Update 4/15/10: The FDA has closed the gluten free labeling survey as it claims that the survey has met quota. Keep your eyes on this space for more news as the FDA formalizes the gluten free labeling process.
Movement has begun at the FDA in the agency’s efforts to introduce standardized gluten free labeling. Take the survey at [...]
FDA Testing Gluten Free Labeling
April 14th, 2010 2 Comments
Tags: celiac · Celiac disease · FDA · food labeling · gf · gluten · gluten free
Gluten Free Pie Crust
December 20th, 2009 No Comments
Just in time for the holidays …
The snowy weekend inspired me to warm up in front of the oven and do some baking. I always turn to Carol Fenster’s recipes for my gluten free pies, but since we’ve already headed north to Massachusetts to spend time with family, I was without my trusted cook books. Instead, [...]
Tags: carol fenster · Epicurious · gluten free · holiday · peach pie · pie crust
Why the mystery when eating out?
December 1st, 2009 1 Comment
I love to eat. I really love eating out. But, I really don’t love being forced to eat on the road. For gluties, every new restaurant is a risk and every uninformed server is a serious source of frustration.
Over the past several months, I’ve been traveling quite a bit in both my personal and professional [...]
Tags: FDA · Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act · gluten free · labeling · Mayor Michael Bloomberg · McDonald's
Hill’s Kitchen Offers GF Baking Class
October 13th, 2009 No Comments
Hill’s Kitchen in the Eastern Market neighborhood is a gourmet cooking store that I stumbled upon recently because of its pressure cooking courses. There are few cooking classes that delve into the locavore culture, but Hill’s Kitchen is all about teaching people to cook with seasonal ingredients and preserve summer’s pleasures in jams, jellies and [...]
Tags: D.I.Y. · gluten free · Gluten Free Baking · Gluten Free Cooking Course · Hill's Kitchen · Red Apron Butchery
Foods I’m Loving Now
August 23rd, 2009 2 Comments
Recently, the gluties were lucky enough to receive a few sacks of Enjoy Life gluten-free granola. Man, this stuff is good. While it’s completely oat-free, it’s got that perfect granola texture you’ve been craving and the flavors (Cinnamon Crunch, Cranapple Crunch, and Very Berry Crunch) are all delish – sweet but not too sweet. We [...]
Tags: betty crocker gluten-free cake · Blue Ridge Dairy · Enjoy Life granola · Fage · gluten free · Julie's Organic Ice Cream Sandwiches · md · Moorenko's ice cream · silver spring · Tupelo Honey · whole foods