by Laurie Rockenbeck | Mar 15, 2012 | Cooking, Food
When I started dinner tonight, I walked into the kitchen trying to think through what I had in the fridge and the cupboard to make. The thunderous rainstorm was enough to deter me from driving to the store or taking people out to dinner. I had an idea of a quick soup...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 16, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Memories, Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my annual cookie baking spree that I usually go on before Christmas. My mom used to do it, and, well, it is a family tradition bordering on something sacred. And, you don’t mess with sacred. Right? Right. So,...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Sep 12, 2011 | Food, Uncategorized, Writing
I just got back from Las Vegas and another writing conference yesterday. It was a tiring but rewarding weekend. I met dozens of people I’d heard of and whose work I had read. I also talked to umpteen editors and publishers–tossing around story ideas and...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 27, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Uncategorized
It’s hard to not be excited about creating dinner from the garden. The poor weather we’ve been having has had the side-effect of creating a bounty of fresh greens in the garden. I cleaned the batch you see pictured and realized that there was going to be...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 18, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Uncategorized
The question, “what’s in the broth?” could be asked in any number of tones of voice in my household these days. Sometimes it is laced with the suspicious nervousness of a wary eight year old. At other times, like tonight when I served this amazing...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 27, 2011 | Food
Maybe it was the clearly labeled gluten- free oatmeal on the shelf as we walked into The Phoenix B&B near Castlemaine, or perhaps it was the delicious savory smell of veggies simmering in garlic, or it could have been the Lazure-like paint on the walls that made...
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