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Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Bean Stew

March 27, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

I was mourning our nice weather, because I had just acquired Crescent Dragonwagon’s Bean By Bean: A Cookbook: More than 175 Recipes for Fresh Beans, Dried Beans, Cool Beans, Hot Beans, Savory Beans, Even Sweet Beans! and felt like nothing in it was weather appropriate.  It is not yet fresh bean season,but it was unseasonably… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, beans, carrots, cookbooks, Farro, reviews, stews, sun-dried tomtoes, vegetarian

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Wacky Cake and A Review of Piece of Cake!

March 1, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Full disclosure: my mom does not make cake from scratch; I did not grow up in a family where cakes were baked, aside from the occasional boxed mix.  My maternal grandma did, but my mother never.  Even pancakes, waffles and shortcakes are made with Bisquick.  Now this is the same woman who, as far as… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate, cookbooks, dairy free baking, reviews, vegan dessert

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from #CookiesForKidsCancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook

January 18, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Last month I wrote about Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and the excellent work that they do.  While doing the research for that post, I discovered they had a cookbook, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook.  It doesn’t take much to convince me to buy a cookie cookbook, and seeing as this one was… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, oats, reviews Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookbook review, cookies, oatmeal, oats

Top 11 Foodie Recommendations from The Spiced Life for 2011

January 2, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

My favorite stocking stuffer this year–onion goggles!  No more tears!  Who cares if I look ridiculous?! Happy New Year!  I love end of year lists.  Best cookbooks, best blogs, best albums, etc…  

Filed Under: cookbooks, cooks' tools, End of year "best" lists, misc, reviews Tagged With: 2011, annual, best, blogs, cookbooks, foodie, websites

Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake with Mint Chocolate Ganache For Sammy

November 12, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

I am so in love with this heart bundt pan.  As many of you have figured out by now, I love bundt cake.  The richer the cake, the less in need of frosting, the more I love it.  Sure there are some frostings I like–hello anything with cream cheese–but in general I prefer rich pound… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cookbooks, cooks' tools, mint chocolate, reviews

Indian Style Wok Cooked Shrimp Curry (Kadhai Jhinga)

November 4, 2011 By Laura 1 Comment

I hope I translated the name of this dish accurately!  It is from a pretty intimidating cookbook that John got me, called Prashad-Cooking with Indian Masters, by J Inder Singh Kalra, who is (was?) an Indian food writer.  First published in 1986, the book is intended for an international audience, but either because it is… 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, curry, Indian recipes, peas, reviews, seafood, shrimp, tomatoes Tagged With: curry, Indian, jhinga, kadhai, peas, Prashad, seafood, shellfish, shrimp, tomatoes

Milk Chocolate Bundt Cake Glazed with Milk Chocolate Ganache: Baking With Sammy & Amelia

October 11, 2011 By Laura 10 Comments

I’ve never experienced such a dichotomy between the subject of my post and trying to write the post.  I don’t know why this did not photograph well, but words cannot express how delicious this was.  It was gorgeous and delectable in person and looked kinda purple on film. 

Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cookbooks, kids cooking, reviews

Maple Oat Cakes: Baking with Sammy and Alex

September 28, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

I can tell it’s fall because the viruses are just not stopping around here.  Which is relevant because I am soooo behind and that is why I am only now getting around to posting about these oat cakes, which I made with both girls on Labor Day (!), and which sustained me through the first round… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, cookbooks, kids cooking, maple, misc, oats, reviews, whole grains

Curried Beef in Yogurt and Toasted Spices

September 15, 2011 By Laura 9 Comments

This post has been a loooong time coming.  To start with, I made this curry what feels like eons ago, in August.  And then there is the fact that I spent the last week flat on by back, having been whacked by the virus from hell.

Filed Under: beef, cookbooks, curry, Indian recipes, reviews, yogurt

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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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