Gluten Freebird

Teaism’s Salty Oat Cookie is something of a legend in D.C.
It’s an enigma of flavors, all wrapped together. It’s salty, sweet, soft, and thick. It looks like a healthy oat cake, but tastes like a sinful treat. And I haven’t had one in eons.
The Gluteneer ran a 10-miler over the weekend, so we treated him [...]

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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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I’ve been remiss.
I’m sorry for the lack of postings, but I have tons of things in the hopper.
This is my favorite time of year in D.C. Cherry blossoms are everywhere. I love the little petals fluttering down and coating the sidewalks, my shoulders, the car, or wherever in pink kisses.
So in honor of those blossoms, [...]

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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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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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Last year I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world when I found Trader Joe’s Peppermint Joe-Joe’s. I rounded up a stash from stores across the region to last me months after Christmas, then reluctantly gave them away when I found out that I could no longer eat them.
Well, the temptation of the [...]

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We are making a bona fide attempt to use up farmers market purchases instead of impulsively buying them and totally forgetting about them. This is much harder than it seems because I happen to view every trip to the market as a journey of smells and textures in my quest for new finds. It’s not [...]

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