I was really shy in high school. One day I was trying to get through the cafeteria, and there were two young ladies from the popular crowd standing in the middle of a choke point, blocking any traffic from getting through. It wasn’t a terrible problem in the eyes of the teachers, though, because I […]

I used to love to bake when I was a kid–and OH, did I love to eat what I baked! When I was still in single digits, I had an Easy Bake Oven, which was just a plastic box with an incandescent lightbulb inside. I’d mix up the mix in the tiny bowl, and pour […]

When I was a kid, my family had a tradition of going out to get Chinese Food for special occasions. I used to love how richly decorated the restaurants were, with the tall red seats hiding us away in our own little enclave and golden dragons smiling down at us from the walls.  I loved […]

When you are first learning how to go gluten-free, there is so much to learn. It seems like every food out there has gluten in it. It’s everywhere! The safest way to avoid getting glutened is to cook all of your own meals without letting anyone else touch your food. That way, you don’t have […]

When I first realized I would have to be gluten free for the rest of my life, I was heartbroken. My heart didn’t sink. It plummeted.  I felt like one of my purest joys in life, food, had been taken away from me. I would never eat good food again. I’d never be able to […]