Take a seat Sonoma County residents because this is really happening…
Sonoma County’s first gluten free bakery is opening this week in Santa Rosa. For reals. We are so excited we can hardly stand it. notion:creative, our day job you’ve heard us mention, had the pleasure of branding this new business and we can’t believe the day has almost arrived!
2 Comments September 29, 2010
It was a great weekend here in Sonoma County, which began with a meal at The Farmhouse on Friday night and ended with an exciting Sunday afternoon at the Handcar Regatta, where handmade contraptions raced for bragging rights along the abandoned railroad tracks in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. There was simply no way to top off the roller-coaster of flavors that entered our mouths – from Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit to a round-the-world cheese course, to gluten-free garbanzo bread with spicy mint chutney. So Sunday supper had to be simple, it had to be fresh, and it had to be fast.
September 27, 2010
Diavola Pizzeria in Geyserville, Calif., how we love you. We love you for your house-cured meats, your thoughtful and deeply delicious menu, and now we’re smitten with your house-made gluten-free pizza, which is crackery yet substantial, a perfect underpinning for truly Italian-style toppings. We love that you make the dough in-house. We love that you offer any of your pizzas – ANY of them! – with a gluten-free option. We love that you make us a Sicilian pizza with eggplant & cherry tomatoes & a heavy dose of je ne sai quoi on the fly, even though it’s not on the menu (shhhh, readers, don’t tell!).
3 Comments September 22, 2010
Frequent readers of this blog are most likely aware of the fact that we like to use epicurious.com as a starting point for our recipes. The recipes we find aren’t always gluten-free (we don’t mind converting them to GF recipes), but did you know that you can tell epicurious to show you only GF recipes? How cool is that?!
September 15, 2010
Since 2006, September 13 has become a celebration of Samuel Gee, who is credited with being the first person to find a link between celiac disease and diet. He once said “if the patient can be cured at all, it must be by means of diet.” Soooo….if ever there were a day to eat as many GF treats as your body desires, today is the day. The Lab is officially declaring it – in addition to National Celiac Awareness Day – GF Amesty Day. Woo!
September 13, 2010
Haven’t you always wanted somebody to throw you a GF pizza party? Or what about an allergen-free fun fest? C’mon, fess up. We know you’re into it, if only to make those kids of yours happy. So get this: Ian’s Natural Foods is giving away allergen-free Party Packages that serve 14 guests. That means you’ll get — delivered to your doorstep — a box of plates, utensils & napkins, invitations for each winner to send to guests, plus fun Andy the Otter stickers, tattoos and prizes. Could it get any easier to throw yourself — and a few of your kids’ friends — that pizza party you’ve always wanted?
4 Comments September 8, 2010
The Gluten Free Lab