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Archives for August 2010

Penne with Crimini Mushrooms, Sausage, White Beans and Escarole

August 31, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

Alex has started kindergarten. Amazingly, I can say it and even think about it without much sadness. I’ve done a lot of thinking about why. Am I a callous mom? Shouldn’t I have cried when I dropped her off? Don’t I miss her? Well I miss her a ton, but I think it comes down… 

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Filed Under: Italian American, mushrooms, pasta, sausage

Don’t Judge A Cake By Its Exterior: Chocolate Pound Cake

August 29, 2010 By Laura 13 Comments

Have you ever baked a cake and been so horrified by how it looked coming out of the pan you almost didn’t serve it? That was this cake. It was just… misshapen and lumpy. And despite releasing beautifully from an aluminum pan, parts of it had oddly released from the cake itself. And so I… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate

North African Braised Chicken

August 27, 2010 By Laura 4 Comments

I woke up this morning and I could feel autumn. The low last night was in the low 50s (F) and the air this morning was crisp, the sunshine clean and unburdened by the humidity that plagues a Midwestern summer. I know it won’t last, I know in a day or 2 the heat is… 

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Filed Under: chicken, North African cuisine, potatoes, zucchini

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake

August 25, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

Things continue to move at a frazzled pace–which is why you will see a few pound cakes before you see any cookies again. Not that cookies are hard, but nothing takes less time than whipping up a loaf, bundt or tube cake–except maybe brownies. But I digress. The point is that we continue to hurdle… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate, peanut butter

Pan Seared Tilapia with Thai Sweet & Sour Veggies

August 23, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

I have some advice for people planning summer vacations with kids who are at that just starting school/preschool age. Don’t plan them for early-mid August. You will return home and poof! just like that your summer is over and you are scrambling to get them ready for school. Supplies, back packs, preschool open houses, etc…. 

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Filed Under: corn, cucumbers, fish, rice, seafood, Thai dishes, zucchini

Key Lime Cake

August 21, 2010 By Laura 14 Comments

I have a bias against snacking cakes (frequently though not always un-frosted little square cakes) because they are just not that pretty on their own and I am too lazy to garnish much. But as soon as I saw the Key Lime Cake in Melissa’ Gray’s All Cakes Considered I knew I was going to… 

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Filed Under: cakes, lime

Hyderabadi Qabooli (Hyderabadi Pilaf of Rice & Split Peas)

August 19, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

This is actually a post about a tremendously yummy Indian pilaf–although I am sure it looks like an advertisement for cherry tomatoes. What can I say, when summer hits I start putting those deliciously sweet little guys on everything and anything. This is a pilaf that caught my eye when I was looking for stuff… 

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Filed Under: Indian recipes, rice, split peas, vegetarian

Som Tom (Thai Green Papaya Salad)

August 17, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

Have you ever tried to write about a food 2 weeks after eating it? It’s difficult. Happily for me, however, this salad is quite memorable as it actually makes my top 5 list of all dishes or foods of all time–and that is including desserts. OK now that you have picked your jaw up off… 

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Filed Under: salads, Thai dishes

We interrupt this blog…

August 8, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

This is Laura’s husband, and I’ve been asked to alert you (the readers of this blog) that due to a set of highly unusual and somewhat annoying circumstances there will be no postings by Laura (the blogger) for the next week. Laura was 90% prepared to post a new, tasty entry (and I can personally… 

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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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