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Navigating the Holidays

When you make and eat the vast majority of your meals at home, it’s easy to not think about just how out of step from the rest of the world your diet has gotten.  Substitutions are automatic—for example, whenever a recipe calls for “cream” I just read “coconut milk”—and a lot of foods just simply […]

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If the Shoe Fits

It probably says something about the kind of household I live in that the notion of making my own shoes didn’t seem that strange or extreme to me.  I mean, hell, we have a whole book on the subject, and the internet is full of tutorials and ideas and even patterns.  But out there in […]

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Doughnuts!

Deep-fried coconut flour doughnuts really do work! Look at those little beauties! The first thing I discovered about this recipe is that you really do need a pan or mould of some kind.  The dough is very thin, and if you had notions (like I did) of shaping doughnuts or doughnut holes in the traditional […]

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Leather Glasses Case

…Because sometimes I really do try to Do All the Things. I’m perfectly happy to buy commercial or pre-made items for most things.  But when I can’t find what I need, am not happy with the options available, or know I could make a better or cheaper version, then my next thought is “how can […]

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