Skillet Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is a great travel food. Fried chicken used to be a common weekly dish in American homes, but is one that you see less and less often. Given the continued success of fast…
Category Archives: Recipes
The Secret to Delicious Southern Biscuits
As a kid I occasionally used to get to go on road trips with my grandmother during summer vacation. She would load up the car, and we would head off through Florida, to Georgia, the…
Muhammara Hot Pepper Dip
Nearly a decade ago, my cousin and his family came down from New York to visit and for some reason he brought me a little container of muhammara from a Syrian grocery store near their…
Baba Ganoush Roasted Eggplant Dip
In my recent hummus post, I talk about the surging popularity of that tangy, chickpea based mezze. I often wish that Baba Ganoush (or Baba Ganough, or any of the other possible spellings and names…
Hummus Recipe
Hummus. It’s taking over the nation. Only a few (ok, maybe several) short years ago if I wanted to buy hummus I either had to go to the nearest organic-food-super-store (which won’t be named), or…
Pistachio and Lamb Kebabs
The Mint & Aleppo Pepper Chicken Kebabs from Saveur No. 157 drew me in, mainly because I’m a big fan of Aleppo pepper. And because Saveur is my favorite cooking magazine. And because this is…
Mint & Aleppo Pepper Chicken Kebabs
I stumbled across Aleppo pepper for the first time about 8 years ago. My cousin had brought me a container of muhammara from a little Syrian deli in New York, and I loved the stuff.…
Creamy, Tangy Coleslaw Recipe
Summer time, summer time. Pulled pork, BBQ chicken, smoked brisket, and burgers on the grill. What do all of these have in common? They are all grilled. They are all meat. Three of them are…
Roasted Salsa Recipe
Summer is in full swing, and so my thoughts turn to outdoor entertaining, margaritas, and salsa. Actually, that’s not entirely true. My thoughts always turn to salsa. I have a salsa problem. I think of…
Ratatouille at Bonnaroo
So, not all of the travel we do here at The Moveable Chef is exotic. Or, at least not all of the destinations are exotic. Manchester, Tennessee appears to be a reasonably normal small American…