Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

I was clicking along in cake decorating class, not having too much of a problem — until last week. We didn’t decorate anything, just practiced piping. Piping kicked my ass. I couldn’t do anything right. Reverse shell, writing letters, creating leaves: everything I touched turned out poorly. Because we didn’t frost anything and I had […]

Dragon doing a karate shoulder stand. KYOP! Sadie has started her own blog: Karate Dragons! It encompasses her two current loves — yes, you guessed it — karate and dragons. It’s pretty amazing, especially when you consider the primary author is 8 years old. Take a look and if you’d like to send her a […]

From “The Vegetable-Industrial Complex” by Michael Pollan, published 10/15/06 in The New York Times: Soon after the news broke last month that nearly 200 Americans in 26 states had been sickened by eating packaged spinach contaminated with E. coli, I received a rather coldblooded e-mail message from a friend in the food business. “I have […]

“Cupcake” by Karen Fincannon. Rachel is hosting a cupcake swap over at Food Maven. Check it out and sign up!

The Abner Adams House B & B, located in Bloomfield, NY. Shane’s birthday and my birthday are just a day apart (October 12 and 11, respectively) and our anniversary is on Shane’s birthday. So October is always festive for us and this year, we chose to celebrate our “banniversary” (Shane’s invention, which is a little […]

At this very moment, the Retro Recipe Challenge #3 link is the most popular one on Sticky Date. Yay! I love that! If you’re looking for the rules or some resources to find recipes, please click here. Once you’ve cooked something up, send your posting to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by this Sunday at 11:59 EST .

Today’s my birthday. Thank you, blogger profile, for noticing that I am one year away from a decade change. Bastards. It’s also Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday, and National Coming Out Day (purely a coincidince, I’m sure). To celebrate (my birthday, not coming out — not that there’s anything wrong with that), I’m updating my blog pic. […]

The lovely Lis at La Mia Cucina let me know about an all retro food blog called Jam Handy! Even without the retro recipes, I’d love it simply because its blogger, Kirkkitsch, quotes Murry Head’s “One Night In Bangkok.” (Best. Song. Ever.) AND he has a cupcake favicon. So if you’re still looking for RRC […]

Tagged by Peabody. Here it goes: I am thinking about: how I’m getting sick of apple desserts. I said: I’d clean up the kitchen, but it’s still not done…I want to: finish reading Mansfield Park.I regret: the way I ended that relationship.I hear: my husband and my stepson playing a game.I am: uncomfortably full I […]

So about pushing myself into a non-comfort zone … I just entered a fruit pie baking contest. I have vague idea of what I’d like to do, but that’s about it. Suggestions and/or support are welcome, as are perscriptions of anti-anxiety medication.