Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Just a reminder: the deadline for the first Retro Recipe Challenge is only two weeks away! Here are the details for our first challenge: make any kind of recipe first published between 1920 and 1975. The point here is to find an old recipe and have fun creating it. When possible, cite your source, the […]

Good news From SavetheInternet.com: Bipartisan Victory in the House The broad, nonpartisan movement for Internet freedom notched a major victory today, when a bipartisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006″ — a bill that offers meaningful protections for Network Neutrality, “the First Amendment of the Internet.” […]

Garnished with a bit of green onion. I’m currently addicted to two things: LOST* and Wegman’s Veggie French Bread Pizza. I don’t have a Hawaiian production unit but I do have a kitchen, so I recreated the latter. The recognizable parts of the Wegman’s pizza are bread, mozzarella, red onions, peppers, cheddar, and margarine. With […]

FYI, everybody: Dear SavetheInternet Blogger, Tim Karr of Free Press and the SavetheInternet Coalition here. A critical vote is going down in Congress right now and we need you and your readers to get phones ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill. The House Judiciary Committee is beginning to “mark up” a good Net Neutrality […]

See the first crab salad recipe here. Here are the flavors you’ll find at a New England Crab Shack, all heaped upon a buttered English muffin. Close your eyes, take a bite, and imagine sitting at a little café by the water. The sun beats down, but you’re shaded by an oversized yellow umbrella striped […]

My Favorite Plum’s Cooking for Children gives me an excuse to brag about this Hawaiian Island Cake. I made it two summers ago for Sadie’s Hawaiian Luau-themed birthday. We rented a small pavilion at Seneca Lake State Park, handed out fabric flower leis, and decorated with a blow-up palm tree (Oriental Trading Company), Shane’s old […]

This recipe is based on Martha Stewart’s Outrageous Chocolate Cookies. They’re amazingly good — the kind of recipe you make to enthrall other people with your baking prowess. The recipe popped into my mind after trying Green & Black’s white chocolate. I don’t like white chocolate but, after getting a rave review on Candy Blog, […]

I can’t help but think that this pic will be in the 2050 edition of The Gallery of Regrettable Food. It’s tasty but it just has that look. Shane is attending a training session in Detroit and the kids are at their mom’s place. I am home alone. WHEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, all right. There are lonely […]

The cake isn’t actually levitating; it’s just on a cooling rack. But it would be cool if it had metaphysical powers. I love Everyday Food; it’s my current favorite foodie mag. I especially love their “Sweet Favorites” section, which features reader submitted favorite dessert recipes.I had a sweet craving after dinner last night, so I […]

Made with locally-grown asparagus from Pederson Farms in Seneca Castle, NY. From the 4/96 issue of Bon Appétit comes this recipe for Farfalle with Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas and Parmesan, which will hopefully qualify for Asparagus Aspirations. (Kevin mentioned a number of duplicate recipes and, let’s be honest, this one isn’t exactly novel or exotic. […]