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Caribbean Thai Curry

August 8, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

Caribbean Thai Curry

This Caribbean Thai Curry is really a Bastardized Caribbean Thai Curry, not being a particularly authentic exemplar of either cuisine, but I figured why throw the search engines off and possibly keep you from discovering this delicious dish? Because delicious it is! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I… 

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Filed Under: Caribbean dishes, chicken, coconut milk, curry, greens, kale, lime, peanut butter, pineapple, seafood, shrimp, Thai dishes, Uncategorized Tagged With: bell pepper, Caribbean, chicken, coconut milk, curry, fish sauce, greens, kale, peanut butter, pepper, pineapple, seafood, sesame oil, shrimp, Thai

Dulce de Leche Blondies: #CreativeCookieExchange

May 23, 2017 By Laura 3 Comments

Dulce de Leche Blondies

Dulce de Leche Blondies are an easy way to impress when you don’t have access to a mixer or other fancy equipment or ingredients; just pack the jar of dulce de leche and you are ready to go! Keep reading to check out what everyone else made for Creative Cookie Exchange this month.  I was… 

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Stewed Plum Swirled Bundt Cake or Cake of Wine Poached Plums; Review of Roast Lamb in the Olive Grove

August 10, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Greek Paxos Inspired Cake with a Stewed Plum Infused Swirl

Stewed Plum Swirled Bundt Cake or Cake of Wine Poached Plums–either the cake I made or the cake that was intended–are the perfect use for plums in the summer, when they are at their juicy, delicious peak. The publishers sent me a copy of Roast Lamb In the Olive Groves: A Mediterranean Cookbook for the… 

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Be A Good Cookie! Meringue Cookie Flavors for the Holidays and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

December 13, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

I had a very hard time writing this post.  Striking the right tone seems important, yet it is eluding me.

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, coffee desserts, cookies, cooks' tools, dairy free baking, eggs, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, meringue, mint chocolate, misc, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, blogger outreach, cancer, chocolate chips, coffee, cookies, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, Holidays, meringues, mint chocolate, OXO, peppermint, spatula

Zhurou Chao Mogu (Chinese Pork and Mushroom Stir-Fry)

September 25, 2011 By Laura 1 Comment

The minute I saw this recipe in Saveur I knew I was making it.  Mushrooms are one of those foods that John and I, while I was pregnant, would spend silly hours dissecting exactly what our strategy would be if–God forbid!–we had a child who did not like mushrooms.

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Chunky Quadruple Chocolate Cookies: Baking with Sammy

September 19, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

Houston, we have a winner! Because even Sesame Street has to hit a homerun every now and then.  Sammy and I have continued our baking adventures during the day while Alex is at school.

Filed Under: cacao nibs, candy, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking, Uncategorized, whole grains

Fez Day 1: An Open Letter to Alex and Sammy

July 6, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

Dear Alex and Sammy: Today we arrived in Fez. I already told you about our very long train ride on the phone, but I think I forgot to tell you about the absolutely amazing view from our riad room. It looks over the medina–I am not sure if it is the old medina (1100 years… 

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Chunky Hazelnut & Milk Chocolate Cookies: Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

April 22, 2011 By Laura 11 Comments

But we can at least hope it is temporary. The Spiced Life has gone, maybe temporarily, maybe permanently, dairy-free. If it took a while for that statement to sink in you are not alone. 

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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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