Receta Braised Chicken Thighs

For Christmas Red gave me the 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast cookbook by Emeril Lagasse. My son truly knows me; Fresh Food Fast reflects my cooking approach, always fast and generally fresh. The cookbook so reminded me of my mother I told my son. She loved watching the food network; Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali were her favorite chefs. Red smiled tenderly recollecting that detail, as he and mom were incredibly close.

The cookbook is organized first by total time in minutes, representing the 20-40-60, then further broken down into food groups such as soups, pasta, rice and beans, poultry, seafood and so forth. The food illustrations are limited, mostly full-page shots, and situated adjacent to the recipes, which in my opinion…