Gluten Freebird

I like to fixate on things. Whether it be tart frozen yogurt, that awful country song about turnip greens or my awesome new green sandals, I make sure to get my fill of what I like.
So when I decided that I liked a little cucumber salad from Proof, I had to have it again. I [...]

[Read more →]

Everything is colorful, juicy and ripe right now. It’s all I can do not to squeeze or taste every offering at the farmers markets.
Needless to say, the real pain is felt in my wallet, but I am not complaining. I couldn’t care less about bread or croutons or dough when there’s so much bounty about.
Sunday’s [...]

[Read more →]

I stumbled across the Omnivore’s Hundred on a few different food blogs over the weekend. It’s a wild, international list of 100 items that Brit blogger Andrew Wheeler of Very Good Taste thinks every omnivore (or food-lover) should sample
I post my list below. I’m pretty pleased with it. I’ve tried 88 items and am missing [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve been curious about Lilit Café for quite a while. The Bethesda restaurant functions as a deli, pizzeria, gelateria and beer/wine store. They also very prominently feature a gluten-free menu.
The menu isn’t anything extremely complex, but that’s what I was hoping for. They serve gluten-free crab cakes, grilled cheese, deli sandwiches, and pizza.
The gluten awareness [...]

[Read more →]

Restaurant Week is back. In years past, it was a week of $20-something lunches with $30-something dinners. Nowadays, the week is often 2 weeks or even a month and that dinner has become $35.08 rather than the expected $30.08. I’ve gone to more than my fair share of restaurant week meals (it was a part [...]

[Read more →]

When our farmers market okra died a bit sooner than anticipated (RIP, little green friends), we made an impromptu visit to Al Crostino for dinner last night.
Gluteneer and I loved that place when it first opened. We could order a few apps and split the arugula-topped ribeye. So, we decided to hit it up [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]