Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

As I write this, I can hear rhythmic beating of drums. A horse-drawn carriage trots by my house; the clip-clop of hooves is accompanied by the jingling of bells on the horse’s harness. (There’s also the yelling of disaffected Middle School students, but that’s much less charming.) Just down the street from our house (steps […]

The effects of irresponsibly-raised beef rear their ugly heads again. From an editorial by Nina Planck running in today’s New York Times: E. coli is abundant in the digestive systems of healthy cattle and humans, and if your potato salad happened to be carrying the average E. coli, the acid in your gut is usually […]

In tomorrow’s New York Times, food critic Frank Bruni will review Freemans. Here and here is William Tigertt’s (of Freemans) take on the experience. It’s a fun read and a flipside perspective. (Links via Gawker.)

…and I still can’t find the right words to express how I feel about it all.

From RachaelRayShow.com RACHAEL RAYPremiering September 18, 2006 Rachael Ray, TV’s most down-to-earth and relatable star, launches her brand new, one-hour daily syndicated series, appropriately named “Rachael Ray” on September 18. The show will be an exciting and unpredictable hour of fun that celebrates the can-do spirit in every person and gives viewers the essentials for […]

Cybele at CandyBlog posted on this: Nestle is debuting a new line of baking chocolate called Nestle Chocolatier. If you sign up as part of their “Official Online Team,” they’ll send you a coupon for a free bag of chocolate!!! Better yet, for every 25 people who click on this link, they’ll send me another […]

http://www.blogday.org/buttons/New_150x150.swf?contry=USA Today is BlogDay, which is all about bloggers finding new blogs and sharing them with their readers (presumably, other bloggers). The site’s been crashing, so if you’d like to participate, here’s a Google cache of the instructions. Without further ado: 1) Language Log Language Log — well-known but new to me — is all […]

I wrote a post for Fruits of our Labour inspired by Stewart Lee Allen’s book, In the Devil’s Garden: Sinful History of Forbidden Food. The post references Allen’s examination of cuisine to control a populace, but his book isn’t just limited to politics; it examines the role of food in culture throughout history. It’s a […]

Galley kitchen, I’m leaving you for another. Another with wide, open spaces and custom built cabinetry. It’s not me; it’s you. We’re closing on the sale of our house tomorrow (yay!) and the purchase of our new house … uh… this week (I hope). It could even be as early as tomorrow. I should know […]

Just a quick thank you to Margie at Mix-Pix and the anonymous (to me, anyway) reader who nominated me for a Foodie-Blog Award! (My very first blog award; it’s awfully nice.) Please visit Mix-Pix Awards and check out more award-winning sites (including the wonderful Acme Instant Food)!