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Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 16, 2013 By Laura 9 Comments

Snickers and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some days are blue skied, breezy and warm. Beautiful and happy. And some days deserve Snickers cookies.

Filed Under: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, peanuts, whole grains Tagged With: candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, milk chocolate, peanuts, Snickers

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB2

April 22, 2013 By Laura 18 Comments

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB

As most of you know, we live a little bit in the boonies. Not completely, since getting to Cincinnati only takes about an hour–and the northern suburbs, which are pretty well stocked–only take about 30 minutes. But at the same time, we are on 5 acres at the back of a private lane off of… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, peanut butter, peanuts, products, reviews Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate chips, cocoa, cookies, honey, PB2 powdered peanut butter

Kung Pao Chicken from The Chinese Takeout Cookbook

February 20, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

seasoning cast iron wok with salt

I always enjoy my blog, but sometimes I especially love my blog. This is one of those times. A few weeks ago I was contacted by Diana of appetite for china, asking me if I would be interested in blogging about a dish from her new cookbook, The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chicken, Chinese, peanuts, stir fry Tagged With: chicken, Chinese, Chinese American, Kung Pao, peanuts, sichuan, sichuan peppercorns, stir fry, Szechuan

Weeknight Thai Style Stir Fry

April 11, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

SO sorry for the extended absence! It is spring break this week, and I was gone starting last Thursday at my parents’ house.  Also, with the crazy weather we have been having, I have serious spring fever.  Not much cooking or baking around here, more like trips to the park and sitting on my hammock… 

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Filed Under: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, chicken, pea pods, peanuts, pineapple, stir fry, Thai dishes, zucchini

Peanut Butter Bean and Veggie Stew

October 2, 2011 By Laura 3 Comments

Fall weather is here!  I love fall, it is my favorite season.  I love fall food: soups, stews, braises, I am a huge college football fan (Go Maize & Blue!), I would live in jeans year round if I could, and

Filed Under: beans, corn, peanut butter, peanuts, stews, tomatoes, vegetarian, zucchini

Caramelized Peanut Shortbread Bars: A Review of A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 24, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

I’m headed to I just got back from Eat Write Retreat this past weekend, and I meant to get this posted before I left.  Life happened.  For those who don’t know, it is kind of a networking workshop–I describe it this way, rather than a conference (despite having never been to one of any kind… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, brittle, candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, peanuts

Penang Pickled Veggies

January 9, 2011 By Laura 4 Comments

Penang Pickled Vegetables: Healthy and easy vegetable side to any SE Asian dish!

Congrats to Carol from Wires n Pliers for winning the Red Gold tomato media kit giveaway. She was randomly chosen (using numbers) by Sammy. I have a dilemma when I cook SE Asian celebration food. By celebration food I mean rich, meat-heavy dishes, and I call them celebration food because while they might your or… 

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Filed Under: carrots, cucumbers, peanuts, vegetarian Tagged With: carrots, cucumber, Malaysian, peanuts, pickle, vegetarian

Salted Peanutty Brownie Bites

November 16, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

I made the mistake of making these bars the weekend of Halloween, inbetween trick or treat nights. In my town, the kids trick or treat twice (once in a city celebration where the local businesses open their doors to trick-or-treaters and once in the more conventional house to house setting), so the kids already had… 

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Salty Ancho Peanut Butter Cookies

July 30, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

I got the idea for these cookies from the Rogue Bakery, a homemade, home-delivered cookie bakery in Columbus and Cleveland. I actually have not tried their spicy peanut butter cookies, but when I heard the owner/baker say ancho and peanut butter in the same tweet, I was instantly intrigued. (For what it’s worth, I have… 

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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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