Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

For Passover, the local Wegmans stocked up on Doc Brown’s Root beer, macaroons, and Black and White Cookies from Wein’s bakery. I grew up downstate, where — I guess — there are more Jewish people. So these “specialty items” that flooded Wegmans are just regular things I grew up eating — especially Black and White […]

When life gives you stale bread, make bread pudding. A loaf of French bread lay on top of our bread box, staring at me. It was at least 4 days old and as hard as a rock. I’d planned on serving it with some lemon spaghetti but we wound up eating out – three nights […]

When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, I like them thin, crisp, and buttery. That way, even a bite without a chocolate chip is still a delicious one. This recipe fits that description to a tee. (I make them without the chips for Kian, my chocolate-abhoring stepson.*) As always, chocolate chip cookies are best enjoyed […]

The color here is off; the pie really has an off white color. The lime juice isn’t strong enough to change the color and there are no eggs to add a yellow tint. Food coloring could easily give the pie more of a lime hue. Somewhere, I’d read that “real” key lime pie is not […]

After finding Key limes at the local grocery store, I decided to make a Key lime pie for Easter dinner. Since we’re in NYC for Easter, I made the pie in an unfamiliar kitchen (my parents’). I say this because making this gave me more trouble than it should have. I’m attributing most of that […]

Mmm, mmm good. This recipe was a challenge. I wanted to create something that would be eligible for the next Sugar High Friday; this month’s theme requires that all desserts incorporate liquor into the recipe. My initial thought was baba rhum. But then I read Chandra’s instructions: “let’s try to stay away from the ever […]

You can tell by the color that these lack a deep chocolate flavor. I bought The Clueless Gourmet cookbook several years ago and, soon after purchasing it, made its brownies more a number of times. And then, for whatever reason, never made them again. When I want a brownie now, I just doctor a very […]

My attempt at food styling & photography. I love potlucks, if for no other reason than they give me an excuse to try out recipes. (The massive quantities of food don’t hurt either. Of course, for every well-made Italian Wedding Soup, there’s a hot dog helper being forced down unsuspecting throats. ) For today’s lunch, […]

A petite Peeps serving. A plethora of Peeps. WARNING: If you don’t like your sweets super-sweet and neon-colored, don’t make this. Instead, have some melba toast and a cup of sugarless tea while looking at some other recipes. Doug over at Cooking With Peeps suggested his Peeps on the Lawn dessert salad to use up […]

“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.” – […]