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January and August bring a treat to DC foodies on a budget: DC’s famed Restaurant Week. The gluties try to make the rounds to new restaurants each time Restaurant Week comes to town. It’s a great opportunity to truly test a restaurant’s gluten free sensitivity. When limited menus are the rule during Restaurant Week, some joints go [...]

The folks at Wildfire Restaurant are treating DC Gluties readers to an exclusive preview of Chef Steven Lukis’ stuffed blue cheese burger.
A year ago, I wouldn’t have shared this recipe as I was under the impression that blue cheese was made true to tradition, with an injection of bread mold to force the veins. Thankfully for [...]

Wildfire Restaurant, the chef for which was my Iron Chef cooking partner at the NationalFoundation for Celiac Awareness’s Gluten Free Cooking Spree, is hosting a gluten free wine dinner on August 11. I’ll be joining executive chef Steven Lukis to share advice on living the gluten free good life in D.C. In between courses, he’ll [...]

Argia’s Restaurant. If you haven’t yet been, it’s a must visit.
Before a celiac diagnosis sent my gnocchi days packing, the small Italian restaurant on the same block as The State Theater in Falls Church was my favorite. My husband and I visited at least once a month, where I dined on gluttonous (and glutenous) lasagna, traditional spaghetti [...]

The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness is hosting its next Gluten Free Cooking Spree in Washington, D.C. The fundraiser on May 1 will feature local medical professionals, chefs, reporters and food vendors whipping up their best GF entrees that event guests get to taste and later judge.
Event organizers promise you won’t go home hungry (and they’ll [...]