Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Martha’s recipe for baked eggplant parm is delicious, and easy to make to boot. We paired the dish with a bottle of Candoni Wines’ Candoni D.O.C.G., and a good hunk of bakery fresh bread. After the wine was finished, we wrapped the meal up with a fresh salad tossed with extra virgin olive oil and […]

Summer is almost here so, yesterday, I tried on a pair of shorts. They were … tighter than I remember them to be. So either clothes are now shrinking during winter storage (which I’m not ready to rule out) or writing a food blog causes one’s ass diameter to increase. (Damn you food blog! DAMN […]

Sometimes you have such high hopes for a meal. You go to the store, carefully select your ingredients, get home, set up your mise en place, and cook. And then, when everything is in front of you, and you take your first bite – well sometimes it’s great, and sometimes it’s not, and some it’s […]

The top tortilla gets nice and crisp, while the other ones absorb the flavors of the filling. Cinco de Mayo is a “national celebration in Mexico [commemorating] the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Saragoza over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.” (Source: Wikipedia.) While most […]

It sounds terrible, doesn’t it? Crockpot lasagna? Who would eat that? Maybe someone who thinks Chef Boyardee is a culinary genius, but not someone who has functioning tastebuds. And if there’s anybody in your family from Italy, you’re probably planning to put a hit on me right now.* But please trust me: this is a […]

AliCat over at Something So Clever made this and gave it a thumbs up, so I thought I’d give it a try. It’s very good – a light, summery meal. And so very easy to make. (I didn’t add any basil because I forgot to buy some; it was still delicious.) Giada De Laurentiis’ Lemon […]

These recipes come from Gourmet’s “Everyday Meals,” a cookbook that accompanies a Gourmet subscription. I don’t usually think of myself as ditzy, yet lately, all evidence points to the contrary. There were supposed to be scallions — diagonally cut for maximum effect — with the pork chops and, although I know I put them in […]

This recipe comes from the back of a package of Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns. It’s listed on the site and yet, when you click on the link, it just takes you to an all-purpose recipe page. Very wonky. I’m posting it here (slightly adapted) because it’s very easy to make and very tasty to […]

A Note From Your Webhost: Even though my husband, Shane, was an air force brat, he identifies Texas as his home. He was born there and, before moving to Upstate NY, spent the longest part of his life there. His parents live in San Antonio as does his brother and sister-in-law. I am from New […]

Another Saturday, another dinner party! Last night, we had Carolyn (not the banana bread Carolyn; a different one) and her family (sans teenage daughter, whose band was invited to play in Disney World) over for what turned out to be a smorgasbord: Pulled pork sandwiches, shells and cheese, homemade apple sauce, hand-picked and home-frozen corn […]