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Archives for December 2017

Thai Burrito Bowl with Leftovers Fried Rice

December 27, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Thai Burrito Bowl

This Thai Burrito Bowl is delicious, healthy and vibrant, and best of all, the leftovers can be used to whip up Thai Fried Rice a day or two later. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Hopefully I am floating under blue skies in the Caribbean as you are reading… 

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Filed Under: apples, beef, broccoli, butternut squash, coconut milk, grain bowl, ground beef, lime, rice, salsas, Thai dishes Tagged With: apples, burrito bowl, butternut squash, coconut milk, curry paste, fried rice, grain bowl, ground beef, leftovers, lime, red curry paste, Thai, thai curry paste

Peppermint Chocolate Shortbread

December 23, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Peppermint Chocolate Shortbread cookies are a happy revelation for people who enjoy crushed candy canes during the holidays. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! This is just a quick post to let you know that I will be sharing a few scheduled posts over the next two weeks,

Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, ganache, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, mint chocolate, Peppermint Tagged With: candy canes, chocolate, cookies, Holiday cookies, peppermint, shortbread

Alfajores: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 19, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

Alfajores (South American sandwich cookies with dulce de leche)

Alfajores are meltingly delicious, crumbly and rich South American sandwich cookies that are surprisingly easy to make–and too scrumptious not to make! Keep reading to see what everyone else baked for Creative Cookie Exchange this month. Food intimidation (or cooking or baking intimidation) is a funny thing. How often do we get it stuck in… 

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Filed Under: blog events, caramel, cookies, South American dishes Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, Argentinean, caramel, cookies, corn starch, Creative Cookie Exchange, dulce de leche, milk caramel, sandwich cookies, South American, taptioca starch

Chocolate Puffs: Review of The Hamilton Cookbook

December 16, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

18th century Chocolate Puffs from The Hamilton Cookbook

Chocolate Puffs are a sandy textured chocolate treat that will appeal to those with a serious sweet tooth–and they are also just a fun experiment in the food traditions of the past. I was sent a copy of The Hamilton Cookbook for the purposes of an honest review. Affiliate links have been used to link… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cocoa, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cookies, eggs, misc. dessert, reviews Tagged With: 18th century recipe, chocolate, cocoa, cookbook, cookbook review, egg whites, historical recipes

Italian Pasta with Apples, Rosemary and Guanciale

December 12, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Italian Pasta with Apples, Rosemary and Guanciale

Italian Pasta with Apples, Rosemary and Guanciale is the perfect marriage of flavors as smoky, peppery guanciale complements sweet, caramelized onions and apples, and it is all finished with the pungent bite of rosemary. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. Did you know that the traditional… 

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Filed Under: apples, guanciale, Italian, pasta, pecorino romano, white wine Tagged With: apples, guanciale, Italian, pasta, pecorino romano, red onions, rosemary, white wine, wine

Salted Chocolate Caramels: Holiday Cookies Reviewed

December 9, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Salted Chocolate Caramels

Salted Chocolate Caramels are creamy, chewy, chocolatey and delicious confections perfect for holiday tins or any other special occasion. Or just for fun! Affiliated links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I received a copy of  Holiday Cookies from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. Holiday cookies and confections might be the… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, candy, caramel, chocolate, cookbooks, reviews Tagged With: bittersweet chocolate, bourbon, candy, caramel, caramel chews, chocolate, confections, semisweet chocolate

Swirled Black and White Bundt Bundt Cake

December 2, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Swirled Black and White Bundt Cake

This Swirled Black and White Bundt Cake is a striking and delicious cake to impress dinner guests with or just to make for fun. Affiliate links have been used to link to items discussed. Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you are all decorating in some way for some holiday and baking cookies like mad! Our… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa Tagged With: black and white desserts, bundt cake, cake, chocolate, dinner party desserts, vanilla

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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