all the news that's fit to print

There is no shortage of ways to become alarmed.  If there's nothing going on in your own life that's of concern, you can still find something. Really you just have to close your eyes and point.  You're bound to hit something!  Engineered tomatoes. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. How greed and hunger intersect. How we've handed control of the food supply, with our blessings and tax dollars, to one entity, and their mind is not on our health and happiness.

Are you lower than the belly of a legless reptile now? Welcome.

And yet.  It's hard to act from down here.  By "act," I mean make dinner, as well as change the course of history.  The two are inextricably linked, of course. Your food dollar is your political muscle, and your physical one, too.

First a little good news, and then a little something to eat.

See high energy love beams trained on areas long overlooked.

See what good comes of children grabbing the controls.  (Longing for a Local Lunch was filmed right here in my community!)

See how true it turns out to be that a small group of committed citizens can change the world.

See what other people do with their compost.  Don't laugh AT the cats--laugh with them. (Except the one in the pineapple--call the ASPCA for that one).

As for the edibles, are you in search of a gluten-free flour that does not taste like rancid beans, feel like driveway mix between your teeth, or prompt you to refinance your mortgage?  This could be the one.  I've tried it out in eclairs, ice-cream sandwiches and a galette, and there has been very little complaining heard.

Back to you shortly with the eclairs.  In the meantime, here's the flour.

gluten-free flour mix

From here.

• 1 C superfine white rice flour

• 1 C oat flour

• 1 C coconut flour

• 1 C tapioca flour/starch

• 1/4 C cornstarch

• 3 1/2 tsp. xantham gum

Mix well and store in an air-tight container.