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Triumph Over Gluten

1 Comment 21 October 2006

Triumph Dining The Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant GuideHow And Where To Eat Gluten-Free2006-2007 Ross Cohen and his fiance, Kay, put together what could be the closest thing to Zagat, but gluten-free. If you’re not into combing the internet for restaurant ideas and you travel a lot, this will be a very useful guide for you. With [...]

Bakeries, Travel

An Oasis In Central Phoenix

10 Comments 23 August 2006

Gluten Free CreationsBest Little Bistro 2940 ThomasPhoeniz, AZ602.522.0659 *GLUTEN FREE CREATIONS BISTRO IS NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS OF NOVEMBER 2006. YOU CAN STILL ORDER VIA ONLINE, PHONE OR AT LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS. Central Phoenix is not usually at the top of your sightseeing list when visiting Arizona. Hidden like the bat cave behind [...]

Gluten-Free Recipes, Travel

…It's A Dry Heat

2 Comments 19 August 2006

Roosevelt Lake, AZ Earlier this summer I made my annual visit to see Smurf in Arizona. The trip started out on an exciting foot right at JFK when I noticed that the little snack shop in the Jet Blue terminal had rows and rows of gluten-free snack bars! Most of the packages even had ‘gluten-free’ [...]

Bakeries, Products, Shopping, Travel

Arizona IV: Get Baked In The Matrix

5 Comments 24 July 2005

*WE ARE SORRY TO REPORT THAT AS OF JANUARY 2006 ASPIRE MARKETS HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. THEY WILL BE MISSED!* Aspire Markets 16455 N. Scottsdale RoadSuite 107Scottsdale, AZ480.348.9124 Isn’t this little puff pastry lovely? They spoiled me at Aspire Market withtheir special order service. I always know my request of something gluten-,dairy- and corn-free will be [...]

Bakeries, Products, Shopping, Travel

Arizona: The Matrix

4 Comments 17 July 2005

*ASPIRE MARKETS HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. IT WAS A GREAT CONCEPT AND WE WISH THEM THE BEST.* Aspire Market16455 N. Scottsdale RoadSuite 107Scottsdale, AZ480.348.9124 Newly opened Aspire Market is the creation of husband and wife team Keith Kosco and Debbie Shapos. They have brought together several new dimensions of dietary shopping in order to elevate this [...]

Shopping, Travel

Arizona: Enter The Dragon

1 Comment 12 July 2005

Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket2025 N. Dobson RoadChandler, AZ (480) 899-2887 Lee Lee is the dragon of all asian food stores in Arizona. You may expect to find more midwestern snowbirds here than Asian Americans but Lee Lee is proof that Arizona is fast becoming home to this growing population. This is good news for celiacs [...]

Bakeries, Gluten-Free Recipes, Shopping, Travel

Arizona: A Trilogy In Four Parts

1 Comment 07 July 2005

A recent trip to the otherworldly landscaped Grand Canyon state led to the discovery of many gf treats! For those with a short attention span (usually beings with a strong penchant for science fiction and the only ones that will get the dual meaning of the above title) I’ll be breaking up my discoveries into [...]

Travel

Chicks In Portland

5 Comments 20 July 2004

View of Mt. Hood from Pittock Mansion Well, well, well. We had planned on attending the GIG conference in Portland, Oregon May 27th but after finding out the steep $250 per person price tag we figured, "Heck, let's just gorge on as much GF food as we can while I show Kim the town." And [...]

FINLAND, Gluten-Free Recipes, Travel

FINLAND: Land Of Gluten-Free Paradise IV

8 Comments 02 June 2004

CHAPTER FOURMy touristy dog sled ride where my eyelashes froze it was so cold! My friend Kirsi has two outstanding gluten-free recipes she made for me. A chinese friend living in Finland showed Kirsi how to prepare these. CHINESE BEEF & POTATOESPut some canola oil in a frying pan, enough to totally coat the pan [...]

Travel

FINLAND: Land Of Gluten-Free Paradise

1 Comment 25 May 2004

CHAPTER THREE The last half of my trip we stayed in Kuopio, which is located in central Finland. View from ski slope in Kuopio Entrance to the market where a gluten-free bakery is located. Notice the quaint frog fountains on either side of the doorway. The door itself was quite unique with its bat details. [...]