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Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
@Brownie - well said!
My wife discovered her sensitivity to wheat a year ago (at age...39) and it is truly a life changing event. Liiving gluten free is not a trend, it is a way to survive. I also think that the numbers of celiac and gluten-sensitive will rise sharply in the near future.
I make my living as a chef and gluten-free living is a complete re-education of food and its possibilities.
Please get more Glutenfreegirl on SE - her blog and posts are a revelation.
What Your Beer Says About You
I'm a craft beer lover and occasional home brewer, but given the choice between medicre beer or no beer I choose mediocre pretty much all the time.
I'd also like to publicly admit to drinking Bud Light Lime at the ballpark on a sweltering summer day.
While I'm at it, I'd also like to admit that I occasionally make micheladas with Modelo when doing yard work.
Thanks; this has been very theraputic.
A Pizza-Eating Feat for the Ages
This guy is true American hero. I'd love to have a few Old Styles with him at Pizanos.
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Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
@Brownie - well said!
My wife discovered her sensitivity to wheat a year ago (at age...39) and it is truly a life changing event. Liiving gluten free is not a trend, it is a way to survive. I also think that the numbers of celiac and gluten-sensitive will rise sharply in the near future.
I make my living as a chef and gluten-free living is a complete re-education of food and its possibilities.
Please get more Glutenfreegirl on SE - her blog and posts are a revelation.
What Your Beer Says About You
I'm a craft beer lover and occasional home brewer, but given the choice between medicre beer or no beer I choose mediocre pretty much all the time.
I'd also like to publicly admit to drinking Bud Light Lime at the ballpark on a sweltering summer day.
While I'm at it, I'd also like to admit that I occasionally make micheladas with Modelo when doing yard work.
Thanks; this has been very theraputic.
A Pizza-Eating Feat for the Ages
This guy is true American hero. I'd love to have a few Old Styles with him at Pizanos.
Serious Green: Rent-a-Ruminant to Get a Tough Job Done
Why no mention of the other "good stuff" they leave behind? That has value as well.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Besides SE I like Gluten Free Girl. My wife was diagnosed with celiac a year ago and GFG has been indespensible to me.
The Food Lab: Animal Fat Mayonnaise
I cosign that book recommendation @szmansour - that book is outstanding.
FergusStock at The Breslin
Thanks for the new screensaver!
Char No. 4: Bourbon, Barbecue, And Pork In Cobble Hill
In NYC next week and I'm ALL OVER THIS PLACE.
Hot Doug's in Chicago: Good Hot Dogs and Good Neighbors in Line
Maybe the Chicago place I miss the most. A true original. My fave was the Don Rickels - a Thuringer done Chicago Style. I'm sad now...
Gourmet Magazine Will Fold This Year
In my opinion, it had become too much of a "lifestyle" mag heavy on ads disguised as content. It's sad to see it go, but the current incarnation is lame.
Schnitzel Burger from Schnitzel and Things Truck
Possible life-changing post.
Seriously Italian: Punctuating Flavors with Ricotta Salata
Wow, yesterday it was harissa and today ricotta salata...this site is exposing all of my secret ingredients.
Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'
The salty and smokey breath of my lovely wife after going to town on some Neuske's Applewood.
Happy Hour Veggie and Beef Burgers at National Mechanics in Philadelphia
Is that Revival from days of yore? I used to...well, that was a long time ago.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
salted oatmeal cookies
Cook the Book: Lemon Bars
As a 20 year pro cook, my wife's recent Celiac diagnosis has thrown us both for a loop. I have been learning a whole new way of cooking. The options are so limited! Thanks for the post.
Any 'yall cooking with lard?
I have been making my own since reading Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, by Jennifer McLagan. It's actually a lot healthier than the so-called "healthy" options. Leaf lard is slightly different than the lard I render from Polyface Farms pork , as it's used mainly for pastry applications. Lard must be tasted to be understood.
