Oh the dramas of Celiac disease. (Is it a disease? It’s not contagious or anything. It makes one wonder what qualifies something as a disease rather than a condition or syndrome. It’s definitely uncomfortable and complicated –putting the dis to every definition of ease I can think of.) The world is catching up slowly to [...]
Archive for the ‘celiac’ Category
(No) Turkey Day
Posted: November 23, 2011 in celiac, food, food innovations, gluten free, holidays, humor, recipes, thanksgivingTags: allergies, celiac, family, gluten, gluten free, thanksgiving, tofurkey, turducken, turkey
This is the first Thanksgiving without Turkey for me. Celiac disease sprang a lot of dietary restrictions on me, not the least of which is a seemingly endless list of food allergies. No peanuts, onions, eggs, crab and, you guessed it, TURKEY. Very annoying especially since I have been jonesing for “Turducken” every since I [...]
Horny Goat’s Heritage meats
Posted: November 21, 2011 in celiac, farming, food, food activism, gluten free, heritage farm, holidays, organic, urban farmTags: farm, food, gluten free, grocery, local farm, online shopping, organic meat
It sounds like a porn movie. And not one I’d want to see. But actually Horny Goat Heritage Farm is something I found while link surfing one of my favorite foodie sites. Local Harvest is a great place to find local farms, community gardens, farmer’s markets no matter where you are or where you may [...]
One of the joys of celiac disease is constant changing allergies due to inadvertant exposure to gluten (cross-contamination in restaurants or mislabelling of products or my favorite: indifferent chefs or waiters) and the question of what can I eat today? Last night was grilled tuna steaks (overcooked by my lover who insisted that searing could [...]
