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Archives for July 2010

Salty Ancho Peanut Butter Cookies

July 30, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

I got the idea for these cookies from the Rogue Bakery, a homemade, home-delivered cookie bakery in Columbus and Cleveland. I actually have not tried their spicy peanut butter cookies, but when I heard the owner/baker say ancho and peanut butter in the same tweet, I was instantly intrigued. (For what it’s worth, I have… 

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Filed Under: cookies, peanut butter, peanuts

Sour Chickpea Soup

July 25, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

Sour Chickpea Soups

Sour Chickpea Soup is a chicken soup flavored with cumin and caraway seeds that is delicious any time of year. I updated these pictures in Summer 2020. The soup in the more recent photos were served over Basmati rice (it was all I had) and we used more rice, leading to a bulkier looking soup. … 

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Filed Under: chicken, chickpeas, Instant Pot, soup, stews, tomatoes, wine, yogurt Tagged With: chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, soup, stew, white wine, wine, yogurt

Summertime Barley Salad

July 22, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

Summer is an occasionally frustrating time for me, because I love one pot meals. And let’s face it, most one pot meals do not really scream summer. Curries, stews, casseroles… these all heat the kitchen and are heavy in the tummy. Which is why I was completely fascinated by Marcus Samuelsson’s “Staples” chapter in his… 

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Filed Under: barley, lime, salads, tomatoes, vegetarian

Sweet & Spicy Party Nuts

July 20, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

Sorry for the extended silence again! Every time I get caught up with life something else comes along to disrupt. This time it was the annual pig roast, and the myriad of brownies and blondies I made for it, along with the trip home to Columbus. And the fatigue from dancing until the wee hours… 

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Salty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

July 12, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

These are the cookies to reach for when you cannot decide between the Chocolate Sugar Cookies and the Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies. Their texture, thin and chewy, resembles the sugar cookies, with the salt and oats of the latter cookie. I love all 3 and do not regret making any of them, although… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, oats Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, oatmeal, oats

Smoky Chicken & Sausage Gumbo with Corn, Midwestern Spiced Life Style

July 11, 2010 By Laura 14 Comments

Traditional gumbo is a very good thing. I am not disputing that fact; I’m just sayin’ that if gumbo had been invented in the midwest it would have corn in it. Ya’ll down in N’Awlins might have the best seafood (when the Gulf isn’t full of oil), the okra, the scrumptious andouille sausage, but let’s… 

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Filed Under: chicken, corn, Creole/Cajun, sausage, stews

Margarita Cookies

July 9, 2010 By Laura 14 Comments

I came to margarita appreciation very late in life. I of course did not drink at all while my epilepsy was active, at which point my only memory of tequila was extremely nasty cheap stuff in college. But I love limes, and so one day after I started drinking again I tried one. Wow. So… 

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Filed Under: cookies, lemon baked goods, lime

An Even Better Thai Green Curry & Evil Good Toasted Corn Nuts

July 8, 2010 By Laura 4 Comments

I have been a bad blogger. Like many bloggers, I get various product offers, most of which I ignore but some I take advantage of because I am genuinely interested in the product. One of those was an offer from Superior Nut to send me some of their stuff to test. Of course right after… 

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Filed Under: curry, green beans, Thai dishes

Best Waffles Ever, A.K.A. Classic Buttermilk Waffles

July 6, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

I bet you all thought my new waffle iron was gathering dust. Admit it, you did. That I had purchased a unitasker of the worst kind and after having played with it for a while, it was now sitting lonely and neglected somewhere. Not so fast, my friend! (Any Lee Corso fans in the house?)… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, buttermilk, waffles

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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