Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

Grilled Sweet Onion & Tomato Salad, right, accompanied by Sweet N Spicy BBQ Glazed Pork Chops, and an ear of corn. This comes from Wegmans Menu magazine. I can’t believe how good it is: the onions’ sugars caramelize over the grill’s heat, bringing out the Vidalias’ natural sweetness. (Alone, they would be a wonderful topping […]

There is always stale bread in my house. (Perhaps you’ve noticed.) My husband, Shane, will buy a loaf of bread after work, eat half of it, and then leave it to harden on the counter. Until recently, I just chucked it. But this month’s Is My Blog Burning? is all about reusing stale bread, so […]

These recipes come from Gourmet’s “Everyday Meals,” a cookbook that accompanies a Gourmet subscription. I don’t usually think of myself as ditzy, yet lately, all evidence points to the contrary. There were supposed to be scallions — diagonally cut for maximum effect — with the pork chops and, although I know I put them in […]

Sissy William’s recipe for Sweet Potato aux Peeps sparked the idea for both this recipe and its French title* (food sounds so much better in French). I love the caramel-like sweetness baking releases in sweet potatoes, so to play that up, I added good amounts of brown sugar (3/4 cup) and butter (6 Tbsp.) to […]