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Pirate’s Gold Cracker and Cookie Coins: Sammy Bakes!

March 27, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

child with "pirates' booty" of homemade crackers and cookies

Savory cheddar cheese coin crackers and gold sprinkled slice and bake cookies make admirable stand-ins for pirate treasure in a child’s imagination. This post has been sponsored by BlogHer and Disney’s The Pirate Fairy Campaign, an easy choice for us since my daughter loves pirates and Disney fairies! When I was picked by BlogHer to… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, cookies, cooks' tools, crackers, kids cooking, misc, misc. dessert Tagged With: cheddar, cheese, chocolate, coins, cookies, crackers, Disney, gold, imagination, pirates, shortbread, wafers

Buttermilk Glazed Buttermilk Chocolate Snack Cake; OXO Brownie Spatula

September 28, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

There are compliments, and then there are compliments. Guys, I received just about the sweetest, biggest, best compliment I have ever received on anything I have ever baked or cooked for this cake. But let me start at the beginning. As soon as I saw this cake in The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cooks' tools, kids cooking, reviews, Tools Tagged With: buttermilk, cake, chocolate, cocoa, glaze, natural cocoa, OXO, review, sheet cake, snacking cake

Maple Doodles: #CookiesForKidsCancer

September 14, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is an organization I have been supporting since I first became aware of it. You can read more about my discovering them and what they do here, but basically I became aware of them through OXO, as OXO is one of their big supporters and I work with OXO Blogger Outreach. Anyway,… 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, cookies, cooks' tools, kids cooking, maple, reviews, Tools Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, #OXOGoodBrownie #OXOGoodCookie, cinnamon, cookies, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, maple, snickerdoodles

#ChocolateParty: Crumb Cake with White Chocolate Chunks and Sour Cherries

June 10, 2013 By Laura 26 Comments

Tart Cherry Crumb Cake with White Chocolate Chunks

I am obviously late with Chocolate Party this month, submitting as a participant and not a host. Here is the deal–the theme for June is chocolate and cherries. Cherries. As a blogger they are becoming my arch enemy because they are so beloved by foodies but I just really dislike them. And you cannot find… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cakes, cherries, chocolate, cooks' tools, fruit, reviews, Tools Tagged With: cherries, chocolate, crumble, sour cherries, tart cherries, white chocolate

Coconut Lime Cookies

May 29, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

Coconut Lime Oatmeal Cookies

Guys I am so excited! I have the BEST new toy! The perfect set up for any technologically savvy cook/baker who is obsessed with working in the kitchen to her favorite tunes. HUGE thanks to my wonderful hubby and parents, who also chipped in as an early birthday present.

Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, cooks' tools, lime, oats, whole grains Tagged With: coconut, cookie, drop cookie, iPad, lime, oatmeal, oats, vanilla salt, white chocolate

#BundtaMonth: Citrus Glazed Spiced Zucchini Bundt Cake

September 26, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I had a late night Nigella Lawson moment with this cake. You know how, on her cooking show, she is always shown going down to the kitchen late at night to get a plateful of leftovers of whatever she made for the show that day? I try not to do that much, and I almost… 

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Mixed Greens with Apples, Dates and Gorgonzola: OXO Salad Dressing Shaker Review

August 31, 2012 By Laura 39 Comments

I cannot remember the last time I was so excited over a relatively small, uni-tasking kitchen gadget. OXO contacted me all the way back in the spring about receiving one of their new Salad Dressing Shakers,  to review and give away as part of their Blogger Outreach Program, but there was a snafu somewhere in… 

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Filed Under: apples, balsamic, cooks' tools, dried fruit, fruit, reviews, Salad Dressing, salads, Tools Tagged With: apples, dates, gorgonzola, leafy greens, Medjool dates, OXO Salad Dressing Shaker, recipe, review, salad, salad dressing, while balsamic vinegar

Alex Takes on Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

August 24, 2012 By Laura 2 Comments

My daughter studies a muffin recipe before beginning to bake.

Some of you may have thought, after witnessing the cocoa powder mess from the brownies, that I would not be brave enough to let Alex back into the kitchen. Then it occurred to me that if I taught her to make muffins I could get her making her own savory muffins for her lunch box… 

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“Pork Claypot Rice” Adapted to My Kitchen

March 4, 2012 By Laura 1 Comment

I love the internet.  If you are interested in culinary anthropology, for lack of a better way to put being interested in exploring other cultures’ cuisines, the internet provides a wealth of information.  Sure I can read a book an American traveling in Indonesia has written about Indonesian food–I have those books, I love those… 

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Filed Under: cooks' tools, eggs, Indonesian, mushrooms, Pinterest dishes, pork, rice

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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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