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Gluten-Free News & Fun Events

NEW BOOKS
GLUTEN-FREE BAKING WITH THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Grab your long awaited copy of Gluten-Free Baking With The Culinary Institute Of America: 150 Flavorful Recipes From The World's Premier Culinary College by Richard J. Coppedge Jr. I've heard many reports that Chef Coppedge is a "total sweetheart". This book contains a forward written by George Chookazian, an active member of the gluten-free community and owner of the award winning Foods By George.

1000 GLUTEN-FREE RECIPES
Carol Fenster, well known gluten-free cookbook author, has quite an amazing collection of recipes in her new book 1000 Gluten-Free Recipes. I've always remembered what my cookbook junkie brother, John, said about buying cookbooks, "If a cookbook costs, let's say $20-35 dollars, and you get at least one good recipe out of it, then it has paid for itself since one meal out would cost the equivalent or more." With 1000 recipes Carol's book will be paying for itself over and over and over again. What a great investment!

Stay tuned for next week when we will have a special Q&A with Carol Fenster answering your gluten-free cooking questions!

EVENTS
NEW YORK
Monday, September 22nd
Ladies [Ahem] and gents, here's your chance to join Dr. Peter Green in the kitchen at Cooking By The Book for a culinary program which is a hands-on, “prep to plate”, culinary team building experience in a beautifully appointed professional kitchen in Tribeca.  This event will be limited to 20 guest chefs and will provide an exciting opportunity to combine fundraising and socializing with a unique gluten-free culinary experience.
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Cooking by the Book, 13 Worth Street, New York City
Registration: $220 (includes hands-on culinary team building, dinner, wine and other beverages) Please RSVP ASAP to: cb2280@columbia.edu.

Sunday, September 21st
Westchester Celiac Support Group Meeting
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center
701 North Broadway
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Dr. Green will be the guest speaker and these meetings are well organized with lots and lots of gluten-free food samples and vendors.

PENNSYLVANIA
Wednesday, September 24th
National Foundation For Celiac Awareness 5th Anniversary Gala
The Wachovia Center
3601 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Contact: Nancy Ginter 215.540.8585

If you can make it, GO! This is going to be a HUGE party with tons of gluten-free food, beer, wine, cooking competition and more then 35 chefs from the Philly area cooking for YOU! Happy Anniversary NFCA!

DELAWARE
Saturday, September 20th 9am-3pm
3rd Annual Celiac Conference and Vendor Fair
Nemours Celiac Center
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Contact: Denise Harrison 610.873.6167

GEORGIA
Saturday, October 4th 9:30am-1:30pm
Atlanta Metro Celiac Gluten-Free Vendor Fair
Double Tree Hotel
1075 Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, GA 300076
Contact Jennifer: jdubreeharris@bellsouth.net

(FEEL FREE TO ADD ANY EVENTS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION)

NERDY FUN
I'm now on Twitter! I know, I used to say, "What?! Who has time for that, and why?", but it really is like an ongoing cocktail party! I thought it would be especially helpful for those of us on a gluten-free diet to micro-blog what we eat every day, or to ask questions related to ingredients and products. I would say, "Follow me on Twitter", but it sounds too much like I'm inviting a stalker or have a head trip. It really is just similar to making "friends" with someone on Facebook.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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Gluten-Free Cheesecake Recipe

Look what Kim brought in to work! The market crashes and what do we do? Eat rich and decadent, raw, vegan, gluten-, dairy-, corn-, and guilt-free, but not taste-free cheesecake!

Gluten-Free Giveaway Winners!

About a week ago, Laura's Wholesome Junk Food offered to give a free case of cookies (six 6.5-7oz tubs) to ten people! I know I was supposed to publish the winners yesterday, but you know how Mondays go!

Here are the winners:

Kickass Cupakes: Gluten-free, and With Attitude In Boston

The first stop on our worldwide gluten-free tour is Boston, MA. Please welcome Laurie Edwards of A Chronic Dose as she takes us on a trip to a bakery with gluten-free treats. Laurie blogs about life with celiac disease combined with other chronic illnesses and is the author of the book Life Disrupted-Getting Real About Chronic Illness In Your Twenties And Thirties  -Kelly

Kickass Cupcakes
378 Highland Avenue
Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
617.628.CUPS

Gluten-free baked goods and restaurant offerings continue to expand beyond the pale of national chains in the Boston area, and I decided to jump into the gluten-free dining scene with the product smallest in scale but arguably packed with the most punch—the cupcake.

(PHOTO: The rows of carefully decorated cakes are the first things you see when you enter the bakery. The gluten-free cupcakes are in their own box.)

Expectations were high when Kickass Cupcakes, Boston’s first exclusively cupcake bakery, opened last September. It had the hipster name (even more valuable in the distinctly hip Davis Square), the mouth-watering display cases, and the unusual flavors. But it didn’t have anything gluten-free until repeated customer requests prompted owner Sara Ross to add gluten-free options to the Kickass repertoire.

Gluten-Free Costa Rica Trip

Uvita National Park, Costa Rica. Photo courtesy of Magda Wojtyra.*

Anyone up for a week of hiking, kayaking, rain forest walks, beaches, swimming, zip-lining, and gluten-free meals enjoyed with a gluten-free nutrition and health expert?

[waving hand frantically] Oh, uh, I don't have any more vacation time left. [pout]