Gluten Freebird

The corporate sweet tooth is catching up with us.
Diner’s Journal at nytimes.com blogged yesterday about Betty Crocker’s new gluten-free mixes. They haven’t shown up on any shelves near me, but soon?
When I went gluten-free, I felt somewhat glad to get away from the boxed mixes, which I’d grown up loving. Those mixes were the easy [...]

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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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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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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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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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I am happily involved with nectarines. The perfect balance of sweet, juicy and slightly tart, this year’s crop is outstanding and I’ve escalated the courtship to a full-blown affair.
My favorite nectarines are the white nectarines at Quaker Valley Orchards, a stand you can find at Mt Pleasant, Foggy Bottom and Dupont Circle. It’s all I [...]

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This is a tale of a good treat and a bad treat. Both gluten-free and both from Kinnikinnick, but only one is worth eating.
Let’s start with the loser.
After a particularly raucous solstice party last weekend, I baked up some chocolate chip cookies from a bag of Kinnikinnick mix.
The mix had been hanging in my [...]

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