I came home with a tray of chicken thighs last week and got to work peeling off the skin, before I began to de-bone them. And then I took a good look at that pile of skin and fat. A quick visit to my desktop and I came up with a couple of bonus items from what would have been discarded.

Crispy Chicken Skin ... is also known as "chicharron" in ( Read more... )

I hadn't picked up a butternut squash in ages so when I happened to spot a heap in my grocery store before Christmas, I brought one home. And then forgot about it, until I ran across it while looking for something else. The question was what to do with it. I wanted to be creative ... but after the Christmas eve day and Christmas day meal ( Read more... )