Gluten Free

Consider me slightly late to the party, but recently, I’ve been having a love affair with Heidi Swanson.

Even though I am a long-time devotee of Peter Berley, another vegetarian food icon, in my post-college carnivorous state, I don’t think I gave proper mind to the more veg-centric food bloggers out there. Or, at least, in my own experimentation with their recipes.

One of my private chef clients is vegan, and it’s opened up my eyes and my palate to some very intriguing possibilities – and Heidi has been…

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Back in May, right before our book came out, I moved out of the apartment I shared with Caitlyn for four years, and temporarily back into my parents’ place. Now, it’s 2012. And guess what? I’m still here…

As the idea of “temporarily” went out the window in mid-November, my mother and I began to have a bit of a turf war over the kitchen. Most of the time, she was happy to let me cook in peace. But come lunchtime, which as a fellow self-employed soul, could range from 11am to about 3pm, things could get…

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OTHER GREAT EGGPLANT DISHES: Decontructed Eggplant Parm; Eggplant-Zucchini Lasagna with Fontina; Roasted Eggplant Sandwiches with White Bean Spread

One of the things I miss most about pre-gluten-free life is the beauty of the workweek pantry pasta. Sure, I have my brown rice noodles on hand most nights. But it just doesn’t feel like the same go-to anymore. When slathered in vodka sauce, they might seem like the real thing. But gluten-free spaghetti never strikes me as the appropriate base for a simple Italian classic like

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