Labeling

Julie claims that there are times that she still can’t get the taste out of her mouth.  It’s surprising that something she ate in childhood could create such an intense memory, but certain foods still invoke that particular allergic reaction.  It was a chocolate covered doughnut that was manufactured...read more

Gluten-Free for the Whole Family?

I marveled as I took another bite into the soft but firm yellow bundt cake.   I had forgotten that cake could taste like this.  It was spongy, light, and it had a definite form.  Every once in a while a blueberry would appear and for me each time was like a tiny surprise party in a bundt cake.  I was at...read more

Gluten-Free Baking

A while back, Jen and I decided it was time to take the gluten-free baking plunge together.  Unfortunately, our first gluten-free baking experience did not go particularly well, to say the least.  Neither of us knew much about gluten-free baking, but we figured we would wing it.  How hard could it be? ...read more

The G-Free Diet

I confess to have not yet read Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s book The G-Free Diet, but I join Scott Adams (of celiac.com) when he publicly thanks Elizabeth for raising celiac awareness.  There is nothing better for a cause than to have a popular public spokesman. While I have not yet read the book, I did see...read more

How to Start

So you just found out that you or your loved one has Celiac Disease.  I’ll never forget the moment I found out.  I was naively smiling at my daughter’s gastroenterologist as he uttered the words, “Your daughter has Celiac Disease.   You are going to have to put her on a gluten-free diet.”  I was...read more

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