Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Photo Source. Shane & I are headed to Toronto in about two weeks. I’m really excited — I’ve never been there before, even though it’s only 4 hours away. So, if you’ve got any recommendations — restaurants (of course), museums, music venues, shops, etc. — please let me know!

I’ve been getting a fair amount of hits, but no comments, and I couldn’t help but wonder why.It’s because I’m an idiot. I enabled the “moderate comments” feature on blogger, which I thought would just allow me to delete “phising” comments. I was wrong. The feature requires bloggers to review every comment BEFORE posting and […]

Photo Credit. We’ve leaving for NYC tomorrow to visit my parents for Easter, so things will be slow around here until we come back (…maybe; I made Q Cookies on the last trip). I want to hit up the new Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and, of course, Veniero’s (plus other non–food–related locales). I plan to […]

Today’s Fresh Air featured journalist Michael Pollan discussing his new book “The Ominivore’s Dilemma.” In the interview, Pollan talks about the global costs involved in producing food. For example, corn — found in a number of processed foods in the form of corn syrup — is produced using an unbelievable amount of fossil fuel (meaning, […]

This oven thermometer has been discontinued. Pity. I finally got it through my thick skull that my oven has been running too hot. After burning one too many breads and cakes (“Just trim the edges; it’ll be fine”) it finally dawned on me: “I bet the thermostat is out of whack.” From what I’ve read, […]

~Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas~ ~Sides~ Maple Glazed Apple and Sweet Potato GratinMashed Butternut SquashCompany’s Coming Mashed Potatoes (best mashed potato recipe ever)Roasted Balsamic Sweet PotatoesMashed Turnips & Carrots ~Cookies~ Candy Corn Cookies Cardamom Chocolate Chunk Cookies Classic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies ~Cakes~ Old Fashioned Apple CakePumpkin Spice Cake with Honeyed Cream Cheese FrostingSpicy Ginger Cake ~Pies~ Pescatore’s […]