Hello! And welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook. I’m so glad you’re here!
This week here at The Stone Soup Cook, I am highlighting French food. There is so much to learn and love about French food that it’s hard to know where to start.
Mr. Stone Soup and I have traveled widely in France and visited Paris probably eight or nine times and the sights, sounds and most of all the food never get tiresome. We have several favorite restaurants in Paris that we tend to visit again and again. But if I were to name one, most quintessentially French, or most iconically Parisian taste and smell, it would have to be roast poulet and frites, or roast chicken and fries. While strolling the streets of Paris, you can find little storefronts selling it or even find it being sold by vendors with carts. The taste and smell are ubiquitous to France, and always, always delicious.
If you’ve visited my site in the past, you know that I love to roast chickens. A small chicken (3-4 pounds) will provide at least two to three meals–starting with a piece of roast chicken on day one, that turns into a casserole, frittata or street tacos on day two and finally chicken soup on day three. But that first day, when it comes out of the oven, with its crispy, deeply golden-brown skin and juicy, tender meat, is magical–it smells like heaven and tastes like home. I love frites when I’m in Paris (and at McDonald’s!), but I don’t make them at home. Instead, I make oven-roasted potatoes, which are almost as good and far easier to deal with than a deep fryer–although I have heard that air-fryers do a good job, too.
Roast chicken is a super easy and quick weeknight dinner that is immensely satisfying and truly the gift that keeps giving!
Chicken stew and fresh bread:
Thanks for tuning into my blog today–tune in tomorrow for more fun with French food! Until then,
Peace, love and good food,
Keri
