Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Pumpkin bread, left (with zucchini bread and a coconut doughnut). This lovely recipe for pumpkin bread is slightly adapted from Elise’s at Simply Recipes. It’s very moist and lightly spiced — a nice option for widely divergent palates. Kian and Sadie especially liked it. Note that the oil used is not one usually used in […]

What better way to celebrate a new blog design than with a granola? Huh? Huh? How? OK. I know I’m reaching. Granola isn’t that exciting. But my house is packed up for the move and I was in the mood for granola. Not having much on hand, I looked for a very paired down recipe. […]

Oh, Paula. We started off so well, and now… this. Your recipe is so simple. It seems so wonderful, so comforting: a quick bread featuring peanut butter, a childhood favorite. But this; this is “eh.” Ok, warm out of the oven, smeared with jam or a bit of honey butter, yes, I had two pieces. […]

Photo courtesy of KraftFoods.com A few weeks ago, an old friend from high school mentioned his experience going on a field trip with his son’s class. Normally mild-mannered, in the company of 20 other 8 year olds hepped up on Capri Sun, Chips Ahoy, and sheer I’m-not-at-school excitment, his son was bouncing off the walls. […]

Boil, boil, toil, and trouble. Gas burner burn, and fry pan bubble. When I was a kid, my dad used to make chicken cutlets all the time. Not chicken parmesan (though I’d have happily eaten it) – just chicken, breaded with breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, some herbs, salt and pepper. He’d fry them in some olive […]

By itself, ginger is not one of my favorites. I like ginger snaps, gingerbread, spice cakes, etc. but I always leave pickled ginger on my sushi board and can’t fathom why anyone would want to eat crystallized ginger. There’s something about its pungent scent that hits my nose the wrong way. It’s like those old […]