The only times I ever make chicken stock are from bones that have been picked clean - I'm pretty much vegetarian, but if people are eating meat around me, I tend to think there's something vaguely ...

Oooh. Those mushrooms look absolutely amazing. And the mac-n-cheese looks yummy. My next cocktail party is getting planned!

I peel depending on the quality of the vegetable (fresh summer carrots don't get peeled, but tough winter ones do). Veggie peels and ends always wind up in broth, though, so they don'...