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Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches

September 22, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches

Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches is an easy, delicious and surprisingly fast dinner to make during peach season. Remember how I said the cough was gone? Not so fast, my friends! (And if you are a college football fan, feel free to imagine Lee Corso on ESPN’s College Gameday; if you are not just… 

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Filed Under: fish, fruit, Indian, peaches, products, reviews, seafood Tagged With: burlap and barrel, fair trade spices, fish, Indian, Indian inspired, mahi mahi, peaches, seafood, spices, white fish

10 Best Foodie Things of 2017

January 10, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

cacao tree

Much like 2016, 2017 was a year of transitions, but food was never far from my mind. Just ask my kids, who got dragged all over creation in Guatemala until I could find the right denomination of money to try a traditional coconut cookie! So without further ado, here are my favorite culinary discoveries from… 

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Filed Under: cookbook, cookbook reviews, End of year "best" lists, misc Tagged With: best cookbooks, cookbooks, end of year, end of year best list, spice farm, spices

Cook, Eat, Tweet Mujadarra!

January 20, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Mujadarra is a classic Middle Eastern dish of rice, lentils and caramelized onions, and it is the definition of comfort food as far as I am concerned. Affiliate links have been used in this post to items I am linking to. Guys! Cook, Eat, Tweet was so much fun! Not to mention delicious! If you… 

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Filed Under: blog events, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, pantry cooking, rice, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: caramelized onions, fried egg, Middle Eastern, mujadara, mujadarra, onions, pilaf, rice, spices, vegetarian, yogurt

Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

January 12, 2013 By Laura 8 Comments

Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

These are the Browned Butter Snickerdoodles I told you about in my Top 13 post. I have noticed that some snickerdoodles are super chewy and flat, while some are thick, with either a chewy or cakey interior. Both are delicious. Having not grown up with any kind of snickerdoodle tradition, I have no inherent preference…. 

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Filed Under: browned butter, cookies, fall spices Tagged With: browned butter, cinnamon, cookies, recipe, snickerdoodles, spices

#BundtaMonth: Moroccan Inspired Olive Oil Bundt Cake with Ras El Hanout

November 7, 2012 By Laura 19 Comments

whole spice ras el hanout

We’ve all been there. I’ve been there more than once. There was the cream of mushroom soup I had right before getting sick on Vicodan when my wisdom teeth were removed, the vegetarian samosa I ate from a street food cart in Bath, England that made me queasy for the rest of the day, the… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, dairy free baking, fall spices, Moroccan, Spice Blends Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, blog events, bundt cake, cakes, cardamom, cinnamon, dairy-free, Moroccan, ras el hanout, spices

Cardamom Yogurt Cake

May 13, 2012 By Laura 19 Comments

Happy Mothers’ Day! I just felt an actual pang in my heart, speaking of the emotional roller coaster known as parenting.

Filed Under: cakes, yogurt Tagged With: cake, cardamom, haircut, spices, yogurt

Pumpkin Pie Marshmallows

October 1, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

I have had an epiphany. An epiphany for me, mind you, not the world at large, because I am betting every single parent of a school-aged child already knows it. Kindergarten success has nothing to do with your kid and everything to do with how organized you, the parent, are. My children are doomed. Case… 

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Filed Under: candy, marshmallows, pumpkin, sweet confections Tagged With: autumn, confections, fall treats, marshmallows, pumpkin, s'mores, spices

Molasses Ginger Granola Bars

September 16, 2010 By Laura 13 Comments

Molasses Ginger Granola Bars--delicious, easy, unique and allergy friendly!

Well I still don’t have the marshmallows to share. I want to tweak just a few last things–for a 4th batch (most of the 3rd was enjoyed by John’s students lest you think we have turned into marshmallows around here). It’s a hard job, making all these marshmallows, but someone has to do it. In… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, molasses, oats, whole grains Tagged With: bars, candied ginger, ginger, granola, granola bars, molasses, oatmeal, oats, spices

A Mother’s Love: Gingersnaps (Family Recipes)

October 31, 2009 By Laura 20 Comments

I apologize for the delay between posts–right before Sammy’s big birthday party, and right as my in laws rolled into town, I got bronchitis. Which eventually cleared up but turned into a sinus infection. Thank goodness for my in laws, who basically threw Sammy’s party for her while I hid in the bedroom. And thank… 

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Filed Under: cookies, family recipes, molasses Tagged With: autumn, cookies, family recipes, gingersnaps, spices, vintage recipes

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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