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  <id>11719</id>
  <title>The Perfect Fried Chicken</title>
  <published_at>Wed Jul 01 15:02:00 -0700 2009</published_at>
  <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/11719</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <short_description>As determined by the Lee brothers</short_description>
  <long_description>As determined by the Lee brothers.</long_description>
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  <author>Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith</author>
  <category>
    <id>90</id>
    <name>The Perfect</name>
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	<h1>The Perfect Fried Chicken</h1>


	<h3>By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith</h3>


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	<p>When Southern food experts <a target="blank" href="http://www.mattleeandtedlee.com/">Matt and Ted Lee</a> announced that Chef Charles Gabriel&#8217;s fried chicken from <a href="http://www.chow.com/places/3186">Rack &#38; Soul</a> in Manhattan was perfect, we knew we needed to investigate. The brothers—James Beard Award–winning food writers, <i>New York Times</i> contributors, and cookbook authors (<a target="blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039305781X?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=c037-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=039305781X"><i>The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook</i></a>)—explore the secrets of Chef Gabriel&#8217;s thrice-seasoned, skillet-fried delicacy. Look for the Lee brothers&#8217; newest book, <a target="blank" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780307453594.html"><i>Simple Fresh Southern</i></a>, in November.</p>


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<p class="author_bio_new"><em>The unparalleled. The best in show. We call it <a class="red" href="http://www.chow.com/stories/90/category">The Perfect</a>: our video series on how something so very good gets to be that way.</em></p>]]>
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