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Masala Chili

November 24, 2020 By Laura 2 Comments

Masala Chili

Masala Chili is the best kind of fusion food, paying homage to the original but clearly introducing exciting new flavors, making it great gateway food to Indian cuisine and also just good eats! I have used an affiliate link to Amazon, but the rest of the links are uncompensated, companies that I love. I was… 

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Filed Under: beef, beef stew, chili, cocoa, easily made vegetarian, ground beef, Indian, peas, potatoes, products, reviews, stews, vegetarian Tagged With: chili, fair trade spices, Floyd Cardoz, fusion, Indian, peas, potatoes

Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake

December 11, 2019 By Laura 1 Comment

Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake

Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake is a delicious, intense and rich chocolate experience that will have everyone coming back for more.  I have no good excuse so I am not even going to bother trying to come up with one. I do think part of it is the longer you have been sharing recipes the harder… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa Tagged With: bundt cake, cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, cocoa, cocoa powder, Guinness, stout

Traditional Chili, Midwestern Style

February 3, 2018 By Laura 6 Comments

Traditional Chili, Midwestern Style with beans and ground beef

This Traditional Chili is the delicious and hearty ground beef chili full of tomatoes and beans that is served throughout the Midwest (except Cincinnati), and is what I crave when I want chili. I had a devil of a time naming this post, because I have this fear a whole bunch of you will come… 

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Filed Under: beans, beef, chili, cocoa, corn, ground beef, southwestern, stews, tomatoes Tagged With: ancho chile powder, beans, black beans, chili, fire roasted tomatoes, ground beef, kidney beans, pinto beans, tomatoes, traditional chili

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

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

Chile Chocolate Coins: #CreativeCookieExchange

July 18, 2017 By Laura 2 Comments

Chile Chocolate Coins

Chile Chocolate Coins are a fun and easy twist on a simple slice and bake chocolate cookie. Keep reading to see what other “Chile Pepper in Cookies” creations were dreamt up by our bakers! Chile peppers and chocolate together are an interesting issue. To me they are, at this point, almost old hat. But I… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cocoa, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, aleppo, ancho, chile, chile pepper, chocolate, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, refrigerator cookies, slice and bake

Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake

August 12, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake

This Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake has all of the rich yet cool creme de menthe goodness of Andes Mints but in a delicious bundt cake. Affiliate links have been used to link to items being discussed.  As you can see, I am still having background issues with my food photography, although I admit the… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, mint chocolate Tagged With: Andes mints, bundt, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, creme de menthe, mint

Chocolate Red Wine Cake

March 5, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

Chocolate Red Wine Cake is a fantastic twist on a simple chocolate bundt cake: rich, not at all too sweet, a little tangy and seriously chocolatey; everyone who tried this loved it! I have been wanting to make a chocolate red wine cake for a long time now. Something about the combo sounded really good… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, Red Wine Tagged With: bittersweet chocolate, bundt, cake, chocolate, cocoa powder, red wine, wine

Triple Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies

February 8, 2016 By Laura 11 Comments

Triple Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies are 100% whole grain, gluten free, thick, chewy and delicious. They are also simple and fast to whip up as long as you have buckwheat flour on hand! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to the items I am discussing. I have had some sort of weird… 

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Filed Under: Buckwheat Flour, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cocoa, cookies, gluten free, whole grains Tagged With: buckwheat, buckwheat flour, chocolate, chocolate chips, cocoa, cocoa powder, cookies, natural cocoa

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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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