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Cooking for Someone With Celiac Disease

Before I knew I had Celiac disease, I had a casual acquaintance over for a dinner party who had Celiac disease. My only previous experience with cooking for someone who was gluten free was with my mother who was told that eliminating wheat from her diet might help reduce the symptoms of her autoimmune condition. …

Gluten Free Madeleines

When I was diagnosed, I had yet to actually have a madeleine, although I’d seen them in pastry shops. It was a little bit intimidating trying to make a pastry that I’d never eaten before gluten free. It turns out, the flour isn’t the most important ingredient, it’s the butter. Now you know this is …

uncooked gnocchi arranged on a countertop that is lightly dusted with flour

Home-made Gluten Free Gnocchi

We can all agree that store-bought gnocchi is pretty good. It’s hard to argue with a soft potato dumpling covered in your favorite sauce. However, once you’ve made home-made gnocchi, there’s no going back. Home-made gnocchi is more tender and has more potato flavor than the store-bought ones. If you enjoy social cooking, they are …

Gluten Free Sesame Tahini Swirl Cookies

I’m a sucker for both sesame seeds and tahini, they’re just too delicious to pass up. I thought that a swirl of tahini caramel could be a phenomenal addition to a sugar cookie, and I was not mistaken! These sugar cookies are delightfully crisp around the edges, chewy in the center, and have a delicious …

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Mock Gluten Free Flour Blends

There are a plethora of gluten free flour blends out there, some of them excellent, but despite this I don’t use flour blends when I bake. I have found that flour blends can be very restrictive. What happens if I make a recipe that was developed using Cup4Cup with King Arthur’s Measure for Measure flour …

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My Ingredient Preferences

I started reading cooking advice and cookbooks (really reading them, not just looking at the recipes) when I moved into my first apartment. Until then, it hadn’t occurred to me how much the very base ingredients that you use in everyday cooking change the way your food tastes. The types and quality of the oil …