Tortellini en Brodo

Remember that chicken carcass from the Whole Roast Chicken that you didn’t throw away because I told you it makes the BEST chicken soup?! Well, now is your chance! It’s not much different than the Turkey Soup for the Soul preparation but let’s go through it again. SHOPPING LIST: (reserved chicken carcass), cheese tortellini, 1

The Whole Chicken

Let me tell you the truth. At the French Culinary Institute, we had to perfectly roast a chicken EVERY day – and then perfectly butcher it, without messing up the perfectly browned skin. I aced my final exam, I had mastered the Frenched chicken breast, and then guess what? I never made roast chicken again.

Turkey Soup for the Soul

I am a Thanksgiving fanatic. I always head to my childhood home the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to get my turkey in my homemade brine for at least 36-48 hours. I have turkey anxiety every year. I’ve always found it very stressful – I want it to be PERFECT! – and for that reason I only