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Chicken Noodle Soup with Mushrooms, Ginger and Chinese 5 Spice

January 6, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

browning chicken thighs for soup

It got worse before it got better, folks. At this point it honestly feels like all of December went by in a blur of holiday baking and upper respiratory infections. The baking you already know about. The flu came right after Thanksgiving followed by 2 different bouts of strep throat followed by the nastiest of… 

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Filed Under: cabbage, chicken, cookbooks, easily made vegetarian, fall spices, mushrooms, reviews, rice noodles, soup Tagged With: asian, cabbage, chicken, chicken thighs, chinese 5 spice, cookbooks, crimini, mushrooms, rice noodles, soup, stew

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 22, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I had not originally planned to share these cupcakes. I was not super enthused about making them, is the honest truth. But Sammy had requested pumpkin cupcakes for her birthday celebration at school, so, being a good mother who only forces dessert choices on her kids for about half of their birthday celebrations,… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall spices, pumpkin Tagged With: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, pumpkin

#BundtaMonth: Moroccan Inspired Olive Oil Bundt Cake with Ras El Hanout

November 7, 2012 By Laura 19 Comments

whole spice ras el hanout

We’ve all been there. I’ve been there more than once. There was the cream of mushroom soup I had right before getting sick on Vicodan when my wisdom teeth were removed, the vegetarian samosa I ate from a street food cart in Bath, England that made me queasy for the rest of the day, the… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, dairy free baking, fall spices, Moroccan, Spice Blends Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, blog events, bundt cake, cakes, cardamom, cinnamon, dairy-free, Moroccan, ras el hanout, spices

Gingerbread Pancakes

October 17, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

We seriously believe in birthdays in this house. OK, *I* seriously believe in birthdays, and so my kids do now too. I am not sure John had a huge say in the matter. But anyway, that explains why it does not phase me in the least to cook for 4 different birthday celebrations per kid.

Filed Under: breakfast, fall spices, flatbreads, molasses, pancakes, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, flatbreads, gingerbread, pancakes, whole grains, whole wheat

#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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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, cooks' tools, fall spices, Pinterest dishes, zucchini Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, BundtaMonth. bundt cake, cake, cardamom, citrus, orange, zucchini

Clove Snaps: Baking With Alex for Holiday Cookie Table 2011

November 27, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

Words cannot express how excited I get for the Holidays.  Our tree goes up over Thanksgiving break, as well as all of the Holiday decorations.  The kids and I ooh and aah over all of the holiday decorations for sale in stores like Costco (what some people find crass and overly commercial I find beautiful… 

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Filed Under: cookies, fall spices, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, kids cooking, oranges

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies: Baking With Sammy

October 30, 2011 By Laura 5 Comments

During the years I lived in State College, PA, I saw many pumpkin whoopie pies for sale.  And for some reason I always stared longingly but talked myself out of buying.  I have no idea why–some misguided attempt to be healthy?–but whatever the reason I had never made nor eaten whoopie pies before Sammy’s and… 

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Filed Under: cakes, cookies, cream cheese, fall spices, kids cooking, misc. dessert, molasses, pumpkin

Cincinnati Chili

April 17, 2011 By Laura 5 Comments

2 years before starting this blog, I began keeping a journal of the food I made.  I included brief recipes written in shorthand along with sources for the recipes and our impressions.  Basically I was working my way up to being brave enough to start this blog.

Filed Under: beans, beef, beef stew, chili, fall spices, ground beef, pasta

Susan’s Sour Cream Crumble Top Apple Pie: Family Recipes

July 24, 2009 By Laura 16 Comments

We all have something that our mother makes that we cannot get enough of. That we beg for when visiting home, that we have no desire to learn how to make it because we prefer it when Mom makes it for us. The most comforting of comfort food. For me that is this pie. Year… 

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Filed Under: apples, fall spices, family recipes, pies, streusel

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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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