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Top 11 Foodie Recommendations of 2013, The Spiced Life Style

January 2, 2014 By Laura 8 Comments

Happy New Year!!!! It is time for end of year reflections and lists. What is it about lists that attract us so much? I love reading other people’s lists, and this post traditionally gets a fair amount of traffic. Something about reading what other people have enjoyed in list form allows me to better figure… 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, End of year "best" lists, misc, reviews, Tools Tagged With: best of lists, cookbooks, end of year, favorite things, reviews, top cookbooks

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

Alex cooks! Simple Vegetarian Lasagna

August 30, 2013 By Laura 9 Comments

At this rate, I might need to turn my blog over to my kids! Alex has definitely shown signs of wanting to kick me out of the kitchen and take over herself. I have declared that every Sunday without Girl Scouts (it happens twice a month) will be Alex Cooks Night, so that she will… 

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Filed Under: casseroles, cookbooks, Italian American, kids cooking, reviews, ricotta, Tools, vegetarian Tagged With: casseroles, Italian, Italian American, kids cooking, lasagna, lasagne, marinara, noodles, pasta, ricotta

#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

Thai Spring Roll Omelette made using OXO Egg Tools

April 30, 2013 By Laura 34 Comments

Thai Spring Roll Omelette

I LOVE being a blogger with the OXO Blogger Outreach Program. I genuinely love OXO tools, making it both easy and rewarding to get to check out their newest and coolest kitchen gadgets and then share them with you. I am running a tad behind right now, because OXO has moved on from eggs and… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, eggs, glass noodles, kids cooking, reviews, Thai dishes, Tools, vegetarian Tagged With: egg separator, eggs, kitchen gadgets, low carb, omelette, OXO, Thai

Salted Browned Butter Blondies & A Review of OXO’s Mini Beakers

January 30, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Word to the wise, my friends. When you are taking Flagyl and supposed to be avoiding even the slightest trace of alcohol, that includes vanilla extract in baked goods. Let’s just not even talk about how I know.

Filed Under: bar cookies, browned butter, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking, reviews, Tools Tagged With: bar cookies, blondies, browned butter, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, kids baking, mini beakers, OXO

Late Night One Bowl Vanilla Sour Cream Cake

January 14, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Plain or simple are not works I associate with the cooking I do. Ironically, therefore, my baking is pretty much the opposite; I don’t like too many flavors going on at the same time. And when I am sick, as I was over Christmas, I want my desserts to be even more plain. Almost boring… 

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Filed Under: cakes, misc. dessert, pantry cooking, reviews, Tools, whole grains Tagged With: cake, magisso cake server, one bowl, recipe, sheet cake, sour cream, vanilla

Top 13 Foodie Recommendations 2012, The Spiced Life Style

December 29, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

OXO Chef's Mandoline

It’s that time of year! Lists, lists, and more lists! I love them! I spent the day perusing the 50 top singles and albums of 2012 from Rolling Stone. My Pay Pal account is lighter because of it. I have been checking out the top cookbook lists, although I have not seen a ton yet…. 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, End of year "best" lists, misc, reviews, Tools Tagged With: 2012, baking, cookbooks, cooking, cooking tools, lists, recommendations, reviews

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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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