What began nearly 20 years
ago as a solution to Carol
Fenster’s own wheat
intolerance grew into an
internationally-recognized
position as a leading expert
on gluten-free cooking. The
author of 8 gluten-free
cookbooks, she also develops
gluten-free products for
leading manufacturers and
consults world-wide on
issues related to
gluten-free cooking. Her
newest book is
Gluten-Free Quick and Easy (Avery/Penguin
Group, 2007), and
1000 Gluten-Free Recipes,
to be published by John C.
Wiley in Fall, 2008. She
has appeared in “Food
for Life,” an
allergy cooking show on the
Health Network and “Creative
Living” on PBS.
She has been a guest speaker
at the International
Association of Culinary
Professionals, national
gluten-free associations,
and cooking schools such as
Bob’s Red Mill. She has also
delivered seminars to
Disney, Oldways Preservation
& Trust, National Product
Expo East and West, and
FoodEX in Tokyo.
Her articles, recipes,
quotes, and reviews of her
books appear in
Reader’s Digest,
CNN.com,
Cooking Smart,
Woman’s World, Women’s
Health, Women’s Adventure,
Plenty, Taste for Life,
Vegetarian Times, Veggie
Life,
Better Nutrition,
Gluten-Free Living,
Living Without;
and
Today’s Dietitian.
Her books are endorsed and
sold by leading
organizations such as the
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Network (FAAN), Gluten
Intolerance Group, Celiac
Disease Foundation, and
local chapters of the Celiac
Sprue Association. Optimum
Health Resources, an allergy
testing lab, recommends her
books to its patients. She
is the former Associated
Food Editor of
Living Without
magazine. She is a member of
the American Celiac Disease
Alliance (ACDA) and the
International Association of
Culinary Professionals (IACP).
She holds a home economics
degree from the University
of Nebraska; her doctorate
is in Organizational
Sociology from the
University of Denver, where
she was also a faculty
member.