I’m Trevor and I love to bake. Ever since I was a kid I was always intrigued by what my mom was doing in the kitchen. I have plenty of memories watching her force her 1960’s mixer into submission. There were times that I tried to bake on my own as a kid… and they never were good and actually ended up getting me banned from the kitchen by my mother.
Living in Peru has actually peaked my interest in baking even more. I am practically stuck in a perpetual state of nostalgia being so far from home. Yea, that means I’m far from any Wal*Mart, King’s Soopers, Giant Eagle, or anything you might consider a convenience store. Sadly, what my market place consists of is the furthest away from the definition of convenient as we know it. So, I’m spurred on by my homesickness to try to create, as close as possible, smells and tastes from home in my Peruvian kitchen.
So, why is this blog called “The Handicapped Kitchen?”
If your kitchen is 80 square feet and you’re using your metal water bottle as a rolling pin, then you hardly need an explanation. If you have exactly the opposite of that, you do not have my kitchen. Basically, my kitchen is small and I’m limited to ingredients and tools. The hand-mixer in the house is so pathetic it throws sparks just creaming softened butter. But, learning to bake in my slightly unhandy kitchen is making me a more creative baker!
But, it’s not only my kitchen that’s handicapped… I also have a handicapped studio
The greatest law that Jesus gave us is to love Him, then He says the second greatest is much like the first, to love one another (Matthew 22:37-40). I see food and love hand in hand. So, I hope you join me in my food and love discoveries. Hopefully, something you read here will help you in your kitchens too.
Yes! It *does* bring people together! Few things give as much satisfaction as preparing good food, and as any mother can testify – it is life-giving.
Saw your blog on my WordPress dashboard. Since I am a fellow food-blogger (cookingfromthegroundup.com), I clicked! Keep blogging! The recipes sound great and I’ll file them away for fall since apples are short around here in the spring! Stop by my blog and tell me what you think!!
Love it! Good luck trying to make the magic happen (but it looks like you are doing just fine even with the handicaps
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Nice to meet you Trevor
I too love to bake but I always fail at it…but that doesn’t stop me from trying
Beautiful blog and bio!
I agree that food is a way to show love. I come from a culture where a guest to your home must always be offered something to eat, even if it is only a small cookie. For many cultures, sampling and accepting their offerings of food to share is accepting them. I too have a small kitchen so you have my sympathies! You should post some Peruvian desserts or dishes that you are learning to cook.
“You should post some Peruvian desserts or dishes that you are learning to cook.”
I’m glad you mention it. That’s exactly something that I wanted to do. In fact, I just ran into something tonight that I am going to get the recipe for
Very cool blogging home you have here. my friend!
Trevor, I admire your tenacity to keep baking. So much, in fact, that I feel compelled to buy you a new mixer. Where do I send it?
Seriously!
Haha, the baking must go on! My little kitchen sure does make me bonkers sometimes, but no matter how the presentation is it usually tastes fantastic.
Oh dear… my mixer. It actually, recently, caught on fire! It is no more
Creaming butter by hand has been… difficult. But since you said “seriously” here’s where you could send such blessings 
Trevor Allen
Jr Deustua 1078
Huajsapata Puno
Puno Peru
Having a “Handicapped Kitchen” isn’t so bad. It’s what you create that matters.
Haha, you’re right! And sometimes it’s not so much what it looks like either, as much as how it tastes!
I’m loving this! Thanks for your light, Trevor!
Great job! Love the scripture verse. I like to cook for my family and I think there is a connection between cooking and nurturing. The Monkey Bread looks good! I remember my mom making that too : )
Awesome blog.
I enjoyed reading your blog so much that I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Congrats!
I just awarded you the Liebster Award, Trevor! Check it out at: http://somerempress.com/2012/01/10/im-feeling-that-liebster-love-and-the-award-goes-to/
You have the most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen.
Your recipes are not bad either. *grin*
Golly! I don’t know what to say… thank you
and keep reading!