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Archives for December 2012

Top 13 Foodie Recommendations 2012, The Spiced Life Style

December 29, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

OXO Chef's Mandoline

It’s that time of year! Lists, lists, and more lists! I love them! I spent the day perusing the 50 top singles and albums of 2012 from Rolling Stone. My Pay Pal account is lighter because of it. I have been checking out the top cookbook lists, although I have not seen a ton yet…. 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, End of year "best" lists, misc, reviews, Tools Tagged With: 2012, baking, cookbooks, cooking, cooking tools, lists, recommendations, reviews

Kozani Braised Beef with Grape Molasses

December 25, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Greek Beef Stew with Grape Must Syrup

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!! I apologize for having dropped off the planet. I got strep throat and an ear infection for the second time in 2 weeks (both!!), and between that and last minute holiday stuff, the blog just took a backseat for a while.

Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, beef stew, cookbooks, Greek Cuisine, reviews, stews Tagged With: beef, beef chuck, braise, grape molasses, grape must syrup, Greek, Kozani, Macedonian, stew

Cardamom Pistachio Icebox Cookies

December 20, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

Cardamom Pistachio Cookies

Cardamom Pistachio Icebox Cookies are a unique and delicious twist on butter cookies. They are one of the Holiday cookies I make every year.  Part of being a good parent is putting on a good face when you are troubled. Making sure that personal, or in the case of last Friday, national trauma does not… 

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Filed Under: cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Pistachios, shortbread Tagged With: cardamom, cookies, Holidays, icebox, pistachios, sandy, shortbread, slice and bake

Middle Eastern Scrambled Eggs with Meat and Onion: Review of An Edible Mosaic

December 18, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

I mentioned a while back that I have joined Kitchen Play’s new program: Cookbook Tour. It is an innovation program aimed at both supporting food blogging cookbook authors and exploring the idea that food bloggers are crucial in promoting cookbooks through reviews and social media. You guys know how I feel about that–I’ve been reviewing… 

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Filed Under: beef, blog events, cookbooks, easily made vegetarian, eggs, ground beef, Middle Eastern dishes, reviews, sauces Tagged With: beef, cookbook review, eggs, garlic, ground beef, Middle Eastern, parsley, pita bread, sauces, scrambled eggs, toumieh

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Chocolate Butter Balls AKA Lump of Coal Cookies

December 14, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

Chocolate Butter Ball Cookies

Chocolate Butter Balls are a fantastic and chocolatey twist on wedding cookies, which makes them perfect for the holidays, when I love to refer to them as Lump of Coal Cookies. My kids love them, so when Sammy made them for the holidays in 2020 I updated my pictures. Original photos are still included because… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, reviews Tagged With: baking, butter balls, chocolate, christmas, cookbook, cookies, hazelnuts, Holidays, lumps of coal, nuts, wedding cookies

Rosemary Citrus Biscotti & Cashew Chipotle Beer Brittle: Review of The Daily Cookie

December 10, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chipotle Cashew Beer Brittle

Was holiday cookie baking and candy making a tradition in your childhood? It was in mine. My grandma would come to visit and she and my mom would churn out gazillions of Date Nut Pinwheels and some other dried fruit/nut cookie that I don’t remember the name of (I confess I never ate either as… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, Boozy Desserts, brittle, candy, cookbooks, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, lemon baked goods, Pistachios, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: beer, biscotti, brittle, candy, cashews, citrus, cookbook review, cookies, lemon, orange, pistachios, rosemary, white chocolate

Chicken and Cauliflower in Coconut and Mustard Sauce

December 8, 2012 By Laura 22 Comments

Bengali Chicken, Butternut Squash and Cauliflower with Coconut Mustard--this is serious gateway food! Everyone loves this meal!

This Bengali Chicken, Butternut Squash and Cauliflower with Coconut and Mustard knocks it out of the park! For being a relatively mild dish, it packs a wallop of flavor! I made this dish again and updated the photos in November 2015. The curry was as fantastic as I remembered! A copy of The Bengali Five… 

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Filed Under: butternut squash, cauliflower, chicken, coconut milk, cookbooks, curry, easily made vegetarian, Indian recipes, reviews, yogurt Tagged With: Bengali, butternut squash, cauliflower, chicken, coconut, coconut milk, curry, Indian, mustard, squash, winter squash

A Review of Marshmallow Madness: Kahlua & Cream Marshmallows

December 4, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Sometimes you get offered a book to review that you are really excited to try cooking or baking from–but just not that time of year. I am extremely moody when it comes to the seasons and food. I don’t like gingersnaps in the spring or summer. I used to refuse to eat Indian curries in… 

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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookbooks, marshmallows, mint chocolate, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: candy, chocolate, cream, kahlua, marshmallows, mint chocolate, Oreos, peppermint

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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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