Hey there! 
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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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 [...]
Since Hisa and I came to my parents’ house from Japan, we’ve been unable to use our laptops with the internet.
My parents have two computers in their house, only one of which is hooked up to the internet.
Although the internet is fairly fast dsl, the computer it’s hooked up to is so incredibly [...]
If there’s one thing I love in the fall and winter, it’s apple butter. I love having it on toast (or muffins, or quick breads, or oatmeal, or biscuits, or pancakes, etc.) for breakfast. It epitomizes the taste of fall for me. And it’s really yummy.
But if there’s one thing that takes [...]
Hisa and I went swimming in the morning last Saturday. Although we’ve been in the evening on Saturdays before, this was the first time we went in the morning, and, oh, it was so crowded.
I was reminded of a small pond filled with carp. Have you ever seen that? As soon as the carp [...]

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