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New Orleans Style Pain Perdu (French Toast)

March 2, 2014 By Laura 9 Comments

Pain Perdue with Irish Whiskey (Creole French Toast)

Last weekend I decided I was making French toast, and so I picked up some French bread, thinking it might be fun to go fancier than our standard whole grain sandwich loaf. Lo and behold, when I went searching for something a little more interesting than my standard French toast, I came across a recipe… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, breakfast, Creole/Cajun, eggs, french toast Tagged With: bread, breakfast, brunch, creole, eggs, french toast, Irish whiskey, mardi gras, pain perdu, whiskey

Bourbon Soaked Orange Loaf Cake with Currants; Review of The Flying Brownie

November 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Bourbon Quick Bread with Oranges and Currants

It is The Leftovers Club time! And that is extra exciting, because I received a fantastic new cookbook all about great goodies for long distance shipping to review. Talk about serendipity!

Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookbooks, dried fruit, oranges, quick breads, reviews Tagged With: #theleftoversclub, alcohol, booze, bourbon, bread, cake, citrus, currants, dried fruit, orange, quick bread, tipsy cake, whiskey

Traditional Irish American Soda Bread

April 10, 2013 By Laura 8 Comments

Traditional Irish American Scones

Soda bread: it’s not just for St. Patrick’s Day anymore. OK, so that is a little misleading, because as usual I did make this for St. Patrick’s Day, only, you know, on St. Patrick’s Day, leading me to not post it until after the holiday. But seriously, as soon as I bit into one of these all I… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, buttermilk, cherries, dried fruit, hazelnuts, quick breads, scones, whole grains Tagged With: bread, buttermilk, caraway seeds, dried fruit, hazelnut, Irish, Irish American, quick bread, scones, soda bread

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup with Beans, Thickened with Bread)

January 15, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup)

This time of year always brings with it a dilemma: you want healthy and light after weeks of feasting but at the same time for many of us it is cold outside and we want warming and hearty.  Year after year I seem to turn to the same solution: bean soup.

Filed Under: beans, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, eggs, greens, New Year's resolutions, potatoes, Spanish cuisine, spinach, stews Tagged With: beans, bread, chickpeas, eggs, fried bread, garlic, Lenten recipes, olive oil, soup, Spanish, spinach, stew, vegetarian

Italian Bread

February 26, 2011 By Laura 19 Comments

Alex loves The Sound of Music. Since the moment she saw me watching it, she became obsessed. She calls it “Maria” and refuses to acknowledge any other name for it. When we first started watching it Nazis were kinda hard to explain–I just left it at bad guys who wanted to force the Captain to… 

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Filed Under: Italian, yeasted breads Tagged With: artisan bread, bread, Italian bread, yeast

Rosemary, Lemon & Olive Oil Tea Bread

November 9, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

I have to apologize for the photos of this bread. I baked the bread for a meeting of my book club (one held at someone else’s house), and like a dunce totally forgot to take any pictures in my house, with my lighting and my camera. So I just snapped a few shots with my… 

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Filed Under: lemon baked goods, misc. dessert, quick breads Tagged With: bread, cake, lemon, olive oil, pine nuts, quick bread, rosemary

Make Ahead Blueberry Breakfast Casserole

January 22, 2010 By Laura 13 Comments

Make Ahead Blueberry Breakfast Casserole is perfect for Christmas as well as lazy weekend mornings.

Make Ahead Blueberry Breakfast Casserole is delicious and can be made with frozen blueberries, thus bringing a taste of summer to any special morning, whether it be Christmas, Easter or just a relaxed weekend brunch with family or friends. I have made this recipe several times, so in December 2015 I decided to update the… 

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Filed Under: blueberries, breakfast, casseroles, eggs, oranges Tagged With: berry, blueberries, bread, breakfast, brunch, casserole, cream cheese, eggs, make ahead

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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