Gluten Freebird

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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