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……………..This is a chicken receipt that was given to me by CHANTAL……When she and Angela visited me over the Halloween Holiday, Chantal brought chicken parts, breasts, thighs, legs and wings that she had been marinating for 24 hours . The marinade consisted of…..olive oil, lemon juice, white wine, garlic, shallots, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, salt and pepper……We baked it in the oven for one hour, and it was DELICIOUS……I was getting bored with chicken!….but made this way was so flavorful, that I started to like chicken once more….We also had root vegetables drizzled with honey, which is how Jac always made it. This was knew to Chantal and she LOVED IT….Angela also make a cauliflower with three cheeses to complete the “Mischief Day” meal….I decided to give it a try on my own, so I bought everything except the breasts. The rosemary, bay leaves, and thyme were fresh, not dried out in a container. I cut up the shallots, and chunks of garlic, and added them into a large bowl with all of the other ingredients. Then I washed and patted dry all of the chicken after cutting away the excess skin from the thighs. It all went into the mixture, and I let it marinate in the refrigerator over night. In the morning I mixed it all up with a large spoon to make sure all of the chicken soaked in the marinade, and back into the refrigerator it went. In the evening when I was ready to cook it I lined the baking pan with parchment paper….I laid the chicken out with the garlic, shallots, some of the rosemary and thyme twigs. I lightly drizzled some of the marinade over each piece [not too much…I didn’t want too much liquid], and put it in the oven at 400 degrees….There was a lot of chicken so I left part of it in the marinade, and back in the refrigerator…..which I cooked the next day……Lots of protein!…….After an hour I took it out and put the chicken on a plate to rest before eating…..It not only looked great, but it taste just like the chicken Chantal had made for us……..DELICIOUS……If your bored with chicken…..give this a try……….I’m sure you will love it!

…………………It’s a FULL MOON, and the tides are very high!….The sea is crashing over the patios!…and after Super Storm Sandy my patios were made a foot higher!…..This used to be a rare occurrence. but it’s happening more and more frequently…..It’s okay as long as it doesn’t come up onto the lawn, which has happened only during a hurricane or bad nor’easter…..RISING WATERS……GLOBAL WARMING!

………………HAD TO POST THIS!………….YASMEEN looks so darn beautiful in the butter soft black leather trench coat!…….”ATTITUDE!”

……………..Last night I met a dear friend who I haven’t seen in years……..Jeanne Winer……….Jeanne and I worked together at Anne Klein and then again when I designed the “DEI TRE” collection for Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. She was my “fabric developer” and buyer……She has been representing foreign fabric mills now fore many years….She moved, with her husband John to South Carolina, and is very happy there….but she still works for these companies. When they come to NYC to see clients, Jeanne comes to NY and takes them to see the clients, and does all the ordering and follow through…..We were happy to see each other, and as Jeanne said, “it was like we didn’t skip a beat!”……..I rarely go into NYC, and yesterday remined me why!!!. What is normally a 45 minute to an hour drive took me almost 3 hours. For those of you who know the Willis Ave bridge which takes to to the east side on Riverside Drive, was blocked with many police cars….for what reason I don’t know. There was no accident so I don’t know why they closed most of the bridge to one lane. There are four tributary roads that feed on to the bridge, and it literally took over an hour to get to Riverside Drive…..Not all that familiar driving down town, instead of veering to the left on E. Houston Street which would have taken me right to Lafayette Street where INDOCHINE is located, I went to the right and got lost…..After asking many people how to get to Lafayette Street I finally arrived 45 minutes late for our 7:00 reservation……however Jeanne told them I was stuck in traffic, and they said not to worry….We sat, ordered drinks, and began to catch up on our lives since last we met…..Indochine is a very old restaurant, and opened in 1983 or 4, and i was there when it opened…..It was a haven for all kinds of famous people. One night Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn were all sitting a booth together!…..The food is still wonderful, and the restaurant, after all of these years is sill packing them in…….We had a great time!!!!….After dropping Jeanne off at her hotel….it took me 45 minutes to get home!!!!…………..Next time Jeanne is in town she promised to come up to CT.