When my husband and our friends decided to meet for an early dinner at Croaker’s Spot on a Saturday, I didn’t make reservations, figuring it would be easy to snag a table for four at 5 p.m. The ...
First, place a deep-sided 12-inch skillet or fry pan on the stove top, pour in enough of the oil so that it half-fills the pan, and crank up the fire. Ideally, you want to heat the oil to between ...