When rhubarb is in season, I am known to buy it by the boxful. I'll spend an entire afternoon chopping it up and then throw it in ziploc bags destined for the freezer. In fact I'd say my freezer is currently 40% rhubarb.
But I'm totally okay with that!
I get to make rhubarb treats, like this rhubarb dutch baby whenever I want.
A couple nights ago I found myself at my grandmother's doorstep. With me, I had a bag of herbs, freshly picked from the garden, a ziploc full of flank steak in an Asian-inspired (gluten-free) soy marinade, and a few other odds and ends destined for what I hoped would be the perfect summer wrap.
"Are you hot?" Patrick glances over at me in my sweatshirt and I shrug.
"If you get hot, you can start the air conditioner by removing this peace of tape. I want to make sure you are comfortable." He motions to vents on the ceiling of the bus that he'd sealed with clear tape during the cooler months. I laugh, but assure him I'm fine.
A few weeks ago, Patrick and I attended our second Paleo pop-up by Simone of Zenbelly Catering. This time, the event was held at Coffee Bar, a super modern open space in San Francisco's Potrerro Hill neighborhood. We were joined by my friend Justine who hosts a monthly Paleo cooking club, Michelle and Henry of NomNomPaleo (read their recap of the Zen Belly Popup), Jackie and Ben of LunchBots (I got to see their line of super slick stainless steel food containers at Expo West!), Daphne of The Fit Daffy, and Simone's boyfriend Simon (it's almost like they planned their names that way!).
On the Friday before the expo, I had the gluten-free meal of a lifetime! Accompanying me were five out-of-town gluten-free eaters (Brandy Wendler (Mrs. Northwest), Mary Fran Wiley of Franny Cakes, Kyra Bussanich of Portland's Crave Bake Shop, Alison Needham of A Girl Defloured, and Andy Yeum of Taste Guru). We decided to meet up at the bakery so that they could pick up some treats for the road and set off for what would be an epic four-hour meal at the French Laundry.
My family is not particularly known for Christmas spirit. Around this season, my house is filled with statements like:
Most mornings we aren't in the house for a traditional breakfast. The 3:00am alarm sounds and we're on our feat for the next 8 to 10 hours baking up a storm of gluten-free treats.
It's not a complaint. Just a fact.
So it's rare that we we actually eat breakfast at a normal breakfast hour. But I'm okay with that.
Did you know we are offering gluten free, dairy free, and egg free gingerbread houses as part of our Gluten-free Holiday Survival Kit? The kit includes the house, two ginger folk, and a ginger christmas tree. The kit also includes gluten-free candy that you can use to pimp out your very own house! If you haven't ordered your kit yet, you have until December 16th to do so!
One of our employees, Natalie, had some fun pimping out her very own gingerbread house and was kind enough to share her writeup!
Now that Thanksgiving is outta the way, we are thrilled to announce our holiday survival kits for 2012!
To help you and your family continue your holiday traditions, we are offering a limited number of gluten-free holiday survival kits. Similar to our Thanksgiving survival kits, there will be sweet, savory, and morning treats. We've also included a DIY category if you prefer to do *most* of the baking yourself. Items include:
Compared to last year, both our order and our injury count were nearly double.
In fact we were joking we needed to put up an "hours without incident" count. HA! I'd ended up with a sprained wrist and wore a wrist guard for most of the week. And in a valiant effort to save a falling loaf pan, my sister used a David Beckham style soccer kick and ended up with a bruised foot.
Other minor issues followed...
