creamy coconut rice pudding.
January 29, 2010
Archives – January, 2010
camp celiac.
Whoa, who knew there would be a summer camp dedicated just to Celiacs?! Well whaddayaknow, the Bay Area is lucky to be in close range to the first Celiac Camp to California!
January 27, 2010
not your typical pancakes.
I don’t usually have the gumption on Sunday mornings to make breakfast from scratch, so I generally rely on Pamela’s Baking & Pancake Mix for a helping hand. (And if you haven’t already tried Pamela’s, it is one of the very best GF pancake mixes out there, so get thee to a store or buy it online here!) But this morning I wanted to try and make a stick-to-your ribs pancake from scratch, one that would easily fit into our featured flour of the month: rice flour.
1 Comment January 24, 2010
paninis, music & pints.
Growing up in an Irish pub has its perks, but for John Crowley, owner of Petaluma’s, Aqus Café, it left him feeling community-less when he came to America. The idea of “third space,” as he refers to it, involves a meshing of work, home and community. So creating a third space in Petaluma is what he sought out when he opened his café.
January 23, 2010
trends within a trend.
Oh, dear readers, we saw so many new & exciting products at the Fancy Food Show! Where to begin, where to begin…
Well, we “suffered” through both halls at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, and each hall was packed to the gills with exciting food vendors from all around the globe. As we walked the aisles, our feet grew sore, our shoulders were burdened under the weight of ALL THOSE SAMPLES, our stomachs became full with ALL THOSE SAMPLES, but our hearts lightened at the sight of so many GLUTEN-FREE-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS!
5 Comments January 21, 2010
brief debriefing: the fancy food show.
The Gluten Free Lab has a gluten-free food hangover. The fancy food show was extensive and it’s clear that gluten-free foods are one of the up & coming food trends of 2010! We met lots of nice people from all over the world, purveyors of delicious foods, some of which just happen to be GF. Stay tuned for the full report and new products to look for on store shelves this year!
January 19, 2010
rice crispy treats with homemade marshmallow.
I am NOT a marshmallow fan. It may have something to do with a distant memory of popping mini-marshmallows at great quantity while watching a scary movie about a single girl on a sickening roller coaster ride. That nauseous feeling, we’ll call it marshmallow-induced-nausea, is just around the corner every time I take a bite of one of those giant white puffs. But melt down a bunch of those puff-balls, mix it with some crispy rice puffs and butter, and I’m SO on board for that goodness.
January 15, 2010
35th winter fancy food show.
The Gluten Free Lab is heading to the Winter Fancy Food show next Tuesday. This is a three-day event that takes up both halls at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (read: it’s fricking H-U-G-E!), and our goal is to scout out up & coming GF products and to taste as many foods as our bellies will hold. We promise to report back on the most promising finds…but be forewarned: we’ve heard the Italian Cheese department of the food show is rather delicious and rather captivating, so if our GF findings are a little slimmer than you had hoped you’ll know why!
1 Comment January 14, 2010
cooking class: the seduction of rice
It’s a serendipitous coincidence that Relish Culinary Adventures, a culinary education business in Healdsburg, California, is offering a hands-on cooking class that fits right into our grain of the month: RICE! These classes are a ton of fun…in fact, you’ll have a chance to attend our upcoming “Cooking With Alternative Flours” class in March. But for now, check out this class that will teach you all about cooking with rice in its many varities.
January 10, 2010
