Wild Goat Bistro is cute. As in cuh-UUTE like a European bistro, all warm & glowing inside at nighttime, fellow diners not far (but just far enough), a friendly and just-attentive-enough waitstaff, an exciting menu to ogle (and it really IS ogle-worthy: many options are gluten-free!), yummy specials and a select list of $19 bottles of wine. Our meal went something like this:
February 28, 2011
We keep the snack pantry pretty well stocked over here at The Gluten Free Lab headquarters. And on our last regularly scheduled trip to Trader Joe’s we spied these Baked Lentil Chips with sea salt & black pepper. We sidled over slyly, grabbed a bag and uttered “why, hello you!” Later, with fingers speckled with diamonds of salt and flecks of black pepper, we smiled and deemed them good. Get your fingers on a bag at your local Trader Joe’s, or look for Mediterranean Snack Food Co.’s lentil chips, which are equally as delicious, and available in sea salt & black pepper or cucumber dill flavors.
February 24, 2011
Is it just us, or is this time of year absolute torture? Girl Scouts peddling delicious cookies door-to-door. Girl Scouts outside the grocery store. Girl Scout cookie-buying sheets in the office. There’s nary a place to escape if you’re a cookie-loving gluten-freer. According to the Girl Scout website, the future of a gluten-free cookie is dim, as their foray into the alternative cookie market via sugar-free cookies didn’t produce the number of sales they had hoped:
5 Comments February 22, 2011
We have yet to sample the wares of Mama Baretta bakery in Penngrove, a bucolic town nestled among the Sonoma County, Calif. hills, but our mouths are watering and we’re eager to stop at one of a handful of Bay Area stores that carries this product line. Mama Baretta offers old world Italian flavors in delicious treats free of many allergens, including gluten, soy, peanut, egg, dairy and refined sugar (vegans: note the occasional use of honey). Staple offerings include multi-seed bread (with or without almonds), coconut macaroons, amaretti, corn bread, Italian snowballs, biscotti, Italian croutons, jalapeño corn bread & more!
1 Comment February 17, 2011
The Lab just stopped in at Bliss Bakery in Santa Rosa. YUM! Go there now for:
Savory Mediterranean bread pudding
Flax bread
Tomato tart
Sweet potato curry soup
Apple pear cinnamon bars
Chocolate bread pudding
Blueberry muffins
Chocolate chip cookies
Toffee cupcakes with frosting hearts on top
Or go there Saturday or Monday for special Valentine’s treats!
February 11, 2011
Ah, yes. The Monday night Valentine’s Day. What a way to start the week: with a little romance at the end of the most unaccommodating work day. While this stunning cake isn’t exactly something one would whip up after work, it is something one could tackle over the weekend…and then there would be cake all the week long! (And who doesn’t love a little mid-week cake?)
February 9, 2011
Whoa. Talk about being inspired to start some nose-training exercises with The Gluten Free Lab’s unofficial canine member, Charlie (who also happens to be gluten-free, as many dogs also suffer gluten intolerance)! Time for Charlie to start pulling her own weight and detecting whether or not the food we’re about to consume has gluten in it. Apparently there’s a thing or two our pooch can learn from Elias, a Beauceron showdog who also happens to work as a “hardworking gluten-detection service dog” in his free time.
1 Comment February 8, 2011
Always vegan. And also gluten-free. Keep an eye on this up and coming resource that will feature a blog, a community recipe hub (cool!), vegan and gluten-free tips & more!
1 Comment February 7, 2011
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