Gluten Freebird

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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With this summer vegan stint, I’ve been loving on Veganomicon, a vegan tome that I gave to Gluteneer for Christmas last year. (Ironically, he also received a three-month subscription to bacon-of-the-month club, but I digress.) The book is a fantasyland of recipes, offering preparations of chickpeas, tempeh, forbidden seitan and fresh fruit and veggies.
We rounded [...]

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Yesterday’s CSA offered apricots, gorgeous jewel-toned plums, squash, and red chard. I ate one plum before I even made it to the car, but the red chard was the base for last night’s dinner. We made a tangy, sweet, and spicy dish of chard with chickpeas. You could sub in any chard or even collards. [...]

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