Recipes by Laura Tabacca
Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip CookiesThis is my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe, despite my complete willingness to flirt with other recipes. Based on King Arthur's Triple Play Peanut Butter Cookies, it is seriously peanutty, which I appreciate, and the sprinkled grey sea salt on top elevates it to new heights. Thick and chewy and just downright delicious. |
8 votes
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Aloo Kaanda Bhajee (Potatoes In Sweet Onion Sauce)Adapted from Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries, this potato curry makes the perfect accompaniment to any Indian protein dish. Creamy, spicy, delicious. See more photos at http://thespicedlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/aloo-kaanda-bhajee-potatoes-in-sweet.html |
2 votes
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Family Recipes: Butter Crunch 2 WaysWhen John and I first moved in together, he made it clear to me that the holidays were not the holidays without his mom’s special holiday Butter Crunch. He backed this assertion up by making it himself, a fact which is only shocking in light of the fact that he never bakes or makes sweets, he only cooks alone when I am absent, and he… |
3 votes
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Lemon Sour Cream Bundt CakeThis past week marked the beginning of Alex’s birthday celebrations. Plural because I have decided as she gets older and has more friends, it is better to celebrate with friends separately from family, and honestly my in laws separately from my family, just because they live farther away in D.C. and my family lives relatively nearby… |
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#BundtAMonth: Double Chocolate Swirled Bundt Cake#BundtAMonth: Double Chocolate Swirled Bundt CakeSurely you knew the theme for February would be chocolate! Happily for me, I made this cake before getting sick–and therefore even got to enjoy some of it. Happily for my friends, I brought it to a friend’s birthday celebration at a local bar. Not as happily for you guys, that means all… |
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Bengali Mahi Mahi with Mustard SeedsYou’ve probably noticed the dearth of desserts around The Spiced Life lately. That is partially because we’ve made some tried and true favorites lately, but it is also because I have 2 different recipes that I am determined to not share until I get them right! One is an unusual granola bar, and the other, pictured below in its first… |
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Indian Style Wok Cooked Shrimp Curry (Kadhai Jhinga)I hope I translated the name of this dish accurately! It is from a pretty intimidating cookbook that John got me, called Prashad: Cooking with Indian Masters, by J Inder Singh Kalra, who is (was?) an Indian food writer. First published in 1986, the book is intended for an international audience, but either because it is dated or… |
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Clinton St. WafflesI have an incorrigible sweet tooth which must be appeased first thing in the morning. So it will not surprise you to learn that I always eat my French toast and waffles dripping with maple syrup–and sometimes slathered in whipped cream. And my pancakes are liberally smooshed sprinkled with brown sugar. This is how you know I mean… |
2 votes
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Bundh Gobhi, Palak aur Laal Aalu (Stir Fried Cabbage with Spinach and Baby Potatoes): Review of 1,000 Indian RecipesAs most of you know, I have a definite preference for one pot meals. I would not say I am incapable of multi-tasking, but when it comes to making dinner I like to avoid it when possible. Because we love homey, rustic cooking like stews, curries and… |
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Shrimp ClemenceauNew Orleans is one of my top 2 favorite food cities of all time (if you’re wondering, Boston is the other). Not a unique choice, I realize, but I have family down there and have spent some time in the city–plus, let’s face it popular foodie destinations are usually popular for a reason. And the best part is that you have an amazing… |
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