The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
by Mitzi Perdue
Preface: Why I Chickened Out
Introduction: You Don't Need to Wing It! Let Frank Take You
Under His.
Everything You Wanted or Needed to Know about Selecting,
Storing and Cooking Chicken
Chapter 1. Chicken for Everyday
Tips on Cooking in a Hurry, plus: Quick Recipes, Simple
Recipes, and Family Favorites
Chapter 2. Chicken for the Microwave
Tips for Using the Microwave, plus: Quick Microwave
Recipes, and Classic Recipes Adapted for the Microwave
Chapter 3. Chicken for Dieters
Tips for Dieters, plus: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol
Recipes
Chapter 4. Chicken for Children
Tips on Cooking for Kids, plus: Recipes for Kids to Eat and
Recipes for Kids to Cook
Chapter 5. Chicken for Barbecuing
Tips for Cooking Outdoors, plus Recipes for Barbecuing
Chapter 6. Chicken for Crowds
Tips on Quantity Cooking, plus Recipes for Crowds
Chapter 7. Chicken for Tomorrow or Next Week
Tips on Storing and Freezing, plus Cook Ahead Recipes
Chapter 8. Chicken for Holidays
Chicken and Holiday Cooking, plus: Menus and Recipes for
the Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Fourth
of July, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Christmas
Chapter 9. Chicken for Important Occasions
Chicken for When You Want Something Different and Exciting,
plus Show Stopper Recipes
Chapter 10. Chicken for Planovers
Tips on Food Safety, plus Recipes for the Rest of the Bird
Conclusion: A Rare Bird
What Frank Is Really Like
Acknowledgements
I've often thought that inspiration is one of the greatest gifts one person can give another, and
there are several people who were an inspiration in writing this book. First is a woman whom I would
term the Godmother of this book, Connie Littleton, the Director of Advertising and Marketing Services
at Perdue. She is a woman totally committed to excellence, and if that commitment to excellence meant
she had to read and edit until the wee hours of the morning, she always did it as if it were a
matter of course. With each passing day, I gained increasing respect for her