Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

SCORE!!! I stepped into my department’s conference room this morning to find a pile of books free-for-the-taking boxed up on the floor. I poked around and YES! There it was…. Entertaining with the Sopranos. Do you know how long I’ve wanted this book? Do you know how big a Sopranos fan I am? (Do you […]

My friend Nancy & I knocked around Rochester this morning, hitting the Rochester Public Market, Charlie’s Frog Pond and Stever’s Candy. Click this link and take a look! (Photo #31 is kind of NSFW.)

Image source. I’m still shocked this is a Weight Watchers recipe: it’s casually elegant, tasty, and there’s nary a “diet substitution” in sight. I can’t say I detected the garlic or lime flavors on the beef, yet it remained tasty. And the salad is terrific, fresh and flavorful. For an added dimension of flavor, I […]

No margaritas, but we still had a good time! (If you’re wondering, I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth; I’m just suffering from blog malaise.) Last Saturday, my friend Nancy came over for her birthday dinner. She was in the mood for citrus flavors and Mexican cuisine, so I made: Sparkling Sangria Blanca […]

The lovely Doodles, Mooncrazy, & Maltese Parakeet at Peanut Butter Etouffee announced the first ever Food Bloggy Pets of the Month, asking participants to blog about “any pet, as long as it’s breathing.” (Hee!) Dead Parrot sketch jokes aside, here’s Chester, a white-faced cockatiel, expressing interest in my copy of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. Though, […]

I just found this article on NYT.com and thought it needed to be shared. I love that La Cocina helps women take their talent and passion for cooking and aids them in turning this into a sustainable and profitable career. New York TimesJune 23, 2007For Women, a Recipe to Create a Successful BusinessBy Laura Novak […]

I’m thrilled to announce that the next edition of the Retro Recipe Challenge will be hosted by Rachel of Food Maven. (Thank you, Rachel!) Here’s her announcement & fabulous theme! I’m excited to be hosting RRC #8: Retro Wobbles But It Won’t Fall Down. This time around we will be making food that wiggles and […]

Last night, I had this crazy dream in which I was on Saturday Night Live. Incidentally, I was not a main cast member, but one of those comedians who get relegated to the back of a scene while an Amy Poehler-type shines. So sad. Earlier in the day, I had been on the set of […]

Links to more photos below. I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that our trip to Russia (visiting Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Borovsk) with the HWS Russian Study Tour was the most exhausting trip of my life. We took an average of 20,000 to 30,000 steps a day, which (I’m told) translates […]

The deadline for RRC 7 has been extended to Sunday, June 10 at 11:59pm EST. All the more time for to whip up that ’76 recipe for goulash that’s been lying around.