Bryan Martin's fried chicken with homemade ranch dressing

By Bryan Martin
Updated March 9 2015 - 10:08am, first published January 21 2015 - 9:04am
Chicken wings made the American way. Photo: iStock
Chicken wings made the American way. Photo: iStock
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3, 2, 1 ... Bam, the city goes off in a big way. A new year in a very strange place and it couldn't be farther away from where we were 12 months ago. Then, with the year of our lord, twenty-fourteen, all ahead of us, we were in Byron Bay in our little secluded spot. There was certainly some partying going down but nothing like this. Times Square in New York City - well not quite seeing as it's just so crammed solid with humanity, the closest we got was the corner of Eighth Avenue and 46th Street. The ball dropped and the ticker tape and confetti showered the estimated 1 million people who are all looking upwards in groups taking photos of themselves with the omnipresent selfie-stick.