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Chicken Pot Roast with Apples and Cider

December 29, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

Pot Roast Chicken with Apples and Cider: a comfort food winter dinner straight from England and northern France. Your family will love this meal!

Chicken Pot Roast with Apples and Cider is a comforting winter dinner, perfumed with apples and rosemary. Your entire family will adore this one pot meal. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  This is another one of those stories where I discover a gem of a cookbook, but it takes… 

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Filed Under: apples, bacon, British, chicken, cookbooks, potatoes, reviews Tagged With: apples, bacon, British, chicken, cream, hard cider, northern French, pot roast, potatoes, roasting

Biryani Gosht

February 24, 2015 By Laura 10 Comments

Biryani Gosht: a traditional Moghul Indian layered rice dish usually made with lamb, mutton or goat--but you can make it with any red meat!

Rich, savory and fragrant Biryani Gosht is fit for a celebration and can be made with any red meat. I know it is kind of lame to resort to bitching about discussing the weather, but you guys know those classic scenes in various movies and tv shows where the violence increases as the heat index… 

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Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, casseroles, cauliflower, Creek in Ohio, Indian recipes, lamb, mushrooms, pork, rice, slow cooker, tomatoes, yogurt Tagged With: beef, beef chuck, biryani, caramelized onions, casserole, cauliflower, cream, crock pot, gluten free, gosht, Indian, lamb, Moghul, mushroom, pork, pork shoulder, red meat, rice, saffron, slow cooker, tomatoes, yogurt

Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla Infused Cream Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

March 20, 2014 By Laura 22 Comments

Super Simple Cream Bundt Cake Infused with Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla

Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla Infused Cream Bundt Cake is a sophisticated and delicious cake that is equally at home on a picnic or as the finishing touch at an elegant dinner party. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. When I chose to get a Golden Doodle… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, fiori di sicilia extract Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, bundt cake, cake, cream, heavy cream, saffron, spice, Tahitian vanilla, vanilla, vanilla bean

Trofie Pasta with Bacon, Crimini and Cherry Tomatoes

July 24, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

Pasta with Bacon, Mushrooms and Tomatoes

You may have been wondering what is going on with the aquarium project (check out the Spanish Soup post for a picture). We have had some issues getting the heater working right, so we still don’t have any fish (much to Alex’s irritation). But stay tuned! I am hoping to have some tomorrow!

Filed Under: bacon, cookbooks, easily made vegetarian, mushrooms, pasta, reviews, tomatoes Tagged With: baby bella, bacon, cherry tomatoes, cream, crimini, mushrooms, noodles, pasta, tomatoes, trofie

A Review of Marshmallow Madness: Kahlua & Cream Marshmallows

December 4, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Sometimes you get offered a book to review that you are really excited to try cooking or baking from–but just not that time of year. I am extremely moody when it comes to the seasons and food. I don’t like gingersnaps in the spring or summer. I used to refuse to eat Indian curries in… 

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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookbooks, marshmallows, mint chocolate, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: candy, chocolate, cream, kahlua, marshmallows, mint chocolate, Oreos, peppermint

Rustic Cocoa Cream Loaf Cake

February 6, 2010 By Laura 7 Comments

I think we sometimes get stuck in a mindset that chocolate desserts must be decadent and rich, especially cakes. We also of course prefer our cakes in particular to be striking and elegant. Mousse cakes, layer cakes, glazed bundt cakes, flourless cakes… Well this cake is none of the above. I almost did not share… 

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Filed Under: cakes, chocolate Tagged With: cake, chocolate, cocoa, cream, heavy cream, loaf cakes

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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