Roast chicken: attempt #1

I know, I know. It's chicken, making it a lost cause from the start. But I know chicken can taste like something gosh darn it. We tried Martha's Roast Chicken with some mixed results. I have a small fortune wrapped up in my kitchenware, and yet, I don't have a small roasting pan, or a fat separator for gravy.

Instead, we cooked it in ceramic a casserole dish - ceramic being an insulator, not a conductor. The top cooked fine but the bottom wasn't cooking. The potatoes around the side didn't cook all the way through either. And the gravy could have benefited from the fat separator...

So we will reserve our judgment for attempt #2 when we have the right tools.