For whatever reason, I am sensing that celiac disease, or the allergy to gluten, is on the increase. It maybe that we are just hearing about it much more that we used to, or perhaps people are finding a diagnosis earlier, and the medical profession is more easily able to identify the disease. Whatever the [...]

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My husband and daughter are vegetarians.  It seems thatwhenever we are invited to a party, I am asked to bring a dish for them to eat otherwise, they would be stuck with steamed broccoli and crackers.  When we request vegetarian meals while traveling, we find ourselves looking at a plate of dry mixed vegetables and beans covered with some  mysterious sauce.  [...]

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When my sister came to visit me from overseas, I told her I would treat her by taking her out to eat.  She begged me to stay home and cook.  “I don’t want to spend the time it takes for me to dress for a restaurant, ” she said, “and then spend half that time [...]

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I had to deliver a catering job today.  Usually, when I’m alone, cooking the food in my restaurant, I listen to the  CD player there.  It wasn’t functioning today, so I began listening to the radio while I worked.  There were a lot of commercials on the particular station I was listening to, but there [...]

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The other day I was making beet spread and some of the juice stained my blouse with beautiful color.   That stain reminded me of how my aunt used to color wheat stalks when she wove her baskets.  She used beet juice, which had the most brilliant red color I ‘ve ever seen.  I used watch [...]

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