Of all the pain-in-the-ass dishes to cook at home, fried chicken ranks high. But unlike, say, slaving over your kitchen for a chocolate soufflé, the labor-to-deliciousness ratio of frying chicken makes it worth your while. We’ve assembled the makers of some of our favorite variations of fried chicken across the…
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 UPDATE: Welp, looks like we shouldn’t have worried about not writing about KFC this week. Now that the chicken shortage is apparently under control, a new crisis is afoot. Fortune reports that “KFC outlets in the U.K. are reporting a shortage of the fried chicken joint’s famous gravy just weeks after…
My kid just turned 2, and we decided to order fried chicken for his party. It required little work on my part, it was cheap, and a crowd-pleaser. As always, I overestimated the appetite of our guests, and we ended up with two buckets worth of leftover KFC. My brother-in-law Nick and I were then discussing ways of…
One might argue America’s most beloved chickens wings are churned out of a former teriyaki stand in Southeast Portland.
What strikes me about the Japanese relationship with fried chicken is the frequency of consumption—more often than a once-in-a-while indulgence. In America, eating fried chicken every day is viewed as gluttonous behavior. The same practice in Japan is met with gentler judgment.
Here is all you need to know about Popeye’s Ghost Pepper Wings, which has returned to its menu for a limited time: I previously thought KFC was best-in-class in the fast food hot wings category. Not anymore. Popeye’s is our new leader.
The one time I suggested to my wife that we visit Hooters for some wings, she looked at me like I had sworn in church. She would never step foot in that den of smut, not in a thousand years. For me, it was all about the Buffalo-style fried chicken wings, which I found delicious. But it was a hard sell convincing her I…
The Colonel must’ve discovered a Brian Eno record or gotten into Cy Twombly, because he’s been going through his experimental, weird-shit phase. Just this week, KFC’s Singapore division introduced the Chizza—pizza toppings melted atop a fried chicken “dough.” There were the comedy-bit-inspiring Famous Bowls, and who…
