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Greenspan had her friends Walter and Patricia Wells over for dinner, and she cooked a whole chicken in a pot, covered with wine and broth. It sounds delicious and a completely new, non-roasting take for us. There's a link to the recipe below.

Here's her description of Walter cutting the bird:

Walter was firm and sure with the chicken -- he located the joints immediately, cut through them cleanly and quickly carved the bird into portions. Then, because in addition to being dexterous Walter is sweet, he scooped out the 'oysters' -- those chunklets of meat on the edges of the back between the wings and thighs -- and set them aside for me. And he carved off a piece of the breast bone -- I'd call it the wishbone; he called it the pulley bone, a sign of his southern roots -- and told me to guard that morsel, too. You gotta love a guy who can carve and coddle at the same time.

It just painted a lovely moment to us—a cook dealing with his food and his hungry spectator with careful attention.

Get the recipe: Walter Wells: A Good Man Around a Chicken

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