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Genius Vietnamese Fried Rice

April 11, 2009 By Laura 9 Comments

Overheard while making marinade at my house the other night and letting the kids try a few drops of the soy sauce and fish sauce, plain: Alex: I looooove the soy sauce! Me: OK then here is the fish sauce. Now remember, just like with soy sauce, these are supposed to taste strong, you don’t… 

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Filed Under: chicken, rice, Vietnamese dishes

Caribbean Chicken Fricassee, Maybe

March 9, 2009 By Laura 9 Comments

Caribbean Chicken Fricassee is intense and delicious flavor in one dish, and it is perfect when you want some island flavor. Fricassee: (noun; plural “fricassees”) meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy. Or so says Wikipedia. At any rate, I guess what I made still qualifies,… 

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Filed Under: beans, Caribbean dishes, chicken, rice, stews

Tried, True & Comforting Oaxacan Tortilla Soup

February 21, 2009 By Laura 12 Comments

I have been holding out on you. Really holding out. My most repeated recipes, the tried and true favorites, of this household, are, for the most part, not on this blog. This is easily explained; the recipes are usually easy fallbacks that I don’t even have a written recipe for anymore. And they are frequently… 

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Filed Under: beans, chicken, Mexican dishes, soup, tomatoes, tortilla dishes

Grilled Javanese Chicken

February 8, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Grilled Javanese Chicken with Rice

Sheesh I made all this good food over the last week and have not shared any of it! It has just been that kind of week. I am hosting playgroup tomorrow–haha, what were we thinking? Nothing is unpacked and the house is a wreck. I hope no one wants to look, uh, anywhere other than… 

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Filed Under: chicken, Indonesian Tagged With: broiler, chicken, Indonesian, rice

Thyme Scented Roasted Chicken Breasts With Grapes & Onions

December 2, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

Sometime during the last month while I was without my computer I became obsessed with Everyday Food. It all started with this Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage. I have no pictures but it was SO easy and SO yummy. A big time repeater. And then I started noticing that a lot of the recipes making… 

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Filed Under: chicken, grapes

Photo-Less Blogging: Chicken With Rice & Beans & A Citrus Sauce

November 10, 2008 By Laura 5 Comments

Thanks to my sister in law’s sister (Hi Chrissy!), my computer is on its way to Columbus to be looked at.  Sadly, that means I will be without for a while.  I couldn’t bear the thought of not posting at all, but it will be a little less frequent and without photos for the time… 

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Filed Under: beans, chicken, Latin, lime, rice

September Green Chicken & Apple Tortilla Casserole

September 15, 2008 By Laura 8 Comments

Check it out! We own a hole! At first Alex could not wrap her brain around this one, but now she has really gotten into it. She told us tonight it was HER basement they were building. HER toys would go down there (which granted is what I had told her). She also told us… 

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Filed Under: apples, beans, casseroles, chicken, corn, cream cheese, goat cheese, Mexican dishes, tomatillos, tortilla dishes

Stewed Summer Green Chicken With Beans And Corn

September 2, 2008 By Laura 3 Comments

This stew was born of surgery recovery. I am feeling a lot better these days, but still not great. I am smelling strong smells, but not subtle ones, and my head is still congested and full of sinus pressure. And other gross things I won’t mention. So while simple baking continues to relax me, dinner… 

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Filed Under: beans, chicken, corn, Mexican dishes, stews, tomatillos

What Has Your Oven Done For You Lately?

August 7, 2008 By Laura 10 Comments

It has browned my chicken. This is the first browned chicken I have seen in a year. I confess to being one of those people who adores chicken skin (despite knowing better) and this is the first chicken skin to have actually tempted me in quite some time. The kitchen in the house we are… 

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Filed Under: chicken, corn, Mexican dishes, soup, tomatillos, tomatoes

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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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