Houston Gluten Free/Celiac Meet

This past weekend I went to Houston to do a cooking demonstration and present my cookbook, Throw the Wheat in the Sea, to the,  HOUSTON CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP Chapter #25 of CSA/USA, Inc..  So FUN!!  Though it did not go exactly as planned. Isn’t that how fun usually happens? I demonstrated the cooking, but not like a cooking show,…

Cookin In Houston

I will be in Houston DATE:  Saturday, November 5, 2011 PLACE:  Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, 12211 Memorial Drive at Gessner,  77024 I will be cooking up some pumpkin muffins (probably) and promoting/selling my cookbook (definitely) and charming all (hopefully). I will have about 70 books to sell and sign (sounds so important!).   I have a…

Why Test?

I will continue my rant on the what I believe to be the dispensable tests for Celiac/gluten intolerance. You do not have to have a blood test to prove you have gluten intolerance.  Stop eating wheat gluten, get better– PROOF gluten makes you sick. It really is that simple.  Either you self diagnose, or your…

Buttermilk Cornbread

1 Cup Butter, melted 1 1⁄3 Cups Sugar 4 Eggs 2 Cups Buttermilk 1 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum 2 Cups Cornmeal 1 1⁄2 Cups Rice Flour 1⁄2 Cup Oat flour or Tapioca flour 1 teaspoon Salt Preheat oven 375. Grease 9×13 pan, or large skillet. Mix melted butter and sugar together. Add…

GF in the Air with BA

We ordered Gluten Free Meals on our flights to and from the States, by checking a box on their web site. It worked.  We ordered Gluten Free on our last trip abroad, with Continental. It worked too.  On BA, the meals served from Houston to London were about the same as the meals received on…