Gluten Freebird

Copper Pot Food Company produces gluten-free pasta and gnocchi with farm-fresh pasta sauces and jams.

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There are some solid (often free) resources for help when traveling with allergies.

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Tasting Table posted a list of some praise-worthy gluten-free beers today. I was glad to see that they didn’t stuff the list with those cloying ciders (Seriously: Have the bar managers who stock cider as the glutenless alternative actually tried it? They’re fine for some things, but no substitute for real beer.)
My favorite beer is [...]

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Denny’s debuted a commercial during the Super Bowl about a character named Nannerpuss*.

The premise was that nobody wanted a Nannerpuss because “isn’t it time for a serious breakfast?”
Well, Denny’s, what breakfast isn’t serious? Sure, there was that whole campaign about a breakfast of champions, but let’s face it. Breakfast is usually sleepy-eyed, wolfed down before [...]

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Yesterday I shared my favorite chilled holiday beverage. Now, it’s time for my favorite hot drink. I wish that I could claim that my favorite drink were some hoity-toity mulled wine or really potent hot whiskey, but it isn’t. It’s tea.
And a regular tea, this is not. Stash’s Christmas Eve tea is the best tea [...]

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The holidays mean lots of good things, like the smell of Christmas trees, snow underfoot, and a present or two. But I get the most excited for seasonal sips. Part 1: Behold the splendor of Vitasoy’s Peppermint Chocolate Soymilk. It’s like York peppermint patties in liquid form. And I love that it proclaims its gluten-free [...]

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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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