Earlier this month, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow without a shadow in sight, prompting the prediction of an early spring, although here in Michigan, we didn’t need a groundhog to guess as much. It has been an unusually mild winter—I have yet to see negative numbers on the thermometer, but there have certainly still been some below-freezing days ...
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Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits
Today, I’m excited to share with you a recipe that has quickly become a favorite in my household: chicken pot pie with biscuits! It may not be the fanciest dish ever, but its unassuming, wholesome combination of ingredients—chicken, carrots, celery, onions, peas, and corn—makes it one of the best recipes to help you unwind and relax at the end of a long and cold winter day. ...
Chicken Kapama
Chicken kapama (pronounced kah-pah-MAH) is a tomato-based Greek stew, often flavored with red wine and cinnamon. I first had this dish when I was on an excavation in Greece one summer during college. We were staying in a very small town with only about four hundred residents, and we ate lunch at the same restaurant every day. As you can imagine, eating from the same menu every day for six weeks ...