Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Happy birthday kid. Moving has turned me into a horrible bitch goddess . (Well, all right, not that alone — there was always a natural tendency.) Packing is boring, cleaning is tedious, waiting on mortgages is nervewracking, bleeding money is horrifying. For the past two weeks, my inclination is to bury myself in a den […]

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 […]

Photo courtesy of Betty Crocker. I’m pretty much in love with anything kitschy (as if that weren’t blatantly obvious). But sometimes irony crosses over into true infatuation, and that’s how I explain my tremendous crush on Tom Selleck, star of Magnum P.I., Quigly Down Under, and most recently, Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise (which he […]

Last fall, Carolyn and I compiled and edited a charity cookbook. We asked parish members to submit their favorite recipes, had the Sunday School kids draw illustrations, pulled it all together in Publisher, printed and assembled it in-house, and sold it for $3 a pop. When we started, we weren’t really sure if A) anyone […]

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 […]

There is something about this cake that demands it be eaten along with a good cup of tea. As it is served in the Tea & Sympathy teashop, that makes a lot of sense. It is amazingly delicious. The inside is sticky and soft, packed with sweetness and ginger spiciness. The edges are firmer (though […]

“A Butter icing is like a favorite cotton dress…simple and easy to put on…cooked white frosting like a perky street ensemble…and the extra touches of tinted coconut, toasted nuts, or allegretti are the gay accessories that make a costume ‘special.’ Your family will enjoy your ‘dressed-up’ cakes the more because they look so pretty.” – […]

TIP: Cutting angel food with a regular knife will squash the cake. If you don’t have an angel food cake comb (above) saw through it with unflavored dental floss. This recipe comes from Creighton, the 12 year old daughter of two good friends. She has made this — by herself — on several occasions. In […]