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Today, the US Federal Drug Administration announced two (small) steps forward in its effort to define gluten free in the retail marketplace. According to the FDA’s website, the agency has reopened the comment period on the proposed gluten free standards originally introduced in 2007. It has also released and is seeking input  on a paper about the effect [...]

Exciting news! Here’s an email I just got from Rockland’s Arlington this morning.
We asked (ok, kind of whined) and we shall receive! A perfect addition to go with a heaping plate of meat laced with sensational smokey fall flavors.
From: Deborah
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Subject: Gluten Free Beer Now at Rocklands Arlington
Rocklands Arlington [...]

In 2002, Real Simple released a recipe for Belgian beef stew and for five years straight, we made an absolutely huge pot of it every winter. Then, when I went gluten-free, it just kind of fell off our radar – especially given that two of its stand-out ingredients are beer and bread.
It has such a [...]

One of our very own has run for the hills! Earlier this summer, founding glutie Samantha Abernethy graduated from theMedill School of journalism at Northwestern University. Shortly after, she threw caution to the wind, packed all of her belongings into a Ford Expedition and drove herself out west to pursue a unique opportunity as  a [...]

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 [...]