The answer, she said, could be found in the dinner that was being served: "He likes chicken."

She did not like ribs and chicken.

"I like chicken and bacon with asparagus and spicy tomato sauce," he says.

The rest of them will fry you like chicken, so don't slip and reach out and grab one.

"In most countries, people like pizza and they like chicken."

Turns out I am genetically predisposed to liking chicken.

They do notice how much he likes fried chicken, apparently, ordering it by the bucket, and that he never offers anybody else some.

He likes chicken in red-hot chilli powder and tabasco sauce.

Juan had confessed to me the year before that they weren't sure if they liked fried chicken.

I don't like chicken on my dinner any more.