If you’re like us, you love your pizza. It continues to be a weekly tradition in our household. Our girls like certain kinds of pizzas, but we enjoy changing it up and introducing variety. We’re always looking for ways to make a familiar food feel new again. Enter this week’s recipe. One month ago, we […]
The Celiac Connection
Four generations I recently wrote about how my mom was diagnosed with celiac disease in her mid-60s earlier this year. The more I think about our family’s medical history, though, the more I wonder if she’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. No, I can’t point to a long list of family members and […]
Pecan Kuchen
Kelli is one of six children. As you can imagine for her parents, getting all those mouths dressed, fed, and out the door in time for church Sunday morning was no small feat. Enter what they called the Sunday Goodie. It was a simple, self-service breakfast pastry that tided you over until the family came […]
Cold Buckwheat Soba Noodle Salad
Oh Asian ingredients. Why do you tease the gluten-free community so? Your soy sauce contains not just soy but soy plus wheat. And your buckwheat noodles contain not just buckwheat but buckwheat plus wheat. Argh! You’ve probably been there. Your eyes are scanning the noodle options of the Asian section of your supermarket, when they […]
All in the Family: When Celiac Disease Strikes a Relative
Timothy and his grandma, May 2014 In less than two weeks, baby Timothy turns five months old. How time flies! It already feels as though he’s been a part of our lives forever. As I wrote a month ago, with my celiac disease and the fact that both of his sisters carry the celiac genes, […]
Bourbon Peppercorn Beef
From filet mignon with a red wine demi glace to pork tenderloin with an apple cider bacon demi glace to today’s recipe for bourbon peppercorn beef, we’ve got a thing for entrees where restaurant-quality sauces are the star of the dish. I suspect some of you might be thinking, You’re posting a recipe for a sauce? […]
3 Ways to Know We’re Really Winning the Celiac Awareness Battle
In my day job as the editorial director of a nonprofit renewable energy think-and-do tank, we talk a lot about driving and measuring impact. During those discussions, we maintain an important distinction between intermediate outcomes and ultimate impacts. Intermediate outcomes are often more immediate, easier to measure, and relate more directly to the day-to-day work […]