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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.
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Do you like flan?
It’s super popular in Japan (they call it “pudding” though, not flan), but it seems like you don’t see it all that often in the U.S. Of course you can buy flan, and I’ve seen mixes for it, but it’s not really on the same level as things like chocolate [...]
I love scones.
I remember when my mom first started making them. She a got a recipe for them from someone at our church, I believe. I was in elementary school, and I’d never heard of nor had scones before. But from that very first scone I was in love. Fresh scones are hard [...]
Few things say summer quite like a berry trifle.
I was a bit late on the game, as I made this in September, the end of summer (depending on what part of the country you live in of course), but it doesn’t cool off here until like November, so I think this is allowable.
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Have you ever had kolache?
For that matter, do you know what they are?
I didn’t until we moved to Texas, and suddenly there are all these kolache places everywhere.
Kolache, pronounced ko-lah-chee, are a stuffed bun of sorts. From what I understand, they originate in Central Europe (namely the Czech Republic/Slovakia area), but [...]
Once again, I know I’m kinda jumping the gun here with Fall, but…
I just really wanted some pumpkin bread.
I always start dreaming of Fall in August. Cool, crisp weather. Red, orange, and yellow leaves. The faint smell of smoke in the air from people’s fireplaces. The flavors of crisp apples and rich [...]

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