Expanding my gluten-free baking

I’ve found myself with some free time after seven years at my last job, so I’ve jumped back in to a hobby that I’ve been dabbling in for awhile: gluten-free baking. I was diagnosed with celiac back in 2020, and while the options available at the grocery store have gotten a lot better since the early 2000s, there’s some stuff that’s just better fresh. Quick breads, cookies, and the like have all been pretty good! I’ve got a stellar banana bread, chocolate zucchini bread, and mixed berry muffin loaf dialed in.

A few things have eluded me, especially pizza crust. That is, until King Arthur Baking came out with a de-glutenized wheat starch-based crust mix that’s stellar. I’m not sure what food science wizardry was involved here, but the flavor is spot-on and the texture is a bit like biting into a crispy cloud? I can’t sing the praises of this stuff enough.

Pepperoni pizza made with King Arthur's gluten-free crust mix

And I think I’m about half a decade late to the sourdough game, so I have some work to do here…but progress is being made! Turns out King Arthur also has a good bread flour mix made with the same kind of flour and starch mix. Still need to work on my rise times, but not bad for having made just a couple loaves.

Gluten-free sourdough bread made with King Arthur's gluten-free bread flour

I’m digging around for old writings that I want to keep online for historical purposes. Maybe someone will get something out of a laptop review from 16 years ago! Pop over to the From the Vault category to check them out.

(Unfortunately, the pictures and videos are mostly lost to history!)

All of this migration work has inspired me to try and salvage as much of my 2007-2011 writing as I can! The photos are long-gone, but I want to get everything archived in one spot. Expect some, er, new-old stock soon!

A few weeks back, Katt and I took our first trip on Cape Air from Lebanon, NH to Boston, MA. They’re a small, regional carrier with a fleet of Cessna 402Cs and Technam P2012 Travellers. Just 9 seats, faster than driving, and the tickets are $59! Props to the pilot for navigating some tough winds.

A view of a Cessna 402C wing over New HampshireA view out the window of a Cessna 402C over New Hampshire

We’ve finished migrating from Ghost over to micro.blog!

Time to prep for a migration from Ghost to micro.blog! It’ll be nice to start doing some writing about games, radio, and DIY electronics again.