Gluten Freebird

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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First off, apologies. I have been swamped with deadlines and travel plans over the past few weeks. While I haven’t been posting, I have been eating, so you’ll get an onslaught of recipes, images and recommendations asap.
I’m currently in New York, so I’ve been enjoying gluten-free bites from a bevy of cuisines. First up: [...]

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Sure, it’s easy to sometimes feel like D.C. doesn’t have it as good as NY, but my visit nearly convinced me of it — New York was the best eating I’ve had in ages.
Here are some snapshots of my bites apart from BabyCakes and Chinese food.
I like to think that the original yogurt at 40 [...]

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I trekked up to New York for work this week. New York may be hot, busy, and gritty, but it’s also a gluten-free mecca. I started plotting my meal plan ages ago and boy did it work out nicely.
Gluteneer and I finished up the cleanse with a rocking gluttonous affair on Friday night. There was [...]

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Chinese food is something that I’ve really come to miss.
In my gluten-full life, we practically had a standing order at Great Wall Szechuan House for Ma La Chicken, Ma Po Tofu and Double-Cooked Pork (usually with a side of veggie dumplings).
The craving hasn’t been intense enough to warrant a trip to P.F. Chang’s for their [...]

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First, huge congrats to Eric Ziebold of Freebird favorite CityZen for his James Beard Award.
I am out in L.A. burning some color into my pale complexion and scoping the gluten-free scene. Surprisingly, the celiac awareness hasn’t hit a lot of L.A. yet.
Let me explain Top Tastes. I want this feature to round up the best [...]

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