gin - it’s a NATURAL STATE of mind…
A consummate storyteller, Chef Mel’s life reads like a novel, chock full of deep-sea battles with Moray eels, near-death experiences in the heart of Mexico City, scary and inexplicable ghost stories from the Midwest, and memorable encounters with rock stars such as Debbie Harry, Prince, Patti Smith, and David Byrne.
This recipe is simple, and can be completed in about 1 1/2 hours if you’re short on time - I prefer the 2 1/2 hour version if you have a enough time to let the dough rise twice, which is optimal, but as mentioned above, not necessary if you’re in a hurry. I hope you enjoy; and please be forewarned: Your home is about to smell MAGICAL.
Please note that I exclusively use chicken thighs, but you may certainly add legs if you should so desire…however, I would avoid white meat of any kind since it will most certainly result in a drier, less flavorful, less enjoyable experience. Also, if you wish to exclude the croutons I’ve described below, I implore you to refrain from ever looking at this recipe again; and please gainfully, joyfully move onto another source for coq au vin - your kind will not be tolerated, let alone understood whilst on this website or in my general vicinity. Besides, the buttery, satisfying crunch of the toasted bread is nothing short of culinary nirvana.
Still, there was something beautiful, endearing about her delicate laughter interspersed with a few short lines of an original song that only she could construct in that car, during that trip, at that time. These are the moments, the rituals that I understand will cross my tattered mind when I’m an old man…hell, they’re the memories I have now.
