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Review: Bob’s Red Mill Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

February 14th, 2008 No Comments

I’ve made these cookies before; more than once. The first few times, they came out too crispy or too chewy but, alas, dear readers, I think I have finally mastered this mix. And, by mastered, I mean I would feel fine mailing a dozen to my German-grandmother-in-law for a taste test. These cookies are buttery, [...]

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Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia are 100% Gluten Free

February 8th, 2008 1 Comment

So, this isn’t glutilicious, but tonight I watched the first-ever much-hyped Lipstick Jungle and I hate to say it but I’m hooked, the same way I’m hooked on Gossip Girl and Dirty Sexy Money. That is not to say that I didn’t think that the crying, skinny, angular Brooke Sheilds looked a little like a [...]

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Acadiana: The Big Easy Gluten Free

January 29th, 2008 4 Comments

Acadiana is a D.C. restaurant that deserves a glutie shout out. This New Orleans themed restaurant, by Chef Jeff Tunks and sister restaurants TenPenh, DC Coast and Ceiba, gets gluten free with style.
I recently went for dinner where I learned that a Category 5 was, in fact, a hurricane (oops!). With a follow up bourbon fizz, [...]

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GF Chutzpah: “I want to speak to the manager”

January 23rd, 2008 No Comments

Brandi’s rant (You’re celiac… how about a sandwich?) reminded me of an article that I read recently in New York Times Magazine by Paul Mercurio called, “Consumer Man.”

“I’m one of those people who yell at store clerks. Not just any store clerks, but the ones who are rude, incompetent or indifferent. In other words, all [...]

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Zaytinya … good food, good gluten (free).

January 16th, 2008 3 Comments

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 [...]

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