I love food. I fantasize about my next meal, write about it, and spend too much time wandering the aisles of my favorite grocery stores (Takoma Park Co-Op and My Organic Market).
When I was abruptly diagnosed with celiac disease after nearly 26 years of gluten-stuffed eating, it threw me for a bit of a loop. No more blind tasting menus, fried mystery bites or even red velvet cupcakes. Now I troll the same supermarket aisles looking for glutenless replacements. 
To ease the adjustment, I turn to good dark chocolate, bicycles, wine, ice cream, and frosting (see above).
I love Thai food (thank god fish sauce is gluten-free), Indian food and believe that anything is better loaded with spice, even if it makes us cry into our curry.
In the non-food realm, I live in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. I do my best thinking in the hour-or-so that I spend searching for parking each week. I share my bed with two saucy cats, Radley and Culpepper. They give me 5 a.m. face licks and occasionally help me type.
Career-wise, I once dreamed of glory as a Roller Derby Queen, but I get my derby fix now with the “Xanadu” soundtrack. I’m working up the courage to sport derby-style daisy dukes.
8 responses so far ↓
1 Cait H. // May 12, 2008 at 11:47 pm
For once, a photo rivals the adorableness of your cats!
2 shelley // May 15, 2008 at 1:36 am
I love this page! And thank you for creating it.
3 Tiffany // May 16, 2008 at 1:51 am
I’m so excited to find your page! I love spicy (gluten free) ethnic food, so I will surely be back frequently to learn from you
Welcome to the foodie blogroll!
4 Molly Seltzer // May 27, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Agggghhhh…. I once sat those fat cats. They remain adorable and full of felin-ine mystique.
Big moony eyes… ugh. CUTE.
5 Meredith Theis // Jun 9, 2008 at 5:56 am
You are brilliant and making great contributions to the gluten-free world! I love the toast-licking photo!!
6 Rebekah // Jun 11, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I am so excited that you have started this page!! I have been gluten-free for four years…I love Mom’s, but have recently started making the trek to Clarksville, MD, to Roots–they carry baked goods from Tenzo Artisan (http://www.tenzoartisan.com/) that taste as if they were crafted from gluten…they are too good:) They also carry a good variety of Schar pastas and Gillian’s frozen pizza dough (it tastes like the real thing!)…It is a bit of a hike, but it is well worth it (both for the greater variety and better prices than TPSS and Mom’s).
7 Keri // Jun 26, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Thanks for blogging about gluten-free in DC. It’s not easy to be diagnosed & alter your whole life. I appreciate all the writing thus far!
A friend of mine brought me to Zaytina in Chinatown when it became apparent that I needed to be gluten-free - Zaytina has a whole gluten-free menu if you ask for it!
8 Mary // Jul 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Thank you for creating this site. My husband and I both have to be gluten free for health reasons. I feel deprived sometimes when we go out because we don’t know where we can eat out.
I will be back to visit your site.
Thanks.
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