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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 love stews. Stew is a relative term though. It’s basically just a chunky, hearty soup, right? Okay, I just checked. According to Dictionary.com a stew is, “a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.”. Something cooked by stewing…yeah, I guess I left that [...] 
It’s November! That means soup and stew season is on! Of course, here in Houston it’s still in the 80′s and everyone is wearing shorts and t-shirts/tank tops…. But it’s the spirit of the season that’s important!! Heck, if all else fails, I can still turn my air conditioner way down and pretend it’s [...] 
I love fish chowder. When I was a kid, it was my favorite dish that my mom’s cooking. I even found my old diary from elementary school, and in the beginning it had a fill in the blank section where you listed your favorite things, and for favorite food I wrote, “Mom’s fish chowder”. [...] 
I love gumbo. Mainly because it’s spicy and has okra in it; two things I love dearly. Did you know “gumbo” is the Bantu (language spoken in certain parts of Africa) word for okra? That is why no matter what gumbo recipe you use, you must always have okra in it. Okra-less gumbo is just [...] They were showing “Star Wars – Return of the Jedi” last night on TV. …in Japanese. Usually when they show movies on TV in Japan, they’re bilingual. Most TVs have the option of changing the language to either the original language (for non-Japanese movies) or the dubbed Japanese version. I have nothing against dubbing, but [...]  |
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