July 2022

Book: The Chicken Sisters

Author: K.J. Dell’Antonia

“The spaces around us reflect the spaces inside us, and when those things don’t go together, that’s how we know we need to make a change.”
― K.J. Dell’Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

“The restaurants are very different, by asking which you like. The restaurants are very different, Mimi’s is pretty simple and BYOB while Frannie’s has a bar. Some people go to Mimi’s because they really love the pie but it’s better to go to Frannie’s if you have someone in your family who is a picky eater or vegetarian because they will be able to find something that isn’t chicken. Chicken Frannie’s has fried mozzarella and cheesecake.”
― K.J. Dell’Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

“Good fried chicken was remarkably hard to come by in New York, but this—tender, with just enough crust-only bits protruding, skin peeling easily away from the meat—this was good. The fries were thin and still hot, some with crunch, some with bite, lightly sprinkled with the salt blend they’d always used. The biscuits were fresh and flaky, and the salad’s iceberg lettuce was dressed in Mimi’s trademark sweet oil dressing—a closely guarded (but really very simple, and once very common) recipe.”
― K.J. Dell’Antonia, The Chicken Sisters