{"id":17091,"date":"2015-03-26T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T16:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17091"},"modified":"2015-03-26T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T16:36:11","slug":"for-the-love-of-roast-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2015\/03\/for-the-love-of-roast-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"For The Love of Roast Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/06\/monday-meals-leftover-love\/whole_roast_chicken2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16734\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken2.jpg\" alt=\"Roast Chicken\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When people find out that I cook (a lot) or that I do recipe development, one of the first questions they ask is, &#8220;What is your signature dish?&#8221; \u00a0A close second being, &#8220;What is your favorite thing to cook?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This always left me stumped and scrambling for answer because the truth is that I like to cook all the things. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have a signature dish or a cuisine that I like to focus on. \u00a0I enjoy it all.<\/p>\n<p>However, this week, I realized that probably my favorite thing to make is a roast chicken. \u00a0There is something very elegant and classy about a great roast chicken. \u00a0It also looks fancy even though it&#8217;s so easy to make.<\/p>\n<p>I try to roast a chicken once a week and usually on Friday evenings. \u00a0That&#8217;s my idea\u00a0of a great Friday night. \u00a0In my jammies, a chicken roasting away in the oven, and sipping on a glass of wine while I prep veggies and the side dishes.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how I like to unwind after a long work week. \u00a0I don&#8217;t want to go out or really interact too much with others. \u00a0I want time to relax in my own space making a great dinner.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess the next time someone asks me what my favorite thing to make is, my answer will be a lovely roast chicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people find out that I cook (a lot) or that I do recipe development, one of the first questions they ask is, &#8220;What is your signature dish?&#8221; \u00a0A close second being, &#8220;What is your favorite thing to cook?&#8221; This always left me stumped and scrambling for answer because the truth is that I like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4rF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}