Author Archives: Laura
Gluten Free Hot Spud, SF
Last Saturday after a fun trip to Alcatraz and before a drive to Sonoma for wine tasting, the search was on for something that would keep me satisfied through sip after sip of vino. On one of my various searches for gluten free eateries in the Bay Area, I had come across Hot Spud in
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Gluten Free Byron Bay Cookies
Last week I received a box of samples from Byron Bay Cookies. Even before ripping them open to devour the  amazing selection of flavours I was immediately impressed by the size of these cookies! 60 grams of individually wrapped deliciousness and certainly more than a couple of bites 😀
How Gluten Free Is Your Kitchen?
Is your kitchen 100% gluten free? Has your family or partner decided to go gluten free with you or do you have your own special safe section within a gluten loving family kitchen? If you live in shared housing do you keep your pots and pans to yourself? With the threat of cross contamination a
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Coeliac UK Food and Drink Directory
Wherever you are in this gluten filled world…does your country’s Coeliac Association have a directory which provides info for coeliacs on safe gluten free products by brand and/or supermarket? The UK does thanks to the fantastic and hard working Coeliac UK. The Food and Drink Directory which Coeliac UK compiles each year can be found
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Gluten Free Stirling
UPDATE: Bluebell Tearoom had now moved to 1a Pitt Terrace in Stirling. The word is that they now have delicious gluten free pancakes and a separate toaster for gluten free toasted sandwiches! Today I was invited to the Bluebell Tearoom in Stirling by owner, Lisa, to try some of the gluten free treats they have
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Gluten Free Reid’s Cafe, Perth, Scotland
Last weekend I drove up to Perth to visit my lovely friend Fiona. I’m lucky to have so many nice friends and family members who are always on the lookout for coeliac friendly places to eat and shop. Fiona is one of these friends and last week when she walked into Reid’s Cafe on the
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Are His Kisses Gluten Free?
The following is strong evidence of just how much time I spend focused on my gluten free world… When Cher sang the Shoop Shoop song she may have been talking about love when she said ‘It’s in his kiss’ but hearing these words leads my wee gluten free noggin (that’s my head) to think about
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Gluten Free Beef Casserole
I enjoy cooking and experimenting with gluten free dishes and luckily for me so do most of my family and friends. I’m a big fan of simple dishes which can be prepared fairly quickly and without too many different ingredients which is why my gluten free recipes section is mostly filled with these types of
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Gluten Free Toasted Coconut Chicken
Yesterday I was happy to receive this delicious sounding recipe from Jason, whose 4 year old son was diagnosed as celiac in October 2009. It’s lovely to hear from fellow gluten free families about the gluten free recipes they have concocted. This recipe for gluten free toasted coconut chicken sounds scrumdiddlyumptious to me and I
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Jail For Selling Fake Gluten Free Bread
Whether or not to buy products advertised as ‘gluten free’ but that you can’t be 100% sure about is always a difficult one. If you’re buying branded products in a supermarket then you’ve got a label to check for hidden gluten. When you’re walking around your local farmers market picking up local produce from what
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