Barbara’s Picnic Fried Chicken

Unlike many fried chicken recipes that use a combination of wet and dry coatings, this one, passed down from the author’s mother, Barbara Alexander, employs just generously spiced and seasoned flour. This allows for a thinner but still super-crispy coating. “My late mother’s fried chicken recipe was a link to my past—and to my daughter’s future. Frying chicken right can feel like riding a bike backward. Or writing a sonnet. It’s hard, sometimes elusive. But there is a form to guide you, and with practice you can find the flow.” Read more about this fried chicken recipe and it’s significance to Kwame here.