Eating through a Straw Sucks

I have had the gnarliest bouts of canker sores over the past year. I have no idea what is going on with that, but I can say from experience that canker sores SUCK. And they last forever.
Other things that suck are getting your tonsils removed when you’re no longer a kid, like my friend VK. [...]

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What’s Cooking, or a Day in the Life with Food Allergies

Sometimes I don’t have enough time to write a good post, but I am constantly shooting and thinking about AFFFG. So every once in a while I’m going to post pics and commentary about what’s cooking at AFFFG, along the lines of “a day in the life of a food-allergic food lover.”
So, without further ado, [...]

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May is International Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Did you know that May is International Celiac Disease Awareness Month? (what a mouthful) I’m hoping we get a little wheat-colored bracelet and ribbon very soon. Maybe at tomorrow’s walk they’ll have celiac trinkets.
Some of you may have thought October was our month, but here is a little discussion of why it is now, indeed, [...]

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Salads Galore

Apparently I’m on a salad kick this week. Which is much better than last week’s cookie kick. We’ll call it my salad cleanse.
Some of the tropical fruits are showing up at my market right now. I love pineapple, so here’s a little somethin-somethin we ate recently at A Foodie’s Fall world headquarters:

This is pretty straightforward: [...]

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Salad Ballad

[To the tune of "Oh Susanna!"]
Oh you normies
Oh don’t you cry for me
For I’m eatin’ bresaola
with some lemon zest and iced tea
Isn’t it fun to be a food nerd? To sing songs of love to bresaola and iced tea? I think so.
And when did rocket become arugula? Is this some kind of north/south/country/city thing or [...]

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Side Show Dinner

How you know someone’s a good cook: side dishes. When I go out to a new restaurant, if the sides are good, it’s like reading the first ten pages of a novel by a new writer. Please, take me where I need to go. Let me put my trust in you. And if they nail [...]

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You Gotta Panna Cotta

I think I have expressed my affection for custards several times before on this blog. And as the custard-making foods like eggs and cow dairy go AWOL from my diet and join the Allergy-Bad-They-Want-to-Kill-Me camp, it’s really nice to find some custards that I can actually eat.
Panna cotta is truly dreamy. I don’t think my [...]

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Adventures in Panna Cotta

I really love custards. But what’s not to love about cream, eggs, and sugar? Now that those three basic food groups are off my personal menu, I’ve struggled to come up with a good replacement.
I turn now to a favorite subject: panna cotta. Sally Schneider has a truly knockout recipe which I’m sure I’ve mentioned [...]

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Rutabaga Fries

Have you ever actually had a rutabaga? It’s one of those things that…well, I know what it is, but I couldn’t tell you what it tastes like. Until now.
My mission this winter has been to try new things. It’s a great antidote to the suffering diet. When I’m in the produce section now, I want [...]

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Victory IS Sweet!

And gloating feels good. Go Giants! At last, a Super Bowl that was actually a good game.
Another score, we made our first goat milk ice cream: no eggs and no sugar! It turned out pretty spanking good. No goat-y aftertaste, which we were afraid of. But without egg, it does get a little crystallized if [...]

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