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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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Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Potatoes and Mushrooms; Review of Soup Night

November 22, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Mushrooms

Warming and hearty Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Potatoes and Mushrooms is the perfect antidote to a chilly (or frigid!) fall day. A copy of Soup Night was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links are used in this post to link to items I am discussing.    Is it just… 

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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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