Tag: Adrian Miller
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John Mariani, Adrian Miller, and the ‘Scottish Fried Chicken’ Myth
1983 saw the publication of The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, authored by the American food writer John F. Mariani. In the book, Mariani offered the following account of the genesis of Southern fried chicken: The Scottish, who enjoyed frying their chickens rather than boiling or baking them as the English did, may have brought the method…
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On the Purported Scottish Origins of Southern Fried Chicken: A Myth Debunked
This post has been updated and expanded and can now be read here.
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Fried Chicken in Colonial Virginia: Assessing the Evidence
Was ‘Southern fried chicken’ an established dish in Virginia long before the publication of the first printed recipe in Mary Randolph’s The Virginia House-Wife (1824)? In Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time (2013), African American food writer Adrian Miller suggests that it was. Miller writes: No one knows…