Slow-Cooked Chicken Dinner

If a pot of savory stew could be a vehicle for time travel, this one would transport us to a long-gone country kitchen, where an iron pot of simmering vegetables, broth, and herbs was transforming a chicken into dinner. Back then the stove was stoked with wood or coal, the fire was constant and low, and boiled dinners like this were daily fare. Although dishes like this one have fallen out of fashion, few recipes transform a kitchen into the heart of a home more magically than it can. Be su