Over the course of the last six months, we’ve reviewed a lot of restaurants with gluten-free menus, ranging from local one-offs to major national chains and franchises. Looking back over the comments and other responses to those reviews, a commonality seems to emerge. You, the readers, (and me, too, for that matter) express a general […]

I’ve always thought of myself as something of an intuitive eater. What foods I eat, in what combinations, how they’re prepared, when I eat them…it all happens on its own, in a way, without a lot of explicit thought. At least, not the kind of explicit thought that people give to food when they’re on […]

Switching to a gluten-free diet, for whatever the reason, can be quite an adjustment at first. Usually, the focus is on the person who has had to alter his or her diet. But lately, I’ve been reminded that the adjustment also affects the people around us – a spouse, child, parent, family and friends. Going […]