Gluten Freebird

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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Internet, I am completely remiss for not updating this blog. Time has gotten totally away from me with deadlines and happenings.
For one thing, meet Copernicus, a whirling dervish disguised as a kitten.
He’s a total lover until he sees Culpepper, my gentle, sweet, bath-offering cat. At that point, his little ears become horns.
But that’s [...]

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There are two schools of thought for what you think of when you think Halloween. One is the school of candy, costumes, and witches. My school is that of pumpkin foods. Halloween means that it’s gourd season with pie, bread, pumpkin rolls and impending holidays.
My favorite savory pumpkin dish doesn’t use pumpkin as an ingredient, [...]

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In addition to a nonstop comfort food run, we’ve been trying to cut down on meat consumption. It isn’t going vegetarian, but it’s just recalibrating after our carnivores’ delight out West.
In searching for appealing recipes, I wanted to find something to use cornmeal. I picked up a stellar bag of stoneground meal from the 18th-century [...]

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One of the only good things about coming back from vacation is enjoying the souvenirs (and photos) that you acquired along the way. In our case, there were bags upon bags of coffee, some chocolate bars, and our favorite beans.
The Ferry Terminal farmers market holds some of our favorite food destinations. Gluteneer heads straight to [...]

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I am back and just starting to process our amazing West Coast vacation. The trip wound through Sonoma and Napa, Palo Alto, and San Francisco before leaping up to Portland and Seattle.
It was a food-filled romp from the start – our first dinner was at the epic Cyrus (I wish I had pictures) – that [...]

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Peaches are gone, berries are gone, but it’s apple time, so I guess I can’t totally complain.
The CSA is giving us a heaping bag o’ apples each week. I can’t eat that many apples unless they’re peeled, sliced, and baked into a pie.
Sadly, I’ve had really poor luck with gluten-free crusts, so I’ve been pretty [...]

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