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Marcona Almonds
Many of you had questions about Marcona almonds when I posted my recipe for Marcona Almond Mayonnaise, so I thought I would take the time to provide some answers. Here’s the first question from one of my favorite readers:
“Is there a difference in taste or texture between Marcona almonds & regular almonds? I know the
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Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free – Grain Free Cakes
Sorry about all the comment confusion. Comments are now open!
It was wonderful to host November’s Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free blog carnival with the theme of grain free cakes. I really enjoyed seeing other people’s photographs of my recipes. And more than that, I’m very much looking forward to making some
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A Holiday Gift
If you are looking for a quick and easy DIY hostess gift for the holidays, these gluten free candied nuts will do the trick.
The nuts are delicious and take about 20 minutes to make, maybe 3 minutes of that hands on time. All you need is a 2 cup mason jar and some beautiful wired
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Surprise! What’s in the Mail Today?
I receive quite a few emails each day. In fact, one of my biggest internal debates is how to read everything (I’ve given up on responding) and still maintain life outside computerland.
You see, I don’t think computers are necessarily the best thing for my health. And yet. They are so much fun. And so very
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Gluten Free Candy Lists for Halloween
My son and some of the other boys from the neighborhood in their “Go Green” cheerleading uniforms.
I’m posting links to some gluten free candy lists for parents who might be digging through piles of Halloween candy right about now.
My children are still out trick-or-treating and I’m sure they will eat quite a lot of candy
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Dealing with Chronic Disease…This is a Scroller
Warning! This post is a scroller. Just the other day I received this touching email from one of my readers Nicole, a young woman dealing with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I won’t get started on the health insurance aspect of her words. Sometimes that issue is absolutely heart breaking.
In any
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Gluten Free Restaurants in New York City
Photo by weisscj on Flickr.com
Last night my husband and I went out for dinner in Boulder and had the worst meal we’ve had since we moved here 7 years ago. That meal (at a place which shall remain nameless!) made me yearn for my favorite restaurants in New York City.
Not that we don’t have some
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Blogher Food 2009
Gluten free friends, Diane, Elana, Jean, Seamaiden and Alison, hanging out at the Blogher Food 2009 cocktail party; where is Shirley?
Blogher Food 2009 was absolutely fantastic. First, I had a blast speaking on a panel about Best Blogging Practices with Kalyn, Michele and Lolo. More than that though, it was amazing to meet all of
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How to Format Your Blog
Yesterday was the first ever Blogher Food Conference. I spoke on a panel called, “How Blogging Best Practices Apply, No Matter Your Blogging Niche,” which was a lot of fun.
The moderator of our 75 minute panel was Alanna of kitchenparade. Other bloggers on the panel were Kalyn from kalynskitchen.com, Michele from wine-girl.net and the adorable
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Boulder Bookstore Signing
Last night’s signing at the Boulder Bookstore was a blast. First, because it is our local bookstore. The boys and I walk down there and hang out skimming books at least once a week. And last night was no different –we walked to the signing!
It was so special to talk about and sign my book
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The Culinary Institute of America
Here I am seated between Scott Uehlein, author of Nourish, Executive Chef at Canyon Ranch and Ann Whelan, Editor and Publisher of Gluten Free Living.
My last event in New York was a book signing at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) for the Gluten Free Culinary Summit that was held there. The CIA has a
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Breather
Friday I took a much needed breather and spent the day with Grandma and Papa John at their place in upstate New York. The first thing we did when we left the city was head on over to a health food store. I grabbed every vegetable that would fit in the cart.
For me, that’s the
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NYC Book Party
Detritus from the NYC book party for The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook (Mueseli Bread, fresh figs)
Last night’s book party, consisting of friends and colleagues, was absolutely amazing.
It was held at Alex and Kenny’s gorgeous apartment in Manhattan. Alex is a dear old pal of mine from college; she and her husband Kenny were quite gracious
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Book Signing #2
Another night another book signing. Hooray! This one was also super fun with a steady little trickle of people popping by the gorgeous Babcock Galleries in midtown Manhattan.
I want to give a huge thank you to John and Marylyn who arranged this event for me! They have been super supportive about any and every aspect
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Book Signing #1
Well, book signing #1 went very well last night here in NYC at Friedman’s. A steady trickle of people popped in for the lovely little event.
So many thanks go to Kelly from celiacchicks.com for making the arrangements for the evening. She is just fabulous! I also want thank the lovely Vanessa at Friedman’s for inviting
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New York Book Tour
photo from dynamist on flickr
I’m heading out to New York next week for some fun book related events where I’m hoping to meet some of you! I have 3 signings scheduled at the below venues and an intimate party of close friends and associates that a dear friend from college is throwing for me at
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A Recipe from my Book
This weekend has been packed with parties –3 to be exact. First, we held my younger son’s birthday party Saturday. He turned 9 in early April, so it was about time. Given that we had baseball every single weekend from March until this one, it was our first opportunity to hold a party for him
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Gluten Free Restaurants in Boulder
Below is a list of my favorite restaurants in Boulder Colorado. Every week or so, I am asked by readers about good restaurants here in Boulder that will cater to special dietary needs and work for those eating gluten free.
Keep in mind, these restaurants for the most part do not have dedicated gluten free kitchens,
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Meet the Chickens
One of my projects this year has been getting “Operation Hen House” up and running. With the completion of our house for the hens in the side yard and the screened in chicken run attached to it, we became the proud “parents” of 5 teenage chickens. They have not yet begun to lay.
All credit for
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Finally! Some Answers
Hi there. I’d like to take some time to answer several of the interesting questions that are left in the comment section of this site. Here goes…
Storing Gluten Free Bread
Mollie left this question on the Flax Focaccia Becomes Parsely Bruschetta Post:
Q. I made this bread yesterday and having been eating it with some homemade dairy
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