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 I'm Rachel, a small-town girl from Oklahoma. I just came back to the U.S. after living in Japan for the past four years. I love all things food related, and am particularly interested in nutritional, whole-food cooking from scratch. Join me in my culinary adventures, my domestic doings, and the story of my life, one day at a time. Want to know more? Check here. |
I have a confession. Stir-fries make me a little nervous. Why you ask? All that heat! You have to cook everything very quickly, and at a really really high temperature. The result? Spitting oil, excessive smoke, smoke detector going off, DOOM! At least, that’s pretty much how it goes in my head. In reality [...] 
Last Saturday morning I got the closest I’ve ever come to passing out. It was the weirdest thing. I woke up first, and as my mom usually fixes breakfast on Saturday morning, I relaxed, read for awhile, set the table, etc. By the time we finally ended up eating breakfast (almost an hour and a [...] 
The weather has been so nice this week (high temp around 80° F), that Hisa and I decided to get out of the house and go somewhere yesterday. I’d been wanting to go to the zoo, so we decided to go there. It was the perfect day for it. It was warm and sunny [...] If you have no clue what mabo dofu is (you poor soul, you), it’s a delicious Chinese dish that consists of mainly tofu and a little bit of ground beef or pork in a spicy chili sauce. It’s very popular here in Japan, although as the Japanese tend to avoid overly spicy dishes, the Japanese [...] Yay! It’s Friday! *does TGIF dance* For whatever reason, I’ve mistakenly thought that everyday this week was Friday, so I’m especially glad this week that today, it is indeed Friday. It’s always a pain when you wake up in the morning thinking it’s Friday, and then suddenly realize it’s a weekday earlier in the [...]  |
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