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Now, “people are eating more chicken thighs—for protein, for flavor, and for economical reasons,” said Chef Eric Huang, Pecking House’s founder and a former Eleven Madison Park sous-chef.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Pecking order: Spotting a woodpecker in Inverness was Stuart Lilley.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

He started a ghost kitchen in Queens called Pecking House based on five-spice-seasoned fried chicken generously basted with Tianjin chile oil — ingredients in his family’s Chinese restaurant pantry.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

Poultry in motion: The 2017 documentary "Pecking Order" explores the wacky world of chicken-breeding competitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2018

Chickens go back to Pecking at the sandy ground.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto