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Feasting on Asphalt
Although Alton Brown is working on an unattractive curmedgeonly persona, just this close to turning into the Bill Geist-cum-Andy Rooney of the Food Network*, the secon Feasting on Asphalt series is making my mouth water just as much as the first one did last summer. So while I'm waiting for this weekend's episode, where I have reason to believe we ( Read more... ) -
Bread salad
That's right, I said "bread salad" on a gluten-free blog. Anyone who's had experience with breads free of wheat know that wheat is not only the stretchiest flour, but also the one that holds moisture most effectively. Meaning that even with the most careful of storage methods, rice bread is super-dry and crumbly after Day 3. But I refuse to ( Read more... ) -
Keepin on
We've decided to continue gluten-free for a while. J. says until the end of July, I'm plugging for the rest of the summer, we'll see what I can convince him of. Because rheumatoid arthritis is such a slippery thing to get a hold on, we feel like we need more information - is this just a summer slowdown regardless, or might he have had a bad ( Read more... ) -
Fast Food
I am putting in a plug for Kinnickinnick brand pre-baked pizza crusts. Oh my dear god these are delicious. Get them in the freezer section of your local more-organic-than-thou grocery store - they are 7" across and come in a package of 4 ( Read more... ) -
Bread still oh-my-god-worthy
Despite dire warnings that riceflour bread, if not carefully FROZEN (not just refrigerated) will not keep even 24 hours without crumbling to dry dust . . . despite this, this morning I took the remaining half-loaf from the fridge, sliced it up, and served it toasted to all three of us. (With strawberry jam my mother and I made last week, you may ( Read more... ) -
Oh my god BREAD
That's right, a shiny crusty yeasty loaf ( Read more... ) -
Second bin
Our second bin of fresh organic produce arrived yesterday! To wit ( Read more... ) -
The Big Salad
Another delicious dinner that is almost automatically gluten-free, is a big salad! (Despite the phrase gaining fame on Seinfeld, the first time I ever saw a really gigantic salad on TV it was served to Cliff by Claire, so in my mind it is always a Cosby Salad ( Read more... ) -
Tamales
Not only are tamales generally free of gluten, it turns out that when your husband picks them up from a restaurant on his way home from work, they have even less! -
Pork chop dinner
I did use some of the curly garlic greens (garlic scapes, this time of year) on tonight's chops ( Read more... )