Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Lemon blueberry bundt, with fresh bluberries and lemon zest tucked in the center. Last Friday, Carolyn invited a slew of people over for a hot dog cookout (really a weenie roast – so retro!). Armed with portable chairs, we sat in her backyard and ate, overlooking her chickens, ducks, and the wheat (?) field beyond […]

It KILLED me not to mention this in the original Closin’ Cookies post, but I did not on the advice of our realtors. I think now, however, I can safely reveal the story: We put the house up for sale on a Friday night. The next day – Saturday – we had two parties look […]

I think we have a dream spread here, folks. There is nary a healthy dish in sight. We are laden with sugar, fat, salt — just the way people ate before they knew about cholesterol. So get out your prescription for Lipitor and dig in. The lovely AliCat from Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter […]

Sometimes, you want something good to eat but can’t muster the energy to do much of anything (much less photograph it for a blog entry). Hence, Slacker’s Shepherd Pie. Assemble, bake, and eat while laying on the couch, watching a stupid movie. Shepherd Pie (from Real Simple magazine)1 1/2 pounds ground turkey1 1.2-ounce package chicken […]

So appealing, don’t you think? The recipe for Lime Honey Dressing comes from the 1957 edition of Helen Corbitt’s Cookbook. Corbitt was the director of restaurants at the “famous” Neiman-Marcus store in Dallas. Here’s a partial description from the bookflap: This Yankee-born authority on food is a truly creative cook and superlative party-giver. Earl Winston […]

From Tim Karr, SavetheInternet.com: Dear SavetheInternet.com blogger, Net neutrality supporters are gearing up against a Senate vote on Sen. Ted “The Internet is a Series of Tubes” Stevens‘ telecommunications bill (S 2686). This bad bill fails to protect Net Neutrality. To preserve Internet freedom, we need to be sure that this bill gets overhauled or […]

You know those PBS fundraising drives the stations run twice a year? The hosts get increasingly desperate towards the end of the drive. They get pushy and sweaty and start offering totebags. Especially when their goal is $5,000,000 and they’ve raised about $500. I feel their pain. This carnival has been up for a month […]

Breakfast on the run (balanced on my leg) from Amy’s Bread. It’s been quite a week. We visited the Empire State Building, American Girl Place, Build-a-Bear, Cole Haan, Toys R Us, the Liberty Science Center (sailing past the Statue of Liberty on the way), the NY Hall of Science, the old World’s Fair grounds, Coney […]

We’re down to the wire folks! Get in your entries for the RRC#2 — theme: outdoor wingdings — by this Wednesday at 11:59pm EST!!! Full details here; email your submissions and/or questions to LauraRebeccasKitchen@gmail.com. *** Now for your inspiration and viewing pleasure, some retro food art courtesy of MoMA: Still Life #30 by Tom Wesselman, […]

Last night, I dreamt of zucchini. I’m trying not to focus on a Freudian interpretation of that, hoping instead that my subconscious was just thinking about this Zucchini Parmesan bread. I pulled this together last Friday in an attempt to use up some farmers’ market items before we left for NY. It’s based on this […]