Would you vacay with someone who is gluten free? Watching Below Deck Sailing Yacht last night, it was made known the primary charter guest has celiac disease. The sailing charter was for her wedding to her college sweetheart. The chef, Marcos, shared really helpful and caring information about how he would be cooking all meals…
Celiac Disease and a Food Scarcity Mindset
Celiac Disease and a Food Scarcity Mindset Each May, during Celiac Awareness Month, the food scarcity mindset in the gluten-free community becomes so noticeable in social media posts. Not that this mindset isn’t front and center all year, but it’s especially noticeable in posts about the gluten-free finds, the new products, the giveaways and promotions…
Cross Contact Versus Cross Contamination
Cross Contact Versus Cross Contamination In the gluten-free community, we talk a lot about gluten accidentally getting into our food, especially food that is prepared at a restaurant. Most often we hear this referred to as cross contamination. Did you know that isn’t the correct term? The term for this is cross contact. Let’s talk…
Don’t Toss Your Cookbook Collection When Going Gluten-Free
Don’t Toss Your Cookbook Collection When Going Gluten-Free Often I hear, “Well, I guess I’ll get rid of my cookbooks since I can’t make anything in them anymore.” Please don’t. You’ll soon learn that many, many recipes in your treasured cookbooks are already gluten free. And then you will start learning how to modify recipes…
The Expense of Eating Gluten Free and How to Help Those In Need
The Expense of Eating Gluten Free and How to Help Those In Need Last week I wrote about the price comparison of a loaf of gluten-free bread to a loaf of store brand white bread. I know those of us on a medically necessary gluten-free diet are aware of the price difference, but seeing the…
Be Kind to Gluten-Free Bloggers, Here’s How…
Celiac Awareness Month can’t pass by without giving a big round of applause to the gluten-free bloggers who create recipes, share solid information and advocate for all of us. Where would we be without their tasty concoctions, without their hard work sharing information about what’s new, what’s important to know and without their advocacy efforts?…