So, I have this kind of character flaw (endearing trait?) that involves undertaking helpful and exhaustive research to assist me in my bold endeavors…but not until after I have already jumped right in and made a mess that needs fixing.
And so it goes for my maiden attempt at gingerbread house making.
First, in my (sort of) defense, I must say that I do not hail from a gingerbread house tradition. Indeed, there were really no baking traditions of any kind in my upbringing. So, I never actually saw anyone make a gingerbread house before. And so, in my head, it seemed...
OK, I confess. I am an avowed gluten-free experimenter, I play fast and loose in the overlapping fields of dairy- and nut-freedom, and I can even pinch hit for ingredients like sugar, corn, and soy. But. I have long kind of side-stepped the rather pesky issue of eggs.
I admit that I don’t have any (as yet identified) egg avoiders in my family, and as the owner of a gluten-free bakery, I felt that I had to draw the line somewhere. We couldn’t do everything, our focus was gluten-free. When you take away gluten, you are already working...
Jamie Oliver is one of my heroes, so forgive me if I blatantly rip off his movement’s tagline. I so completely support his mission of improving the quality of food in schools, in stepping up everyone’s awareness of both real food nutrition and its impact on health, and imparting food prep skills to anyone who eats. There are detractors and critics, as there always will be, and to be sure, the delivery model of reality TV at times raises more questions than it answers, but for the size of audience alone and for taking on this important mission, I say, Go Jamie! ...
There are other gluten-free products, to be sure—less expensive, more widely available, perhaps, ready-to-eat. What’s so special about what Cooqi offers?
Cooqi takes your health and nutrition as seriously as your taste buds, that’s what! The vast majority of GF products on the market currently are made from ingredients that offer little in the way of nutritional value. A good many list the first two ingredients as white rice flour and tapioca starch (go ahead, pick up a package and check!). And maybe the third ingredient is cornstarch. Meaning that these “foods...
