culinary exploration

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I'm a Greek self-taught cook who lives in Chicago. I learned a lot about cooking from both of my grandmothers, my mom and dad, family and friends. Passing on timeless traditions through food is one thing I strive to do in life.

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Mar 16
Fried Chicken Skin That’s right… FRIED CHICKEN SKIN!  It’s a good thing this hasn’t caught on in the US yet, because I can easily see myself sitting on the couch watching trashy TV eating bags of this salty, crispy goodness!  This was ultimately my #1 favorite non-seafood dish I ate in Japan.  A co-worker took us to a yakitori (chicken grill) place for a relaxed, more casual dinner after fancy dinners with executives and important people.  We drank lots of Asahi Super Dry beer and ate skewer after skewer of different chicken meat and parts.  Definitely the best meal that didn’t include any seafood, although a close second was the soba house we had lunch at to enjoy some buckwheat noodles.  I didn’t take any pictures there though!

Fried Chicken Skin

That’s right… FRIED CHICKEN SKIN!  It’s a good thing this hasn’t caught on in the US yet, because I can easily see myself sitting on the couch watching trashy TV eating bags of this salty, crispy goodness! 

This was ultimately my #1 favorite non-seafood dish I ate in Japan.  A co-worker took us to a yakitori (chicken grill) place for a relaxed, more casual dinner after fancy dinners with executives and important people.  We drank lots of Asahi Super Dry beer and ate skewer after skewer of different chicken meat and parts. 

Definitely the best meal that didn’t include any seafood, although a close second was the soba house we had lunch at to enjoy some buckwheat noodles.  I didn’t take any pictures there though!
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    We were just discussing this a few weekends back at Blue Smoke. I wanted to order the fried chicken (for the skin, of...
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