Chicken frying above a rack of finished pieces

2025-03

Chicken frying above a rack of finished pieces, 2025 — photograph by Ray Patrick

Food

Subject

A tall steel pot of chicken frying hard on the stove with a wire lifter hooked over the rim, and below it a tray of already-fried thighs resting on a rack, their skin pale gold and crackled.

From the artist:

I know it's been a bit of a fried chicken month. But the Gus requested it so here you go. Everyone invited! @Gus