Albano's Pizzeria in Cicero: The Biggest and Best Pizza Puff in Chicago
Panzerotti from that greasy takeout joint on Marlton Pike in Camden, NJ... heaven. After one (with mushrooms of course) in 1984 I decided I wanted to be a chef. Holy crap - 25 years ago??!!
Video: Churning Artisanal Butter in Maine
I always pick up several pounds of Kate's on the drive back home from Owl's Head every year. That and the native strawberries extend summer vacation for a few extra weeks.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Falafel with Hummus from The Magic Carpet truck in Philly.
Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace in Columbus, Ohio
Is Dirty Franks (the bar) still open in Philly? Pine St. around 13th or Juniper.
A Tofu Throwdown: Lions Head Meatballs vs. Tofu and Orzo
cabbage is not listed in the ingredients but appears in the method
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Heirloom tomato salad with slivered onion & grilled haloumi.
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
I am laughing so, so hard right now. The bell pepper is the best part. I think that just cured my hangover.
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
Soooooooooooooooo funny hahahha and we spell turkey::: turkay
hahahahhahahaha
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Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
Coolio rules! I'd watch that again.
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
Watching that video= great bonding moment with my 15 year old...that was funny.
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
I love when he's waving the knife around at the end!
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
hahaha the jargon is appauling!
I hope i remember som of deez phat jokes!
Video: Coolio Makes Deep-Fried Turkey
Serious fun with food. . .like Julia, he's a good teacher.
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
The cake looks great, and might be a good thing to have around for emergencies (I tend to bake from scratch). Thanks for the review!
As far as the gluten free "trend", it's especially tough to hear people call gluten free eating a "weight loss diet," or some other inaccuracy, when you went gluten free, as I did, while hospitalized for severe celiac disease symptoms. I was admitted to the emergency room suffering from severe malnutrition due to malabsorption, frighteningly low blood pressure, and dehydration.
After three weeks of eating strictly gluten free I finally had enough energy to spend the day out of bed. That was one of the most terrifying medical episodes I've experienced. It's not "over the top" for me to say eating gluten free saved my life. Trivializing what has been a cure for me and others like me is truly infuriating!
I'm grateful to the help I got from gluten-free blogs, and hope my tips and recipes can help others, too.
http://www.wheatlessandmeatless.com
A Pizza-Eating Feat for the Ages
I just discovered that Scharoff's feat is not unprecedented. Matt McClellan, owner of Tour de Pizza in Tampa, went a month earlier this year eating nothing but pizza. He was motivated to the challenge by a desire to show that pizza isn't actually that bad for you. His results were shocking: eating nothing but pizza for 30 days, McClellan lost over 20 pounds! Read all about his month in this article from the St. Petersburg Times.
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
I've been "gluten sensitive" since I was a teenager (when a homeopathic doctor recommended exclusion diets to help acne), and I feel like the more people that jump on the gluten-free "fad", the better! Their reasons don't matter to me - what does matter is the HUGE profusion of gluten-free products, recipes and info that are now becoming mainstream. I remember when trying to avoid wheat seemed like trying to avoid air - but now even my local grocery store is a bonanza of choices. Yay!
And back to the review at hand - I'll try Bob's cake mix. I'd tried Pamela's yellow cake mix but felt it turned to goop after 24 hours. Thanks for the review!
FergusStock at The Breslin
Why bother with the pig's eyeballs? Because they are DELICIOUS. I just want to emphasize that - the meat in the socket was extremely tender and gelatinous, like a braised trotter. Soooo....that's WHY :)
I don't want to get into bugs and testicles right now, but I have very similar sentiments about those as well! More on that some other time!
FergusStock at The Breslin
I'm sure pig's eyes are edible, but why bother? I know I'm man enough, but I just don't see the point of testing our mettle by eating bugs, eyeballs, Fugu, or boars testicles just to prove that we can.
That said, April made us an awesome dish of cod sperm at John Dory, and we loved it.
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
Of course Celiac disease exists and other people have gluten sensitivities to a lesser extent, but that doesn't take away from the fact that other people buy gluten-free items because they see it as the next healthy trend. Because some people have problems with gluten, other people connect the wrong dots and decide that gluten in general is bad, and they avoid it, even though they, themselves, have no sensitivities.
