Aunty Mary Ann and Uncle Lito have an awesome kitchen. Not only is it spacious and nicely fitted, there is also just about every equipment and utensil needed in running a small restaurant. So whenever I get a chance I try to cook something special for dinner. It's also kind'a cool to cook for the fun of it instead of doing it at work, like what I'm used to. Yesterday I made Coq-au-vin. (Chicken braised in red wine.)

Basically all you do is fry some chicken pieces, whack them into an oven dish, fill it 2/3 with red wine and then braise it in the oven on low heat for an hour or so. Then reduce the liquid so the flavor intensifies. And it's done! It's a very easy dish to make. The only thing is that you need a bit of spare time, and at the moment I got plenty of that! :)