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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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Country Wheat Bread

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Few things smell quite as good as homemade bread baking in the oven.

Coffee, chocolate, and cinnamon come to mind, but that’s another post for another day.

Homemade bread baking just smells so dang good. If you’ve never made yeast bread, it’s almost worth it just to get that wonderful smell in your kitchen. [...]

Pretzel Monster Fingers

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Did everyone have a good Halloween? Or for those of you in the U.S. (and similar time zones), are you having a good Halloween?

Hisa and I did nothing to celebrate Halloween really, but then Halloween isn’t really celebrated in Japan. You can see Halloween decorations and Halloween themed foods here and there, and some [...]

Perfect Dinner Rolls

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Yesterday evening, Hisa and I walked to the nearest police box (koban) to report my bicycle stolen. Naturally, when we arrived there, no one was there because the officers were currently off on patrol.

So, we continued walking to the police station, which wasn’t too far off. Once there, a nice police officer helped us [...]

Homemade Hamburger Buns

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I have a confession to make.

I’m horrible at frisbee.

I wouldn’t even go near a frisbee for years, because I was traumatized during my junior high school years.

It’s all my brother’s fault.

Well partially at least. In one experience, my class was playing frisbee tag during gym class, and I got hit in [...]

English muffins’ terrible secret

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I discovered that English muffins have a terrible secret…

I only started making homemade yeast breads about a year and a half ago, but English muffins have always dwelt  in the realm of obscure, gourmet-ish breads that look too difficult to make, and should thus, only be bought from the store.

But I [...]

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