On the Origin of a Sweater
It can't be that hard... I love burritos. They are almost as perfect as food gets. They can be eaten for breakfast. They contain all the food you need for a meal, wrapped inside a warm, soft, chewy tortilla blanket. Convenient and portable. A few weeks ago, as I was taking the tortillas out of their plastic bag, I thought to myself, "why can't I make these from scratch? It can't be that hard." It wasn't that hard. It did require a bit of explaining when my partner walked into the kitchen, which along with myself was lying beneath a dusting of flour. Now, after some practice, I love making tortillas. I can make choices about what goes into them. I have more control over what I'm consuming. Not total control, but more control. It was a Pandora's Box of sorts. Since then, I've started making bread, and cinnamon rolls, and pasta sauce, and noodles. I began to think about what can be made that we mindlessly consume. And once the pandora's box is op...