There is an important place in the food industry for small businesses, businesses started in kitchens by passionate individuals. I love hearing such stories, and was please when Tiny B Chocolates (one such business) reached out to me to review their Brazilian Chocolates: Brigadeiros. Tiny B: is about the happy love story between Renata, a beautiful Read More …
For someone who has spent her entire life on the east coast of the United States I have a strange fascination with the other side of the country. I went to Vancouver at the end of college for a conference and was instantly hooked by the dense forests and the spot where the mountains meet Read More …
I do a lot of traveling, which means that my luggage usually includes this: Half of this will go in my carry on, and the other half in my checked bag. The key for me is balancing sweets and savory, and including a few sources of protein. Luckily though this amount of food is usually Read More …
While I’m spending 24 hours staying up and playing games to raise funds for children’s hospital as part of the Extra Life Event I’m hoping some of you can attend what sounds like one of the best gluten free events to hit the New York City Metro area in awhile: The First Annual GF Oktoberfest. The Read More …
I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween Weekend! The Teal Pumpkin Project has certainly picked up momentum over the past two years, which is a great thing for youth (or youth at heart) with food allergens or other restrictive diets. You can’t scroll a mouse without seeing some great teal pumpkins, which have even been Read More …
**Scroll to the bottom of this post for giveaway details! Two Lucky winners will win a copy of Without Grain and its partner e-book Salads without Grain** We live in a time where cooking gluten free, or grain free, has been made easy thanks to dedicated individuals: Almost anything we may want to modify can Read More …
Our final full day in New Orleans had us making another trolley ride to what had the potential to be one of the most awesome, and diabetic inducing, breakfasts of my entire gluten free life: Gourmet gluten free waffles from Waffles on Maple. This small place specializes in, you guessed it, waffles and has been Read More …
Now that you’ve read up on Parts one and two of our trip, the next part of our New Orleans Trip found us at the Ruby Slipper to start the day. The Ruby Slipper is a mini chain of restaurants that offers a variety of simple southern inspired dishes. The service is quick, friendly and Read More …
October’s potluck was an escape from our usual filling plates to something a bit lighter, or so we thought: Appetizers. Quite to my astonishment the majority of items were homemade AND gluten free. The one added bonus of this potluck, aside from the food was the addition of a chalkboard table cloth which is a Read More …
Our next day was spent strolling through the French Quarter, and of course a tour of one of the more well known cemeteries. We started in the French Market, a three hundred year old flea and farmer’s market located along the Mississippi River. Spanning for 6 blocks you can find a great variety of things here including Read More …
