Gluten Freebird

Last month I attended a breakfast with a prominent skincare maven. She got up to speak and started summarizing passages of her forthcoming book on quality skin. I half-heartedly paid attention, stabbing at my mediocre fruit-and-eggs plate while she talked about the importance of sunscreen, sleep, and hydration.
When she got to nutrition, she finally got [...]

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It’s gonna be mayhem for anybody down on the Mall Tuesday. Food will be scarcer than Bush/Cheney paraphernalia. And trying to find gluten-free food? Could be impossible.
Mitsitam inside the National Museum of the American Indian is a good bet. They have delicious food and a gluten-free menu. (You’ll probably want some of their Aztec hot [...]

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Whew
I swear that I haven’t forgotten this here blog. I’ve just been swamped. Between inaugural festivities, holiday mayhem, and work deadlines, I’ve barely had time to cook, let alone write about food.
So let’s go way back to the land of 2008 and Christmas dinner. It was an epic is-it-Thanksgiving-or-is-it-Christmas affair. Appearances were made by a [...]

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