Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

David Lebovitz is hosting this month’s Sugar High Friday and chose chocolate as the theme ingredient. Yum! This desert, Chocolate Decadence, not only fulfills David’s requirements but also fulfills mine for 2007: a healthy (or healthier…) dessert that doesn’t taste that way. Wonderfully (luckily, Thank God-ily), this recipe does just that: it is a decadent […]

No picture because, no matter what I do, I can’t make this dish look like anything other than cat sick. Mmmm, mmm, nummy! Last month, I had some tikka masala for the first time at Thali of India . It was eye-poppingly delicious. Tender tandoori chicken is simmered in a flavorful tomato cream – a […]

As the merchandise in every grocery store, card shop, and confectionary can attest, Valentines’ Day is right around the corner. (And that that glow-in-the-dark Christmas sweater has yet to be returned.) So for the next RRC, whip up dish a perfect for your favorite lov-ah. (Sadly, “Whipped Cream on a Taut and Tanned Stomach” isn’t […]

We had some friends over before we left for Mexico and, overall, I was pleased with this recipe from Everyday Food. The sharp, peppery bite of arugula is set off by the lemon vinagarette and salty parmesean shavings. And the cherry tomatoes — well, a bite into a good tomato is like a bite into […]

Shane and I had a great time in Mexico. We stayed at the Hotel Villa del Mar in Playa del Carmen (which was not without its problems, but it worked out in the end) and hung out on the beach, went snorkling, visited cenotes, traveled through the jungle, climbed Coba (well, I got about 2/3s […]