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Archive for April, 2009

Traveling Gluten Free

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Last weekend we took a three day excursion to Boston, MA.  This was a great opportunity to put our gluten free diet skills to the test!
The first part of our journey involved a four hour bus trip from NYC to Boston, with only a 15 minute stop for lunch at a fast food joint along [...]

Buckwheat, Oats, Spelt … Oh My!

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

These are probably the three most common grains people are unsure about when it comes to eating gluten free.  So here are the answers, once and for all:
1.  Buckwheat – yes, this grain is gluten free in its pure form.  We recently found a bag of roasted buckwheat in a Russian food market.  You just [...]