And people who latch onto those sorts of bogus health claims make it difficult for people who do have sensitivities and allergies. Because they sit back and say, "I've cut out all gluten and I feel 100 percent better" while eating something that obviously contains gluten. As a result, people who do have the sensitivities are taken less seriously.
And I know some people who are gluten-sensitive who attempt to diagnose everyone else into having gluten issues. I understand that when you find the thing that has made you miserable, it's a wonderful thing and you want to share your knowledge. But it's a little much when it becomes a vendetta and you tell everyone that they should also avoid that food. And when people jump on that bandwagon for no reason, it does become a health fad.
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
@Brownie - ".....minimizing the real health-toll it takes on those of us who get truly ill from eating even a little bit of it."
Lucy wrote:
"but there is no denying the facts: as many as three million Americans have celiac disease, and the number of gluten-intolerant people is even greater—about one in 133. That means they cannot comfortably digest gluten, the main protein found in wheat, rye, and barley."
firmly stating the facts is not minimizing anything, although it may not have come with the dramatic adjectives you were looking for.
so, she stated the facts and statistics concurrent with your post. maybe you're disappointed because they didn't come belabored with
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
I get a little upset when people say that we, without celiacs, are turning gluten free diets into a fad. Both my mother and I have had horrible sinus infections for years - antibiotics, steroids, so many different types of meds. Then we both went off of gluten for a month... I love bread and cookies and pasta, etc but without them all of the sinus infections are gone and when I eat something with it (sometimes that doughnut just calls to me) they come back with a vengeance. I have had multiple food allergy tests due to another digestive disorder, and doesn't show an allergy, but the allergist says that the exclusion diet shows that I have one. So if it makes you feel better, do it, and have an extra gluten free cookie!
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
All this talk of Bob's Red Mill makes me homesick. Up until a year ago, I lived a mile from Bob's and could go in and buy most of their products in bulk, getting just what I needed at the moment
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
@browngravy -- I hesitated to say "life-changing", because I felt it would sound a bit over-the-top, but that's exactly like I feel as well. I'm so happy your wife was diagnosed, and apparently is doing well. She's lucky to have you on her side!
And, I agree about Shauna at GlutenFreeGirl - she's awesome. So, more Shauna, please!
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
Good review. I like the red mill brand for my sea salt.
Mixed Review: Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
While I do agree with the above posters, there is also a growing number of people who are switching to gluten-free diets who have *not* been diagnosed with celiac disease--I believe these are the people that are being referred to as turning this into a "fad," not those who genuinely need to keep gluten-free for serious health reasons.
Snapshots from Iceland: Burgers and Shakes from Hamborgarabúllan in Reykjavik
There is another place in Iceland which has legendary burgers. It's called "Vitabar" or "The Lighthouse Bar" translated to English. If you go there order the "Gleym-mer-ei" burger, it's a little different because it has garlic and blue cheese but it's a taste you won't forget! The place is downtown on a street called Vitastigur. Look it up if you come to Iceland! :)
FergusStock at The Breslin
No thanks for the eyeball, but I'd love to try the head. It's all pork skin and fat what's not to love?! Lamb neck looks amazing too.
The Food Lab: Animal Fat Mayonnaise
You know they already sell Baconaise in the stores but it isn't made with real Bacon. It tastes really good though. I am going to make your version as I have some rendered bacon fat in my refrigerator. Never thought of making it myself. I can just imagine what that lamb mayo tastes like! Yikes. Lamb is such a highly flavored fat as it is.
What Your Beer Says About You
Mexican beers are great... no not Corona, Sol, or Modelo... but Carta Blanca, Noche Buena, Tecate and Negra Modelo.
www.tobp.com for some great reviews
What Your Beer Says About You
Bud = McDonalds
Need I say more?
What Your Beer Says About You
Wow, I'm surprised at the intensity of the beer discussion! Somehow, I'd glommed on to the beer drinkers as mellow, amiable folk stereotype...
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