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Hot Chocolate from Scratch

February 28, 2015 By Laura 10 Comments

Hot Chocolate from Scratch: rich, creamy and easy to make with basic pantry ingredients!

This hot chocolate from scratch is rich, creamy and very, very chocolatey. It is easily made with ingredients from any well stocked baker’s pantry. The sauce pan that I made the hot chocolate in was provided to me by OXO as part of their Blogger Outreach #OXOCookware campaign. Affiliate links were used in this post… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, chocolate, drinks, reviews, Tools Tagged With: Bailey's, chocolate, cocoa, dessert, drinks, hot chocolate, hot cocoa, kahlua, sauce pan

Blueberry Delight with Lemon Cream: Using Community Cookbooks

July 30, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Blueberry Meringue Slab Pie with Lemon Cream: simple, restaurant worthy dessert for summer!

Blueberry Delight with Lemon Cream is a restaurant worthy, delicious and unique celebration of blueberries in the summer. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. Bet you guys thought I forgot all about using those community cookbooks. I might have too, except I had already chosen the… 

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Filed Under: berries, blueberries, cookbooks, fruit, lemon baked goods, meringue, misc. dessert, reviews Tagged With: berries, blueberry, community cookbook, dessert, lemon, meringue, shortbread

Pierogi Part 2 (Strawberries Macerated in Sweet Vodka)

March 15, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

Pierogi stuffed with strawberries macerated in vodka

When Chris and I planned our pierogi making adventure, we talked about meat and potato fillings. Dessert never even crossed our minds. But then the day he came I was browsing Anne Applebaum’s From a Polish Country House Kitchen: 90 Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food and I noticed that she had pierogi with a strawberry filling,… 

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Filed Under: berries, Boozy Desserts, misc. dessert, pasta, Polish cuisine, strawberries Tagged With: berries, dessert, pasta, pierogi, recipe, strawberries, vodka

Blueberry Crisp Parfait

July 28, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I am willing to buy certain fruits and veggies year round. Maybe because they are only available from far away (citrus, anything tropical), they are not grown in abundance locally (broccoli) or they are so necessary either in the winter (onions, peppers, garlic) or for specific preparations (galangal, lemongrass). But certain fruits and veggies, we… 

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Filed Under: berries, blueberries, crisps, fruit, misc. dessert, whole grains Tagged With: berries, blueberries, crisps, dessert, freezing seasonally, fruit, whole grains

Pink Peppercorn Vanilla Bundt Cake

November 6, 2011 By Laura 9 Comments

I love all cake and especially bundt pans.  Representatives ones, abstract or pattern-based ones, traditional ones. 

Filed Under: bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, cooks' tools, misc. dessert Tagged With: bundt, bundt cake, cake, dessert, peppercorn, pink peppercorn, vanilla

Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

May 5, 2011 By Laura 7 Comments

I am pretty certain this post can be filed under “ironic.”  I am finally caught up enough to share my first deliberately dairy free recipe, and guess what?  I had a CT scan today and am re-introducing the dairy.  Wee-hoo! 

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, dairy free baking, peanut butter Tagged With: chocolate chips, cookie, Dairy Free Baking, dairy-free, dessert, peanut butter, shortening

Chocolate Caramel Hazelnut Tart

November 28, 2009 By Laura 18 Comments

Have you ever noticed the blogging conundrum about celebratory meals? I have quite a few dishes in my head right now and who knows when or if I will ever get a chance to share them with you. Prime rib, sweet rolls, pureed broccoli with creme fraiche, apple and beet salad with blue cheese, chocolate… 

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Filed Under: caramel, chocolate, hazelnuts, misc. dessert Tagged With: caramel, chocolate, dessert, dinner party desserts, hazelnuts, Holidays, nuts, tarts

Cinnamon Apple Crisp Topped with Vanilla Cream

October 9, 2009 By Laura 17 Comments

I am annoyed with myself every fall for not trying to make more simple apple desserts. I see them everywhere on the internet, mouth watering, and I think I could do that. And then for some reason I do not. OK, I do know why part of the time–frequently those otherwise simple desserts involve making… 

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Filed Under: apples, crisps Tagged With: apple crisp, apples, cinnamon, crisps, dessert, oatmeal, oats

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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