Gluten Freebird

Safeway, Whole Foods, and Giant get old after a while. Even MOM and the Takoma Park Co-op can seem like big ventures.
If you miss the days of the mom-and-pop market, rejoice in Timor Bodega. It’s probably my favorite shop in D.C. From the outside it looks like any bodega, but it’s more like an organic [...]

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The big winner this week would definitely be the Grilled Wild Ramps with Hazelnut Romesco at Penn Quarter’s Proof. I love ramps in any preparation, but this took my love from a fleeting tryst to full-blown stalking. As dinner progressed, I inched the plate closer to my side of the table, and it wasn’t long [...]

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When I Google Gluten Freebird, this blog comes up second behind a query for gluten-free bird seed.
What’s the deal with that?

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This is primarily a blog about living with gluten, but right now, it’s a tribute to living without another special must-have. I won’t go all cheeseball and suggest that this place nourished my soul, but Dutton’s Brentwood Books in L.A. is a special part of me and it closes today after 25-someodd years of business. For those who don’t know Dutton’s, this may not mean a lot, but it’s a universal blow to bookworms.

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