Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

I’ve been having a nice email conversation with Rachel, a reader, and after I mentioned I was baking some cookies for Easter, she was kind enough to send me a slew of cookie decorating ideas & tips. They’re great; take a look! Idea #1: Leave the dough on the counter for 5 or ten minutes […]

I made these for Kian, who doesn’t like chocolate cookies (or chocolate at all, for that matter). He likes these very much, and they’re popular with Sadie and Shane too. (As for me, I’ll stick with the chocolate ones.) Instead of flavoring these with vanilla or lemon (mmm, lemon) I added a teaspoon of almond […]

Click here for cookie decorating ideas & tips. Two Easters ago, Shane, Kian, Sadie & I converged on my parents’ apartment in NYC. They threw a brunch and all of us, plus my Aunt Linda, Uncle Matt, cousins Chris and Matt, and Catherine, Matt’s wife, joined us. Catherine — charming, adorable, gorgeous Catherine — brought […]

This year’s inspiration: Martha Stewart’s Sugar Cookies. I’m going to make ’em this year, dammit! I really like Easter because A) a big part of it has to do with candy and B) it’s sort of the kick-off for Spring. (Easter is less fun, however, when you start to think about the whipping and crucifixtion. […]

This is a slightly adapted muffin recipe and, if I do say so myself, they came out very nicely. The flavor is gently sweet with a nice contrast between the warm, spicy cinnamon notes and the bright and fresh flavors from the raspberry jam. The crumb is tender and moist and the sugar topping even […]

I’m not a big fan of smoked cheese so I don’t know why I thought I might go for this recipe. It’s sort of like going on a date with someone you know you only like as a friend: kind of pointless and a little bit sad. Ok, it’s not that it’s bad. There ARE […]

I’m averse to most low calorie dessert recipes. The majority of them are based on Cool Whip (which I’ve never been a fan of) mixed with other, powdered stuff. Peanut Butter “Mousse” = Cool Whip + dehydrated peanut butter.Oreo Fluff = crushed Oreos + sugar free instant pudding powder + Cool Whip.This one (scroll down) […]

Fear not, bunny: hasenpfeffer isn’t on the menu. We’re having a sizable crowd over for Easter this year: nine adults and four kids. I’ve decided to do brunch because: A) it can be appropriately served anywhere from, say, 10 am to 1:30pm (and I don’t know yet when people are going to arrive) and B) […]

Mmm, mmm! Steamy chicken goodness. The original recipe is called Caramelized Onion Chicken but, frankly, this recipe doesn’t have enough onions in it to justify that name. I doubled the amount of onions called for, and it still was pretty skimpy. So if you like onions (and I do), throw in two to three medium […]

Two things I have been doing far too much of lately: Watching The Real Housewives of Orange County and craving, then eating, cheese. The former will be soon remedied (Housewives‘ season is ov-ah! but lives on in reruns & TiVo) and the latter: oh, I don’t know. I’m not usually a big fan of cheese […]