Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Only 36 hours to the Retro Recipe Challenge #6: Food of Love deadline! Email your entries to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by tomorrow, February 11 at 11:59pm EST.Full challenge details can be found here or here. Tags: RRC6

So this year’s Valentine’s* Day is both bad and good. Bad: Shane will be out of town all next week for business training. Good: he’ll be in Boston, with access to a number of sophisticated chocolatiers. I’m in the mood for some artisenal chocolate. I want to taste salted caramels, truffles with tropical fruit infusions, […]

This is not a low calorie recipe. Monday night had me craving chocolate and peanut butter. If I could have snorted it, or taken it intravenously, I — I would have looked for another option. The point is, I really wanted some peanut butter in my chocolate. And I found it in here, substituting a […]

It’s seriously cold here (today’s high with be 12-degrees F, but the wind chill will make it seem like it’s 15 to 20 below) yet nothing would warm the cockles of my heart more than some RRC#6: Food of Love entries. (“Please, sir. Can I ‘ave some more?”) Email your entries to Please RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by […]

I am not becoming a vegan. I am not becoming a vegetarian. I like meat and dairy way too much. (In fact, I’m thinking about getting this t-shirt.) But maybe — once in a while — I can dabble with recipes from the veggie side. I’d wanted to make a cake using chai (inspired by […]

I don’t know why the posts’ formatting is wacky. I suspect another errant squirrel shorted out the Blogger servers. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal soon but, in the meantime, let’s pretend this is the latest in avant garde art.

Despite high member ratings, this cake is a disappointment. The cinnamon streusel is good, but it’s so scanty, it might as well not be there. (You can see it in the picture above, capping the cake, and running through the middle like a racing stripe.) The cake flavor resembles that of a biscuit, which is […]

Whether you’re shopping for that perfect box of candy (for your true love) or searching for that perfect pig’s heart (to nail to the door of your mean and horrible ex), don’t forget to stock up on ingredients for the latest Retro Recipe Challenge. The theme is “Food of Love” and full details can be […]

On Monday, I played with a Goya recipe and came up with veggie chili. Now, I am not a fan of veggie chili. I don’t usually think chili isn’t chili until it has pounds of artery clogging (yet responsibly raised) beef in it. And kidney beans? No thank you. But maybe I’m changing my tune. […]

I’m trying to eat better: more whole grains, veggies, fruit, less sugar, fat, and non-lean meats. I like to eat (is there a food blogger who doesn’t?) so I’ll frequently eat too much — especially tasty, delicious stuff, like cookies, mashed potatoes, or anything covered in melted cheddar — and then feel stuffed and nasty. […]