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This is our first week participating in the Gluten Free Menu Swap, and I’m looking forward to continuing it. This week the host is Ginger Lemon Girl, and she chose the ingredient for the week: rosemary. Here is what I’m planning for this week. It’s worth noting that since I live [...]

Some days you just want pizza and beer. Now that we’re too old to hit Thursday happy hours, we usually have fun night at home on Thursdays and uncork some wine or eat junk food. Last night, Adrian and I made “his” and “her” pizzas. I used a bag of frozen Gillian’s pizza crust purchased [...]

I heard twice in the last 24 hours that gluten free can’t be done. Words and phrases like “impossible” and “it’s in everything” peppered these conversations. To that end, let’s review what a log of what a glutie consumed in a 24-hour window this week and you tell us if it seems like we eat [...]

Restaurant Week in DC is the best time to try new food and new restaurants, but it can be the worst time for a GF gal. Most of the items on a limited menu are the cheapest they have to offer, which means the ingredients are wheat, wheat, and more wheat! At Zaytinya, that was [...]

During a recent business trip to the Midwest to meet with an inspired group of farmers, academics, nutritionists and communicators advocating for healthy, fresh food in the U.S., the reality of much-needed “gluten education” was prevalent. Due diligence requires us celiacs and gluten-free goddesses (and gods) to call ahead, request special meals, put out a [...]