How Readers Cooked Our February 2014 Cover: Chicken and Dumplings with Mushrooms
You might think it'd be incredibly difficult to take a bowl of braised chicken (brown) with mushrooms (brown) and dumplings (white/brown) swimming in broth (brown) and make it look as good as it tastes. But by the grace of styling and photography, our expert team pulled it off. So much so that we put said bowl of Chicken and Dumplings with Mushrooms right on our February cover. Better yet, you, our readers, were into it, and we must say, we're pretty impressed with your styling too. Here's how it came out in your kitchens.
Foxes Love Lemons1/5Foxes Love Lemons
"Despite all of my struggles with and complaints about these photos, this recipe is really very tasty. I took the liberty of adding some lemon zest to the dumplings, because lemon zest makes everything better." Check it out at Foxes Love Lemons
2/5There's a Newf in my Soup
"I've missed participating in Bon Appetit's "Cook the Cover Challenge" the past few months, and February's "Modern Comfort" version of Chicken and Dumplings looked too good to pass up. I don't even recall if I've ever made Chicken and Dumplings, but I did enjoy this version with bacon, white wine, and assorted mushrooms. It was even better the next day for leftovers." Check it out at There's a Newf in my Soup!
3/5BS' in the Kitchen
"I had to restrain myself from eating all of this! Although it has been very nice the past couple days, this is definitely a dish I will be whipping up again on a extra cold evening!" Check it out at BS' in the Kitchen
4/5M's Belly
"Holy crap was this recipe ever delicious. 'Such silken rich broth! So meaty! Is this really chicken???' The Hubs and I exchanged several questions over our stew in-between the mmmmm’s, slurps, and gahhhhhmmm’s…declared this magnificent one-pot-wonder of a meal to be the most perfect, bone-warming stew for a freezing-rain, dreary cold day outside." Check it out at M's Belly
5/5Queen Jeanne's Cuisine
"I knew the minute I retrieved it from my mailbox, that this was just what I needed to chase those blues away. My house was filled with delicious aromas and the completed dish was perfectly balanced." Check it out at Queen Jeanne's Cuisine
