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Archives for October 2012

Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies

October 29, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

I have a fantastic cookie to share with you this week. It’s simple, not too sweet, not too rich and downright addictive. Frankly I am beginning to think anything Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito (of Baked Bakery fame) come up with is delicious and addictive. Goodness knows their cookbooks as a whole are!

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, cream cheese, reviews Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate chips, cookbooks, cookies, cream cheese

Uncle Chris’s “Fist Sized Meatballs”

October 26, 2012 By Laura 11 Comments

In case you are wondering, Alex named the meatballs. She has a sense for the literal, my kid. I was leaning toward “Man Sized Meatballs.”

Filed Under: beef, family recipes, ground beef, Italian American, kids cooking, meatballs, pasta, pork Tagged With: beef, ground beef, Italian, Italian American, Italian sausage, marinara, meatballs, pasta, pork, sausage, veal

Salted Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

October 20, 2012 By Laura 12 Comments

Salted Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I am watching football as I write this. That might be a bad idea. I am reduced to multi-tasking because life has been just so hectic lately–as it is every October, really. Between various birthdays, annual autumnal celebrations, cleaning for my in-laws visiting, Halloween and, well, stuff, I seem to always be gasping for air in… 

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Filed Under: browned butter, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking Tagged With: browned butter, chocolate, chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chunk, cookies

Gingerbread Pancakes

October 17, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

We seriously believe in birthdays in this house. OK, *I* seriously believe in birthdays, and so my kids do now too. I am not sure John had a huge say in the matter. But anyway, that explains why it does not phase me in the least to cook for 4 different birthday celebrations per kid.

Filed Under: breakfast, fall spices, flatbreads, molasses, pancakes, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, flatbreads, gingerbread, pancakes, whole grains, whole wheat

Persian Rice and Beans with Pickled Red Onions and Fried Eggs, Sunny Side Up

October 14, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

Caramelizing onions for Persian dish

I am becoming more and more obsessed with eggs. Which is weird, because in my previous, not obsessed with eggs life, I did not really even like eggs. Except after a night of too much drinking–then for some reason I craved scrambled eggs. Go figure. But I digress. The point being I never used to… 

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Filed Under: beans, dried fruit, eggs, Middle Eastern dishes, Persian, rice, vegetarian Tagged With: advieh, beans, Chestnut lima, dried Christmas Lima beans, eggs, fried eggs, Iranian, legumes, Persian, rice

Pistachio and Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

October 11, 2012 By Laura 16 Comments

Dark Chocolate Chunk and Pistachio Cookies

I have actually dreamt about these cookies since making them. They are hands down the best cookie I have had in ages–which is not to detract from any of the other fabulous cookies I have waiting to share with you. They are good, in some cases amazing, too. But this one, well… Wow. It was… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Pistachios, whole grains Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate chips cookies, chocolate chunks, cookies, nuts, pistachios, whole grains, whole wheat, whole wheat cookies

Shrimp and Chicken Curry with Apples and Basil; Watermelon Sambhar

October 7, 2012 By Laura 12 Comments

Preparing apples for curry

A lot of the furnishings in my home have been cobbled together from various hand me downs from family members. Recently, John and I decided that we needed a different approach to the girls’ bedrooms, so we made a trip to IKEA. While we were there, we also started thinking about my cookbook problem collection.

Filed Under: apples, chicken, coconut milk, curry, dal, easily made vegetarian, fruit, Indian recipes, Pinterest dishes, seafood, shrimp, soup, split peas, vegetarian, watermelon Tagged With: apples, basil, chicken, curries, dahl, dal, fusion, Indian, recipe, sambar, sambhar, seafood, shrimp, split peas, vegetarian, watermelon

#BundtaMonth: Glazed Orange Pumpkin Bundt Cake

October 3, 2012 By Laura 15 Comments

Orange Pumpkin Bundt Cake cooling in fleur de lis pan

I know, I know. I just posted a bundt cake for Bundt A Month. So this probably seems like 2 bundts in one month. But see the thing is, last time I had just discovered the group and was baking along just like you can this month (see below). This month I’m in the door, as… 

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Filed Under: blog events, breakfast, bundt cakes, cakes, oranges, pumpkin Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, breakfast cakes, bundt, bundt cake, cakes, citrus, orange, pumpkin

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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