New Look...

Well, I've finally ditched the template and made my own layout. I hope it works for everyone. Let me know if something doesn't show up right...

stuck in the wormhole

I'm still cooking, I swear! But hot dang, I have no spare time to blog. In the coming posts, you can look forward to:

- buckwheat pancakes
- banana bread
- snickerdoodles (another learning experience)
- apple pie
- pumpkin filling cookies
- Araya's Vegetarian Place

Comment if you wanna see any of those more than the others, so I can post that first.

Well, I'm now a month gluten-free, and doing fine. Although, my eczema is still here. In fact, it hasn't changed a bit. *sigh* I'm a little bit addicted to the challenge of a gluten-free existence, though, and feel a heap healthier. Learning to bake again is a ball. I wish I had one of those commercial kitchens with the big mixing equipment and the calibrated oven and huge sinks for washing dishes with one of those sprayer things... and large bags of gluten-free flours and such. And fresh fruit up the yin-yang... Really, though, I'd settle for a nice KitchenAid.

I'm discovering all sorts of cool grains... Quinoa I've got down. Millet I'm currently conquering... next is amaranth.

I'm trying to like millet. But right now, I think it smells like budgies... :-S

new blog

So here it is: my first post in a new blog.

I call it "Rice and Beans" because a) it's a food blog, and b) rice and beans are a staple for me. I strive to someday open up a little cafe in the big city to serve rice and beans to people without any food...

The purpose of this blog is to document my adventures in cooking. And eating. As a bit of an experimenter, not all of my stuff turns out the way... ah... I anticipate, but I plan on posting the more grisly details as a reminder that yes, some of my food really is quite awful. Hopefully there will be an abundance of goodness to make up for it. Of course there will.

I shall also be posting pictures, when they are available. What I wouldn't give for a Canon 30D.

For now, enjoy my blog! I welcome comments and critique.