The Inadequate Kitchen

This is the current state of my table of contents. I’m fine with the left, not the right. I was inspired by menu layouts. 

The first thing I changed was the page number design. Since Gluttony is food-themed, I want the numbers to reflect that. 

It’s time for a personal project to make its way onto this blog. 

For a publishing class, we were given a semester to make a magazine. It was tons of hard work and great fun. Then, I graduated and forgot all about the awesome work I did and amazing skills I learned. Two years later, I find my magazine when cleaning out my car. I was fucking talented. I had grit. I was driven. My ideas were original, thoughtful, and funny. They were also sitting uselessly in the passenger seat pouch of my car.

With time on my hands and no luck in getting the writing career I want, I have decided to dust off the CS skills and complete the magazine. Gluttony magazine will go from concept to reality. Lorem ipsum will disappear, pages will be added, and edits will be made. Since Gluttony is a food magazine, its relevant to this blog and progress posts will be made here. 

There are few things I hate in life, very few. Some topics are indifferent to me. Others I'm fairly more passionate or opinionated towards. When I hate someone or something, there's no turning back. Redemption is not an option, for my hatred flows strong through my veins. Three notable hates are Lil' Wayne, Zooey Deschanel, and the city of Alexandria. Those hates aren't food-related, though; the next one is.

SUGAR FREE CARAMEL

Do you know what caramel is? Any clue what it's made from? Ever wonder how the verb caramelize came to be? Do those words seem to have something in common at all?

Caramel in its most basic form has two ingredients: sugar and water. Caramelization is the oxidation of sugar. By warming a sugar and water mixture, the water releases as steam and the sugar breaks down. This results in a nutty flavor and brown color. Caramel is literally hot sugar water. Sugar free caramel should be (hot) water. Yet, scientists screw with how food should be and make the abomination that is sugar free caramel. If you're worried about your sugar intake, you shouldn't be eating caramel or you need to learn portion control.

P2P comrades: Something something dutch ovens.

Me: OH MY GOSH!!! I love dutch ovens! I want one so bad.

P2P comrades: *silence and stares*

Me: What?

P2P comrade: Do you know what a dutch oven is?

Me: Yeah! The ceramic pots that you can braise and make soups in. They come in pretty colors and you can put them in the oven. They're so expensive, though.

P2P comrade: ...A dutch oven is when you fart under the covers and hold someone under them.