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Archives for March 2012

Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Bean Stew

March 27, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

I was mourning our nice weather, because I had just acquired Crescent Dragonwagon’s Bean By Bean: A Cookbook: More than 175 Recipes for Fresh Beans, Dried Beans, Cool Beans, Hot Beans, Savory Beans, Even Sweet Beans! and felt like nothing in it was weather appropriate.  It is not yet fresh bean season,but it was unseasonably… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, beans, carrots, cookbooks, Farro, reviews, stews, sun-dried tomtoes, vegetarian

Brown Sugar Pound Cake, Slightly Salted

March 21, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I have been skating around brown sugar pound cakes for a long time now. Staring at recipes, thinking about making them, backing off and choosing a different recipe at the last minute.   We have a complicated relationship, me and brown sugar. I love it plain–I steal pinch-fuls every time I bake–but many brown sugar… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, misc. dessert

Herbed Chicken Casserole with Wild Rice, Red Rice and Cranberries

March 18, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

I am going to skip marveling at the weather–everyone in the continental 48 knows this was one weird winter–and just skip to the part that usually comes sometime in April.  We are in our fourth year in this house, and every spring I continue to be amazed and grateful that we are so lucky to… 

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Filed Under: casseroles, chicken, cranberries, Creek in Ohio, dried fruit, easily made vegetarian, Farro, rice, sauces, whole grains, wild rice, zucchini

Salted White Chocolate Brownies with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks and Macadamia Nuts

March 13, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

Ahh jet lag.  Jet lag is why I am sitting and staring at my computer screen, where most of the work has been done for me, pictures are ready, recipe typed, and yet I have nothing to say.  Despite finally getting to try a Tartine morning bun (WOW), eating at Aziza (WOW again), and all the… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, brownies, cacao nibs, chocolate, cookies, travel

No Butter Kinda Saag Chicken

March 10, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

Kinda Saag No Butter Chicken: Indian "Butter Chicken" re-imagined without butter and with spinach! Delicious and healthy!

Greetings from San Francisco!  My wonderful husband gave me a trip, sans children, to see my best friend from high school in Paolo Alto/San Francisco.  So far I have had an amazing pandan waffle from a Vietnamese food truck (made with pandanus leaf), a stellar hamburger from Zuni Cafe, chocolate ice cream with smoked sea… 

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Filed Under: chicken, curry, Indian recipes, spinach, travel

Individual Peanut Butter Mousse Pies–for Mikey–and John, Alex and Sammy

March 7, 2012 By Laura Leave a Comment

As most of you know, I was gone for a decent chunk of last summer.  I tried my best to keep up with blogging–I even became a travel blog for a short while but I did not keep up with the outside world worth a hoot.  Major League Baseball passed me by as did the excitement… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, misc. dessert, mousse, No Bake Desserts, peanut butter, pies, trifle

“Pork Claypot Rice” Adapted to My Kitchen

March 4, 2012 By Laura 1 Comment

I love the internet.  If you are interested in culinary anthropology, for lack of a better way to put being interested in exploring other cultures’ cuisines, the internet provides a wealth of information.  Sure I can read a book an American traveling in Indonesia has written about Indonesian food–I have those books, I love those… 

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Filed Under: cooks' tools, eggs, Indonesian, mushrooms, Pinterest dishes, pork, rice

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Wacky Cake and A Review of Piece of Cake!

March 1, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Full disclosure: my mom does not make cake from scratch; I did not grow up in a family where cakes were baked, aside from the occasional boxed mix.  My maternal grandma did, but my mother never.  Even pancakes, waffles and shortcakes are made with Bisquick.  Now this is the same woman who, as far as… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate, cookbooks, dairy free baking, reviews, vegan dessert

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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