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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I went a good many years without eating meat and even longer without pork or lamb. The Gluteneer’s carnivorous ways reintroduced most things back into my diet. These days, I still avoid veal, but I can’t hide my love of pork. Prosciutto with cantaloupe works so well and there really isn’t anything better than a [...]

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Apparently in some golden era of America, breakfast was a large family affair with glistening sunny-side up eggs, sizzling bacon and freshly squeezed orange juice. This wasn’t ever the case for me growing up (think power bars grabbed in a race out the door) or in college (think coffee on the run), but I have [...]

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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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My favorite find in New York was Babycakes, a vegan, wheat-free, sugar-free bakery on the Lower East Side that specializes in gluten-free goods. The little shop is darling. It looks like a retro bakeshop with darling uniforms, rows and rows of cupcakes, and frosting shots.
They don’t exclusively do gluten-free, but they have separate cooking facilities [...]

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