Portrait of a gluten-free ginger carob cake.

Celiacs rejoice!  (Cue angelic trumpets, round cherub babies gathering on ceilings, and gold leaf trim.) Here is a gluten-free version of the vegan gingerbread cake from a few weeks prior. Through stealthy research on the Internet, I came upon the decision to replace each 100 g of all-purpose flour with 115 g of a mix …

self-actualization and bread.

We live in an old, creaky apartment with cracks that crawl up the walls, lumpy hardwood floors, and crooked charm.  The harbinger of winter is the sound of the radiators coming on, first with slow grumbling and hisses, building up to rattling like a tin kettle boiling over.  Occasionally it sounds like a troll is …