As I’ve moved decidedly into middle age, my drinking habits have included an especially intense passion for Italian liqueurs. Maybe it’s my Sicilian heritage. Or maybe it’s simply because such liqueurs are so darned good. Best of all, many of them are wonderfully simple. For example, limoncello—perhaps the most popular of the liqueurs—is typically made […]
Why the NASCAR Super Bowl Ad Mattered
Whether you follow football or not, whether you watched the Super Bowl or not, if you’re gluten-free, this past weekend it was hard to avoid the controversy surrounding the commercial from NBC Sports promoting the new season of NASCAR. One line in particular raised the ire of the celiac/gluten-free community: it poked fun at America […]
Behind the Joy Behar Distraction, Real Celiac Disease Progress
In case you missed it, last week comedian and TV personality Joy Behar called celiac disease “a bunch of baloney” in an insensitive, flippant, off-the-cuff remark during a television appearance. The reaction has been swift and fierce from the celiac disease and broader gluten-free communities—from bloggers like the always-outspoken Gluten Dude, to the Celiac Disease Foundation, […]
Bacon Fat Herbed Pork
Last summer we spent a long weekend in tiny Lake City, a very small community of about 400 residents tucked away in a remote corner of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains amidst the soaring San Juan range. We stayed on the edge of town in a modest cabin that had a combo bedroom/living room, bathroom, and eat-in […]
Restroom Access Bills and Social Anxiety
Earlier this week Delaware became the 16th state to pass a restroom access bill. In Delaware’s version of the law, retailers with employee-only bathrooms must make them accessible to customers with celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, other inflammatory bowel diseases, or other medical conditions that require immediate access to a bathroom. Customers should be able to […]
Chocolate-Hazelnut Pavlova
In the world of great flavor pairings, there is peppers and onions, strawberries and whipped cream, and bacon and, well, pretty much anything. And then there is chocolate and hazelnuts. Mmmm. In the immortal words of the Christopher Walken Saturday Night Live skit, I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription … is more chocolate and hazelnuts. […]
Orange-Basil Pavlova
It’s hard to believe that just nine days ago we were still in New York, on the back end of a week-long holiday visit with family. Already that trip feels like a world away and a distant memory. Fortunately, this recipe transports us right back. As usual, the Long Island contingent of our family hosted […]
Accepting Generosity
Freshman year of college in New York State, I spent one break visiting my then-girlfriend at her home in Oregon. We’d met in college, and this was my first of what would become many visits to the Pacific Northwest. Her family lived in a suburb outside Portland. One day of my visit we drove to […]
Quality Matters
When I was 14 years old, I spent my life’s savings on the kind of home stereo system kids my age weren’t buying. I remember the day vividly. I made the purchase at Nobody Beats The Wiz, a now-defunct electronics store in the Northeast United States. The system included a 460-watt Yamaha amplifier/receiver with Dolby […]
Happy St. Lucia Day!
Happy St. Lucia Day! We celebrate it as the Sicilian Christmas, though other European regions recognize the day in other ways. And what better way this year than with Tuscan herb-infused olive oil a fig balsamic vinegar? =)
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