54 Southern Fried Chicken

Really great cooking is not always about being clever and winning awards. There is a time and place for the simple pleasures of a simple dish executed perfectly. No other dish sums this up better than a few pieces of fried chicken flavoured with herbs and spices and eaten with fingers. There’s a kind of primal urge to the eating process. A knife and a fork get in the way of the pleasure. This is eating on a gut level.

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