Sticky Situations #2: I've never heard of gluten!

You and your friends are deciding where to eat and they all unanimously want tonight's meal to be Italian. You freeze.  All you can think about is the endless amounts of bread, pasta, and pizza going to be served. Gluten lying in every corner, swirling around in your gut. Just the thought alone makes you terrified: one bite will send you careening towards the bathroom faster than it takes for all the food to be served. You know you're going to be in for a rough night if you go with their plans.  You tell them you can't...

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Eating Out: Jack's Urban Eats

Jack’s Urban Eats never fails; always a solid good meal. No frills, just good eats and of course plenty of gluten free options! You can pretty much customize any of their sandwiches, salads, fries, and carved meats. I always get the customize salad and fries. As Nicole George says “their fries are bomb.com!” whether urban, garlic, or sweet potato they are all mighty tasty J Since you can create your own salad you can add all the gf toppings...

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Eating Out: Walnut Creek Thai Bistro Kacha

What are two tired, hungry, and slightly lost girls suppose to eat in a city that they are completely new to? Our motto when it comes to eating out is: When in Doubt EAT THAI~! Our first summer adventure took us to the streets of downtown Walnut Creek California. The actual purpose of our trip was for a friend’s graduation in Moraga, but after the graduation the rest of the day was ours. And what do girls love to do? Eat and shop, which is exactly...

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My Date with Julia Child’s Reincarnation: Light as Air Sponge Cake

I am very fortunate to have such loving and awesome friends. This one goes out to Nicole George! A skilled baker, dog lover, and not to mention a sexy Italian (but secretly French); Ms. George showed me how to make a proper sponge cake (gluten free) from scratch. I learned how to beat egg whites without an electric beater and whip egg yolks to a ribbon stage. We used the tiniest bit of Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Gluten Free Baking Flour in...

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Glutino Pretzel Twists

Who doesn’t like pretzels?! Crunchy and salty, perfect when you have the munchies! The brand Glutino makes a ton of gluten free snacks: Pretzel, cookies, wafers, crackers, granola bars, frozen meals, breads, glazed donuts (LOVE), and a variety of baking mixes.  I think these pretzels are going to be a staple in my pantry. In California the chain grocery store, Grocery Outlet, was having a huge sale on these pretzels! $1.99 for...

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The Joy of Udi's

Hello all! I'm actually feeling quite in a good mood (my grades came back and I didn't totally fail!) so now I would like to take the opportunity to blog about what else puts me in a fantastic mood. That's right: Udi's Bagels. Now, before I was diagnosed and all, I really didn't like the taste of bagels. Well, it couuuld have been that small little thing called gluten that was making my tummy churn like crazy, BUT we're talking taste here. Bagels...

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Free Speech Movement (FSM) Cafe

So whenever I'm on campus and then I hear my stomach growling at me to feed myself, I find myself heading to Free Speech Movement (FSM) downstairs from Moffit library. I actually just discovered that they have some delicious gfree salads when a couple of my lab mates decided to eat there for dinner and I happened to tag along. Ever since then it was a weekly salad at FSM before my night lab. So, FSM has several nice salad selections. I've tried...

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Kimchi Garden

Hey all! Today, this post will be about Asian food, in particular, Korean food! :) If there's one thing that T and I can agree on besides kpop music is how amazing Korean food is! What I love about Korean food is that it has a really homey kind of feel since everything is warm and filling. Plus, there are so many awesome gfree selections! Whenever I have a hankering for Korean food, and I don't have much cash to spare (which is most days!), I...

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Chillin at the Thai Canteen

I love Thai food. No, that's definitely an understatement. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE AND COULD EAT EVERY DAY THE AMAZING FLAVORS OF THAI! *cough* Excuse my enthusiasm.... XD  The reason for this is because right after I had to start eating gfree, Thai food was one of the only genres of food that had the least contamination and had many food options that I enjoyed eating even before I was diagnosed. It was like a safe haven of food that I...

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Gfree Italian Food Exists?!

Hello all! T actually should be credited for the discovery of this fantastic Italian restaurant that, get this, serves GFREE ITALIAN FOOD. That means gfree pasta and pizza!! Those two words almost never can be placed next to each other unless it happens to be gfree Italian night at home. You might have guessed that I pretty much flipped out when I heard about this. So, naturally, I had to go try it out with T since she raved about it the last time...

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All the way to Jupiter

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've last posted, but now that the stress of finals is FINALLY over I can spend the summer updating my gfree food adventures that I have collected! :) This is my first food blog entry!! Exciting, right? I hope you find it useful to your own gfree dining experience and perhaps even take a visit if it suits your fancy. The place I would like to share with you all is a cute little brick restaurant called, Jupiter....

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