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Deanna Scimio, of
Fruition Restaurant (www.fruitionrestaurant.com)
uses a wide variety of
flavors to enhance the
chocolate in her chocolate
cookies: coffee, brown
sugar, and vanilla and she
adds that salt is critical
to enhancing the chocolate
flavor.
Chadwick White,
Certified Master Baker in
Castle Rock, CO, delighted
us with yeast breads using
modified starches that lent
a wonderful suppleness to
the dough. He likes to let
bread rise at 85 degrees and
believes that freezing yeast
bread dough kills about 1/3
of the yeast cells.
Melissa McLean Jory,
Certified Nutrition
Therapist (www.glutenfreeforgood.com)
offered ideas for a
healthier gluten-free diet,
including the fact that palm
oil is better for us than
palm kernel oil. She says
that Ethiopian runners use
teff as a high-energy food.
Melissa Degan, Sweet
Escape Pastries, (www.sweetescpatries.com)
and her adorable 7-year-old
sous chef (daughter) taught
us to make biscuits in a
jumbo (Texas) nonstick
muffin pan for easier baking
(rather than rolling out the
dough and cutting it). She
sometimes uses Thai Kitchen
original coconut milk in
place of heavy cream for
baking dairy-free.
Jessica Rayfield (www.watercoursefoods.com)
demonstrated a vegan apple
cake that proves you can eat
well on gluten-free diet
that is also free of eggs
and dairy. She likes using
the same proportions of
brown rice flour and tapioca
in her baking for good
texture.
Mary Capone, author
of The Gluten-Free
Italian Cookbook (www.wheatfreegourmet.com)
makes her own almond paste
in a food processor and puts
lemon peel in her pastry
crust to make an almond pear
crostata.
Marcia Kramer,
assistant professor at
Johnson & Wales University (www.jwu.edu)
made chocolate brownies
using no flours, but rather
pureed garbanzo beans. She
uses an ingredient converter
at
www.gourmetsleuth.com/cookingconversions.asp
to adjust ingredients
depending on recipe size.
Keith Theodore, sous
chef at the Broadmoor Hotel
(www.broadmoor.com) adds
just a pinch of xanthan gun
to crepes for better
texture.
Bread Machine Review
If you're considering buying
a bread machine, look at the
1/2008 issue (page 22) of
Gluten-Free Living
magazine (an excellent
magazine for many reasons)
to find an excellent review
of three current models---Breadman
TR 875, Cuisinart CBK-200,
and Zojirushi BBCC-X20.
www.gltuenfreelivng.com
I have 5 models and often
turn to my Breadman because
it is familiar to me. But
others really like the Zojirush (which I also have)
and the Cuisinart because it
is easy to operate (I don't
have one of these) so read the article before
making your choice.
Food
for Thought
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"Almost every wise
saying has an opposite
one, no less wise, to
balance it." ---George
Santayana, philosopher,
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Where
in the World is Carol?
If you live in Denver, don't
miss the Food Fair on June
14, sponsored by the local
Celiac Sprue Association.
Last year's event was a huge
success with nearly 400
attendees visiting the
booths of local gluten-free
companies with lots of foods
to taste. It is from 10 AM
to 12:30 PM at El Jebel
Oasis, 4625 West 40th
Avenue, Just west of
Tennyson on 50th Avenue.
Enter on the southeast side
and down the stairs or at
the Northeast corner, lower
level, off the parking lot.
I've been invited back to
film more segments for
"Creating Living with Sheryl
Borden", a PBS show aired in
118 markets across 40
states. If you don't get the
show in your area, ask your
local PBS station about
that. I'm always grateful
when educational giants such
as PBS acknowledge the
importance of gluten-free
education. I will let
you know when the taping
takes place, although actual
airing won't be until the
2008-2009 year.
I'm the keynote speaker at
the Gluten Intolerance Group
(GIG) Annual Conference in
Dallas, TX on June 6 and 7.
This is always a wonderfully
educational conference, so
go to
www.gluten.net now to
register and learn more. I
will be talking about how to
get more whole grains in
your diet.
Although it's months away,
I will
be speaking at the Gluten-Free
Lecture Series "Art and
Science of Gluten-Free
Gastronomy" at the final
lecture on November 11 at
the Phipps Mansion in
Denver, CO. For
more information, go to
www.theglutenfreelifestyle.com.
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