Photo-Shoot Chicken

My mother did not make chicken very often because it is one of the few things my father doesn’t like. She loves chicken, however, so occasionally she’d make something else for my father and chicken for us. I loved the braised chicken she made, usually with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. This dish was inspired by what remained after a photo shoot in our house. Zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, and onions had been purchased to create an attractive still life, and they needed to be used, so “photo-