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15
Jan
11

gluten-free Mexican Los Angeles & New York – Rosa Mexicano

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Categories: Los Angeles, Mexican, New York, Restaurants and Shaun
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Fortunately, finding gluten-free Mexican food isn’t too difficult. Using rice and corn as staple ingredients, people with gluten-intolerance generally do okay at Mexican restaurants. However, there is often gluten hidden in ingredients at all types of restaurants.

Rosa Mexicano, a higher-end Mexican restaurant chain (I’ve been to one in NYC and the one in downtown LA.), offers a special gluten-free menu to make it easier to confidently order a gluten-free meal.

For more on gluten-free restaurants, click here.

06
Jan
11

Gluten-Free Pecan Pie Recipe adapted from Food Network Magazine

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Categories: Baked Goods, Desserts, Heather, Recipies and Shaun
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Gluten-free pecan pie recipe adapted from Food Network magazine

Who doesn’t love pie? Well…I actually never really cared for it, that is until sometime after I couldn’t have it. I had tried pumpkin and sweet potato pie, but was never interested in other fruit or nut pies- I guess they seemed too healthy.

Heather has experimented with making gluten-free pies, and over the holidays this year, she made me my first pecan pie–gluten-free of course.

She adapted this recipe from the Foodnetwork.com.

She used a pre-made gluten-free crust from Whole Foods, and made the pie dairy-free by substituting the butter with a vegan substitute. She also used agave nectar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener.

The result: Pecan pie is my new favorite. And now, I actually like the fact that I can justify it as being health food because it’s topped with nuts…

05
Jan
11

Gluten-free beer: New Grist

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Categories: Beer, Product Reviews and Shaun
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Gluten-free beer New GristHarder to find then Redbridge, New Grist is a great gluten-free beer made by Lakefront Brewery. Made from sorghum and rice, New Grist has a crisp and distinct taste. I’ve found it at some specialty markets, but it can be purchased at BevMo.

04
Jan
11

Ringing in 2011 with gluten-free cupcakes from babycakes nyc la

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Categories: Baked Goods, Bakeries, Desserts, Los Angeles, Product Reviews and Shaun
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There’s nothing like starting a new year off with gluten-free desserts (not to mention vegan too). I stopped off at Babycakes NYC’s downtown LA bakery on New Year’s Eve to get some cupcakes to pair with the gallons of champagne my friends consumed.

Pictured here are pumpkin, banana, chocolate chip vanilla and mint chocolate chip. The two chocolate chip flavors were the fan favorites that night.

Babycakes LA: 130 East 6th Street, Los Angeles and certain items also available at M Cafe locations in LA.

04
Jan
11

Risotteria NYC- Gluten-free italian– pizza, pasta, beer

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Categories: Baked Goods, Bakeries, Italian, New York, Pizza and Shaun

Typically, I avoid Italian restaurants at all costs. While there’s usually something I can find that isn’t pasta, the idea that so much gluten is floating around is scary. Risotteria in NYC is a safe haven for gluten-free eaters. There’s gluten-free pizza, pasta, paninis, beer and baked goods! I tried them all.

I’ve been here on two trips, and go home happy and full every time. Tip: arrive early, the lines can be long.

Risotteria NYC

270 Bleecker Street

212-924-6664

03
Jan
11

2010 in review

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

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A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,000 times in 2010. That’s about 10 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 46 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 68 posts. There were 72 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 35mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was January 6th with 81 views. The most popular post that day was Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap-Pecan Crust.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, yelp.com, twitter.com, search.aol.com, and triumphdining.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for gluten free twins, yummy gf, gluten free meal replacement bars, gluten free meal replacement, and bj’s gluten free pizza.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap-Pecan Crust November 2009
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2

About the GF Twins October 2009
8 comments

3

BJs Brewery and Restaurant has GF Pizza and Beer March 2010
2 comments

4

Gluten Free Meal Replacement and Snack Bars December 2009
1 comment

5

GF in a Nutshell October 2009

04
Nov
10

gluten free New York! Friedman’s Lunch – pulled pork sandwich

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Heather’s in New York for a couple of months for work, so I recently took a trip to visit, and we made sure to check out all of the gluten-free options NYC has to offer. First stop: Friedman’s Lunch in the Chelsea Market. Heather stumbled upon this place while checking out the market and was pleasantly surprised to see the menu was extremely gluten-free friendly.

I ordered the pulled pork sandwich, available on a gluten-free bun. Perfectly toasted, this tasted like the real thing. The gluten-free bread costs an additional $2.25, but it was absolutely worth it. Looking forward to my next visit so I can try more items on their menu.

28
Oct
10

Babycakes LA gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip cupcake

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Just in time for Halloween! Babycakes L.A. serves up this awesome gluten-free and vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cupcake.

And great news for those who can’t make it downtown. Babycakes L.A. can now be found in all M Cafe’s in the area.

Read past reviews on Babycakes here.

28
Oct
10

Gluten-Free Fair Had an Amazing turnout

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Categories: Celiac Disease, Heather and Shaun

The gluten-free fair in Benicia was an awesome experience. When we arrived, there was a line down the block. It’s obvious people are clamoring for all things gluten-free. The fair did not disappoint. There were vendors from all over the country sampling their products. It was great to be able to try everything. Heather and I made a lot of great contacts and ran into some old friends, as we grew up in Benicia. Great job to all of the organizers!

30
Sep
10

Downtown San Diego’s Bice offers Gluten-free pasta

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On a recent trip to downtown San Diego, I met up with some of my family who lives there for dinner. We went to Bice, a nice Italian restaurant that has an extensive wine and cheese bar. Being gluten-intolerant, I usually avoid Italian places, but I did a quick scan of the menu beforehand and saw some fish and meat dishes that sounded safe.

The restaurant is modern in design and has a nice bar area. When we were seated, I scanned the menu and noticed on the bottom that gluten-free pasta was available. Great new for me! I ended up ordering the homemade marinated, quick smoked salmon, which was covered with acacia honey and pink peppercorns and served with brussel sprouts for a starter. And for my main, I chose the Capellini alla Cacciatora–or pasta, slowly braised, free-range chicken with wild mushrooms and tomato sauce–gluten-free of course! Both dishes were excellent.

I cannot recommend this place enough for anyone gluten-free in San Diego who wants to dine at an upscale Italian establishment and enjoy pasta.

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