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Chicken Stir-Fry

Chicken Stir-Fry                                            4 servings The word ‘stir fry’ was used for the first time in the 1945 cookbook How to Cook and Eat in Chinese by the author Buwei Yang Chao 楊步偉. The word was invented by Yang’s husband Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任). So now you know.. Equipment needed: Large Wok, Numerous bowls to Read more…

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Whole Roast Chicken

Whole Roast Chicken                                    4 servings Whereas it remains unclear whether the chicken or the egg came first; evidence suggests that ground zero for the bird’s westward spread may have been the Indus Valley, where the city-states of the Harappan civilization carried on a lively trade with the Middle East more than 4,000 Read more…

sweet and spicy wings

Sweet & Spicy Wings

Sweet & Spicy Wings                                    4 servings The first plate of wings was served in 1964 at a family-owned establishment in Buffalo called the Anchor Bar. The wings were the brainchild of Teressa Bellissimo, who covered them in her own special sauce and served them with a side of blue cheese and Read more…