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BBD #10: Breakfast Breads: Beth Hensperger’s Sweet Vanilla Challah

May 31, 2008 By Laura 5 Comments

I was really excited when I saw the theme for this month’s Bread Baking Day, hosted by Baking A Sweet Life (update: as of February 2015, this site does not seem to exist anymore). I love breakfast breads, especially the sweet ones. However, as some of you may have noticed from my slacking on the Daring… 

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Laura’s Not 7 Grain Multi Grain Honey Bread

May 12, 2008 By Laura 1 Comment

The women in my family do not believe in following recipes. Some of us, like my mom, are rather belligerent about it. 🙂 Others, like my sister, are just disdainful toward recipes. I used to be this way as well—and still am when cooking—but for the most part I have become a believer in pretty… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, oats, whole grains, yeasted breads

Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cinnamon Raisin Loaf

May 2, 2008 By Laura 5 Comments

One of the things I have liked best about taking my cooking online, so to speak (the Cooking Light Bulletin Board, this blog, reading other blogs, participating in the various events like Bread Baking Day and the Daring Bakers) is that I have really started stretching myself as a baker. Now I realize that for… 

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BBD #9: Oats: Maple Oatmeal Sandwich Bread

April 24, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

I love Bread Baking Day. It is my favorite of the monthly food blogger events, since I love bread and am always up for experimenting with it. However, I can tell that Bread Baking Day is going to be a tad more difficult for me as the days grow warmer, especially while I am stuck… 

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BBD #08: Babka for Dad

March 16, 2008 By Laura 10 Comments

Whew! Sorry to have gone so long between posts. We have been out of town—and we are about to go out of town again, so I apologize in advance if my posts are a little far and few between. Things will calm down after next weekend. The really frustrating thing is I have at least… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, yeasted breads

Daring Bakers Challenge: Julia Child’s French Bread

February 29, 2008 By Laura 11 Comments

Isn’t this always how it goes? You work and work and work on something, doing everything right, only to commit some stupid (mostly) cosmetic error at the end, causing the whole thing to look awful. C’est la vie. But it tasted fabulous and more important it tasted right, so I can’t be too upset. Besides… 

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The Taste of Home: Butternut Squash Soup & Homemade Bread

January 20, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

  Nothing quite tastes like home to me as much as homemade bread and soup. When I was young and I was sick, Mom always hauled out the Beef and Vegetable Soup—either she got it from the freezer or she made it fresh—and made homemade bread. To this day I desperately crave broth in particular… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, butternut squash, easily made vegetarian, soup, yeasted breads

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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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