Good to the, um, Grain?
When Melissa and I were offered the opportunity to review Kelly Smith’s new allergy-friendly cookbook, Everyday Grain-Free Baking: Over 100 Recipes for Deliciously Easy Grain-Free and Gluten-Free Baking
New Frontiers in Flavor . . . with Flour!
I’ve always been a big fan of baking expert Alice Medrich. A businesswoman who founded a chain of chocolate shops in the San […]
Bienvenido a 2015!
Hope everyone had a great holiday season! I spent quite a bit of time doing what we all do over the holidays: cooking (of course) and eating (ditto.) In particular, I indulged in quite a lot of Mexican food, which I actually made myself, thanks to […]
I know you’ve missed Susie so forgive me for keeping you apart from this talented cookbook reviewer. Today she’s giving you her gluten-free low-down on the newest book by David Lebovitz, My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories.
I Have to Be Completely Honest . . .
My French […]
What’s the absolute worst thing you can do to a girl who bakes recreationally several times a week?
Diagnose her with celiac disease.
Yup, that’s right. I was diagnosed with celiac a couple of months ago—shortly before my birthday, in fact, and no, the lab reports were not gift-wrapped—I was initially totally relieved (it could’ve been worse, right?) Then I went grocery shopping and had a nervous breakdown in the baking aisle. I baked a lot. Cookies and cakes to bring to family gatherings and cousins’ bridal showers, birthday cakes for family members, cupcakes for my niece and nephew . . . I even made my brother-in-law’s wedding cake a few years ago! What on earth was I going to do now?! How was I going to relearn, literally, everything I knew about baking?
I love to bake.
And then there was the bread factor.
When you’re diagnosed with celiac, your first thought is, “Oh no! I can’t have _____ or ______ !” (You can fill in the blanks with the junk food of your choice. Go on—most of them have gluten, so you are SOL, as they say.) But no one tells you just how much you are going to miss bread. […]
I got a great birthday present this year that I get to share with all of you – my exceptionally talented friend Susie Litman, Editor at Harlequin Books and baker extraordinaire has agreed to finally show off some her chops here on my blog reviewing cookbooks on […]