Fried & True by Lee Brian Schrager with Adeena Sussman — New Cookbook

The angle: More ways to fry a chicken than you ever thought possible.

Recipes for right now: Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, Country Pan-Fried Chicken, Hash Brown Casserole, Hill Country Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Cheesy Garlic Grits, Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken, Coconut Fried Chicken

Who would enjoy this book? Do you like fried chicken? Then you’ll enjoy this book. Naturally.

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So, I Just Went to Wegmans for the Very First Time. — Grocery Shopping with The Kitchn

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The first time I heard of Wegmans, someone — a friend, a college roommate — mentioned it in a group conversation, and the reaction went something like this: “Oh my gosh, I love that store! It’s the greatest grocery store ever. Seriously. Best. Store. Ever.” Suddenly I felt like we’d just spotted Brad Pitt: voices got shrill, heart rates sped up. Words like love and amazing and can’t live without it flew around the group. It was frenzied devotion — and all for a grocery store that I at the time had never even heard of!

It took me 10 years to visit the store, which I finally did for the first time this past weekend. Over the years I’d heard Wegmans compared to Trader Joe’s (both have extremely enthusiastic devotees) but beyond that I still knew virtually nothing about it. Could Wegmans make me into a fangirl? I was about to find out.

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