For about the last week I have been in pain. I'm still not sure what it is, but I was concerned enough to go to the doctor. I was worried that it was appendicitis for a while, which is actually what prompted me to make an appointment. Generally I am fairly healthy. BP is not bad, and I have lost a fair amount of weight since going gluten free. ( ( Read more... )

I have been giving this some thought, and talked to a few people. One of whom gave me a fantastic idea. I had kind of gone down this road, but never really gotten all that far with the idea. Find a commercial kitchen I can rent cheaply, make the stuff there, and then take it to a farmer's market to sell it. This would be a good way to get ideas ( Read more... )

Well, today I started poking around on craigslist, and what do I find? An ice cream parlor that is for sale, for a mere $150000. http://stlouis.craigslist.org/bfs/1482115024.html Now, you may be wondering, does he have $150,000+? The answer is, NO, how the hell would ( Read more... )

So lately I have been wracking my brains trying to figure out what I want to do. I feel like cooking for a living is going to be a struggle and end with me still not feeling well. (not to mention never being able to make a decent living or advance beyond where I am.) What I want to do is still be able to make food that people enjoy, and at the ( Read more... )

Today I ran a soup that makes me pretty happy. Since I have been making soups I've gotten pretty good at using up leftovers. There was a hotel pan of roasted red skin potatoes in the cooler. They were just fine, and stuff, but I needed to make some soup. I'll give you a cut down version. I don't even have a recipe at work for it. I just made ( Read more... )

You guys see that?? I'm having bread. It even looks and tastes like bread. It doesn't crumble apart, and taste like dust. After spending $8 on a loaf of bread, which is almost an entire hour's labor for a single loaf, and seeing that it is a huge help to have something like that to make sure that I eat a bit more consistently I decided that I ( Read more... )

This weekend, well I had plans, and as soon as I got home instantly scrapped them, sort of. Tonight I was planning on going to Dierbergs and buying all manner of bizzaro flours, and xanthan gum, and start trying my hand at baking. I had been considering starting with sourdough. I made a list of the stuff I need, and then decided to pick up a ( Read more... )

So, I was driving home from work today, and my phone rings. Its my old therapist. I'm going to go and talk to her about some things and see if she can help me work some things out. That being said, I may have just worked it out on my own. I'm not sure.

So today I decided I should do something proactive. I can go to a clinic for free and Wash U will pay for it, up to 10 visits a year. Ok, fine. I have no insurance, but there is something I can do. Well, the first available appointment is... (drum roll, please.) the end of February, maybe. I also called Wash U's PSC to try to make an ( Read more... )

I'm going to call my therapist, and see if I can get in and talk to her again ( Read more... )