About The Voice
I am a stay at home mom who loves to cook and bake and who loves to write. I decided to combine those interests into this blog, where I’d like to think I am talking to my readers while I am cooking and baking (and truly I have been known to talk to myself while in the kitchen). And of course I also just like to talk about the food I love–more than most people can stand probably. I have also discovered that the more I write, the more what I have to say about food celebrates memories: My own memories of family, life and food, and the memories my family is making every single day.
You may have noticed that the food I love can mean almost anything. I am completely unable to put myself in a box when it comes to food so I hope you’ll enjoy my jumping from a rich and indulgent chocolate dessert to a Thai curry to a Spanish tapas dish to Scottish shortbread, but my biggest focuses are international cuisine, one pot meals, cookies and cakes. I also take photos–because we all want to drool over food porn–but I’ll be the first to admit that I am learning all the time as a photographer and so I hope you’ll remember that when you see some of my earliest posts!
Jmaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech, July 2011
I am an ambidextrous Libra (they tell me the Libra part has changed but I don’t buy it). My usually enthusiastic tasters are my daughters Alex, age 7, and Sammy, age 6, and my husband John. The always enthusiastic dogs are 2 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Finnegan and Delilah, and Skamp, the Golden Doodle puppy the girls got from Santa. If you follow me on Twitter you know I bleed Maize and Blue and follow the Wolverines in football, basketball and ice hockey. I am also a Cleveland Indians fan in the summer when college sports dwindle away. I am a voracious fan of many genres of music, but at this point in my life I pretty much only go out of my way to see U2 live. I read every night before bed– fantasy, science fiction, sometimes mysteries, whatever has been assigned in my book club, and cookbooks. I have a huge cookbook problem collection. My idea of complete bliss is lying in the sun on the beach–and the fact that I don’t live near one probably explains a lot about my state of mind. Instead I live in a small college town in southwest Ohio somewhat in the middle of nowhere–but I can get to civilization in about 45 minutes.
Special thanks are due to my husband, a bio-informatician, who spent one of his spring breaks teaching himself WordPress and Thesis so I could switch to this site. The design is by myself (with his input).
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Hi Laura,
My name is Jens and we have met at a party of one of John’s colleagues, Mufit Ozden, a while back. My wife Gabriele found your Blog and forwarded it to me.
I noticed that you like Thai food, and so do I. One of the things I come across when I cook That dishes is that many need Kaffir lime leaves (and they are a key component of the complex flavored Thai dishes) which I used to get at Jungle Jim’s but due to an FDA restriction can’t be shipped anymore. What do you do in that regard?
Thanks!
Jens
Jens: I know I answered this via email a long time ago, but for other readers, the answer is I bought my own tree!
GO BLUE!
Hi there…you found my on Bloggy moms! You now have a new follower! Your recipes look delicious!! By the way, are you on Twitter?!
I swear I thought I answered this, but absolutely yes: TheSpicedLife
Hello. Just found your site thru Foodie Blog Roll’s list of blogs. Adding you to my blogroll so others can follow along too.
Thanks!! And sorry for delayed response!
Hello Laura , you have such a lovely space here.. Love you blog
It looks and feels so lively and all your recipes looks yummm !! 
Thanks! And sorry for delayed response! I must not have been super organized back in August!