gfcelebration

Our book “A Celebration of Gluten Free Baking” was published in December, 2009. It is an expression of our compassion and love for everyone that  has been diagnosed as gluten intolerant, and thought that they had to forego anything involving grains, or baked goods forever.  There are still tasty options  to be discovered for breads and desserts. After our own diagnosis 3-1/2 years ago, our European family members proved themselves to be extremely reluctant to let go of their favorite gluten-rich foods, and still do, even though some also exhibit the symptoms of  gluten intolerance. The strong addictive qualities  of regular desserts and breads have always won out. We couldn’t quite understand their difficulties, because we were just so overjoyed and over the moon about finally having found an answer to our past health problems. When we began to study the true health implications gluten presents to anyone with celiac disease, or just a severe allergy to gluten, going without was a ’no brainer.’ This scenario led us into converting all of our family’s favorite  recipes into gluten free ones, which turned out to be a true labor of love and resulted in the early demise of quite a few kitchen appliances.

Despite our many failures  along the way – bread that just collapsed and wouldn’t rise,  just too many starches altogether, or the need for corn (which also presents a problem for one of us), desserts that just didn’t have the familiar taste, or just plain crumbled – our many successes became the foundation for our book. In our book we have provided recipes for many European desserts, pies, cakes, cookies, bread as well as some holiday creations. Below is a sampling in pictures of some of the offerings inside. Enjoy!