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Art & Soul – Capitol Hill

April 7th, 2009 7 Comments

We decided to check out the much-acclaimed Art and Soul on Capitol Hill over the most recent Restaurant Week, which, I hate to admit was in February. It was Wednesday night so it was pleasantly busy but not completely packed. We started with cocktails and I had an absolutely divine Vermont maple syrup-infused martini that [...]

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Gluten Free Crust at zpizza in Arlington, VA? Not yet…

January 22nd, 2009 26 Comments

We stopped into the California-born zpizza franchise on Washington Blvd. tonight (caddy corner from Tallula) to “see” for ourselves about their gluten-free friendliness. Note, that this is not so unrealistic: the zpizza corporate Web site touts the chain’s gluten-free options. Just visit the home page – you’ll see the ad.
The reason I felt like I [...]

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Shaker Apple-Cranberry Coffee Cake

January 4th, 2009 20 Comments

In the spirit of the new year, I was cleaning out some old magazines this morning and randomly decided to adapt this recipe from a recipe entitled “Autumn Apple Cake” in the October 2008 Cooking Light (p. 84).
It was my first baking experience with Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free All Purpose flour and I have to [...]

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Asheville Anniversary (Part II)

December 2nd, 2008 13 Comments

As you know, I had an amazing time in Asheville, NC. Many people think of Asheville and think of touring the Biltmore Estate. But, there is so much more. When we weren’t stuffing our faces, we did a waterfall hike in the Dupont National forest to see a triple-water fall. We took a two hour [...]

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Founding Glutie Wins Grand Prize from Women Chefs

November 18th, 2008 13 Comments

Last Sunday, two of the three gluties (Brandi and Brooke) were at the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs’ “Crowning Cuisine” fundraiser at Willow Restaurant. (Mandy, we missed you.) The event was a blast. It was brimming with people and around every corner there were delectable finger-foods and free-flowing wine. Not a lot of the food options [...]

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