This photo was taken in July when we were doing our 18th-19th century studies. Chicken Marengo is a dish that Napoleon’s cook made for him after the Battle of Marengo. A great account of what happened can be found here. Our recipe comes from Julia Child’s The Way to Cook. However, I am not typing it here as we’re leaving on Wednesday and I have a ton of things to take care of. I found a Chicken Marengo recipe at Epicurious.com, but it is not anywhere near the original. Luckily, I found this recipe from a Boston PBS station which is closest to the one in Julia Child’s book. There’s another one here that looks even closer to the original, but crayfish is a rarity in these parts, so I had to use shrimp anyway. It is a fun and unusual dish to prepare, and the kids liked the novelty of having shrimp, eggs and bread together with the chicken. Interestingly, the chicken itself is prepared in much the same way as we Filipinos prepare our apritada/afritada/fritada.