The Contests

Editors' Picks -- Week 37

March 4, 2010

Roast Chicken week proved to be an especially difficult one for the judges at food52 -- it took us twice as long to scour the submissions for potential finalists as it normally would, simply because the recipes were so good and the techniques so well-honed and specific. Here's what we learned: you people are passionate about your roast chicken!

Savorykitchen uses a hair dryer to dry out the skin for a perfect, crackly crust in her Citrus Roasted Chicken. arielleclementine doesn't let a drop of rich, chicken-y goodness out of her grasp, rendering out the extra fat that others might discard for the potatoes in her Schmaltz-y Roasted Chicken and Potatoes. And aargersi, if left to her devices, would scarf up all the crispy skin from her Roasted Chicken with Honey, Lemon and Rosemary without sharing any!

Fanatics, all of you. We're so proud.

Now, without further ado, here are our Editors' Picks!

Comments (12)Add yours

SaySchwartzAndBeSure 4 months ago: Thanks to all! Roast chicken is my favorite comfort food and it was a delight to see so many who felt the same but had so different an approach.
ENunn 4 months ago: Congrats to everyone! The creativity and deliciousness-apparent in these two contests makes it so hard to decide what to vote for--never mind where to start cooking.
gluttonforlife 4 months ago: Proud to be included in this group of fanatics and dreamers! Thank you!
pierino 4 months ago: I knew that this would be a tough battle. Perfect chicken is that one thing that all accomplished cooks aspire to. Looking forward to next week's themes.
shayma 4 months ago: Congrats, all. I am most honoured to be in such lovely company, too. And a special congrats to Glutton For Life for *two* nominations in this category (cant you tell, i am excited about the upcoming Oscars!).
aargersi 4 months ago: Congrats to all, and such a great collection of recipes - I am very happy and honored to be a part of this! I want to try every single one of these recipes.
coffeefoodwritergirl 4 months ago: Congrats everyone!
Lizthechef 4 months ago: How fun to be a small part of such an incredible gathering of cooks...Now it's time to run out and hug my Meyer lemon tree;)
lastnightsdinner 4 months ago: Such wonderful recipes, all of them! Congrats, folks!
arielleclementine 4 months ago: congratulations picks and finalists! what a tasty bunch!
MrsWheelbarrow 4 months ago: Nice to be in such very good company. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
TasteFood 4 months ago: Thank you for the nod, and congratulations to this weeks' finalists for their delicious recipes!

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