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• Chicken Parmigiana
Ingredients:
• 4 6oz. boneless and skinless chicken breasts
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup Cucina's marinara sauce
• 1/2 lb. fresh mozzarella, sliced into 8 pieces
• 1/4 cup grated Parmigiana cheese
• grounded black pepper
• chopped fresh parsley
Method:
Pound chicken breasts between 2 pieces of plastic wrap until flat.
Dip each one into beaten eggs, then into breadcrumbs, coating both sides of chicken.
Heat oil in skillet. Brown chicken on both sides, cooked until almost done. Transfer to baking sheet. Top each chicken breast with about 1/4 cup sauce, then 2 slices mozzarella cheese and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Grind pepper on top. Bake in 350 degrees for 10 min. or until cheese melts and chicken is cooked through.
Serve at once with chopped parsley on top.
Like innumerable predecessors before them, 112 - Daron, Slim, Q and Mike - met while attending high school in their native Atlanta, Georgia. United by a love of music, they formed an R&B quartet and perfected their vocal and dance skills performing at local talent shows and churches. But it wasn't long before big business came knocking in the form of record companies, notably Bad Boy Entertainment's leading player Puff Daddy. 112 were swiftly signed to his then burgeoning label, naming them after the then popular Atlanta club where they all met.
Come 1996 112 released their self titled (and now double-platinum) debut album featuring the underground monster hit 'Only You' which came complete with a (profile enhancing) guest rap by Notorious BIG. However, Biggie's ensuing success ensured another couple of years passed before, 'Room 112', the group's second album. was released.
Then things went sour. Biggiewas murdered. Rap took over the urban airwaves, female R&B groups led the singles clarion calls and Puffy became a tabloid celebrity alongside his then beau Jennifer Lopez. After Mace left Bad Boy, Puffy replaced him with an emcee called Shyne... and you all know how that ended, which, in time took Bad Boy from being the place to be to being the place not to be.
Fast forward to 2001and 112 are back with their first vocal outing since their appearance on the Notorious BIG tribute single, 'Missing You' and their third album, 'Part III' is their most musically jovial and lyrically assertive album to date. Although still only in their early twenties, 112 have taken a leading role in the production of the CD (indeed, Daron has produced all but three of the cuts), lending a cruel irony to their fortunes: that the group who enjoyed the least profile at the height of Bad Boy Records's fortunes are now the label's most creative...
So, in short, what has been happening in the world of 112?
Mike: "For the most part, after the second album we have really been trying to re-evaluate where 112 wanted to go. Most importantly we changed management, [next page]