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The Good Plate, Wings has been published in e-book form. I’m very excited. This is just a collection of four recipes, just to see how it goes. If you would like to view it, or download it, please head on over to Smashwords, and download The Good Plate – Wings for yourself.

If you have a Nook, get The Good Plate – Wings from Barnes and Noble.

The recipes included were Chinese Five Tandoori Chicken and New Years Eve Asian Chicken Wings. I included those because they’re good, and well, I like wings.

Please leave comments if you download the book. I’d really like feedback.

Chinese Five Spice Tandoori Chicken on a bed of herbed rice, chutney and tomatoes.

Recipes in this Post

• Chinese Five Spice Tandoori Chicken
• Herbed Rice

Last night I was watching an ancient Iron Chef, from the original series where everything was dubbed, May 7, 1999. It was a famous chef in Japan, Takeshi Ōkubo, who specialized in Chinese cuisine, up against the Chinese Iron Chef, Chen Kenichi. The Iron Chef did not win , but it did give me some ideas for dinner tonight.

It’s been hot and muggy in Los Angeles, and I really don’t want to get my house hotter than it is – the evaporative cooler (aka swamp cooler) is going full blast. Nesco to the rescue.

I had some chicken thighs in the freezer, and yogurt, and I was getting a whole bunch of spices when I saw the curry jar and decided to use it. That’s when the Chinese aspect hit me, I also have a long forgotten jar of Chinese Five Spice powder.

You would not believe how good this thing smells.
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Recipes In This Post

• Rosemary Garlic Chicken Wings with Dipping Sauces
• Dead Refrigerator!

Usually on the Annual Cruise Night in Glendale, I usually cook up a bunch of Route 66 food, invite friends over, and then walk over to Cruise Night. This year was a little different, so only Spane, and Amber’s children went. I didn’t have people over, but Spane and I both like chicken wings. Read the rest of this entry »

Recipes in this Post

• Waffles
• Buffalo Chicken Wings with Grandmother’s Blue Cheese Dressing

Definition of SERENDIPITY:

the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also : an instance of this
Merriam Webster

My friend, Amber, and I went to a local garage sale, and I only took five dollars with me, mostly because I did not really want anything.

I spied with my little eye, a shiny thing with black handles. I asked “How much for the waffle iron?”  The man said, “How much do you want to pay?”  Not wanting to sound eager, I said, “Well, how much to you want for it?”  and he said, “Oh, just give me $5.00 (Five Dollars) and take it away!”  I quickly handed him the $5.00 I had, knowing this was a steal!  When his mother came over and started extolling the waffle iron, and showing me that it had reversible plates (something I really wasn’t expecting), he was disappointed that he had already the $5.00 from me.  Later I looked on Ebay, and say that my toaster goes anywhere from $35.00 to $70.00.  Wow!  What a deal!
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Recipes in this Post

• Asian Chicken Wings

When I was little girl, my mother took me to some function where there were Asian chicken wings on the buffet table.  I have always loved chicken wings, and these were wonderful.

For years, I have been trying to duplicate them, never with success.  Either they were burned, or they tasted flat, or they were too salty, or they were too sweet, or they were not brown at all.  Yuk!  Well, I was determined to finally start the New Year with a great recipe.

Without further ado, the recipe!

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