Gluten-Free Gastronomy
Diners with gluten allergies are slowly but surely being acknowledged by area restaurants with increased dining options, and it couldn’t happen any faster for those that suffer from gastrointestinal...
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Taste a Day of the Gluten-Free Life
With a rise in recent years of gluten intolerance, celiac disease diagnosis and wheat allergies, many NoVA restaurants are making a huge effort to accommodate guests who adhere to a gluten-free...
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For Your Breadless Sanity: Gluten Free Matzo for Passover
Hallelujah people. Hallelujah. I found a way to help you get through the lonely bread-free days of Passover. My uncle recently started a gluten-free diet and decided to continue it during Passover....
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Is Gluten-Free for Everyone?
By: Ryan Finsten, MD, Chief of Anesthesiology, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Northern Virginia Region; and Elizabeth Shipley-Moses, MS, RD, CDE, Nutritionist, Kaiser Permanente of the...
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Suggestions Welcome: Where to Find Allergy-Friendly Dining in NoVA
Dejan Stanisavljevic/shutterstock.com Dear hungry NoVinians, I received an email this weekend from a concerned husband. His wife, a well-known Middle Eastern dancer, suffers from numerous food...
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April Musts: Wine Festivals and Baseball-Themed Dinners
shutterstock.com/ Dasha Petrenko Each month, we give our food calendar a little make-over, adding new events, festivals and dinners held by local restaurants and wineries. Last month we had St....
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May is Celiac Awareness Month: Five Gluten-Free Restaurants in NoVA
Dejan Stanisavljevic/ Shutterstock.com May is Celiac Awareness Month, dedicated to bring awareness of the autoimmune disorder characterized by gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley and rye)...
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Three NoVA Childhood Friends Open Spice Merchants in Fairfax
John Horn, Christine Prucker and Charles Woodard / Photo by Molly Jacob “The three of us are about as local as they come,” says Christine Prucker. “Northern Virginia is our home, our roots are here.”...
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Chef’s Celiac Diagnosis Inspires Gluten-Free Menu at Bazin’s On Church
Server-Artist Randolph Arita / Photo by Julie Bazin “It’s really a bummer because I grew up in Jersey, and pizza is my number one thing to go to,” says Patrick Bazin about his recent diagnosis of...
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Turkeys, Sides and Desserts: Where to Pick-Up or Dine-Out for Your...
Brent Hofacker /Shutterstock.com If turkey-baking and stuffing-making aren’t your thing, Northern Virginia restaurants can help. Pick-Up & Take HomeThanksgiving Wine FestivalNov. 23, 12—5 p.m. What...
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New Diet? No Problem: Where To Eat To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Katerina Belaya /Shutterstock.com Suddenly committing to a new diet at the start of the year can be hard, but these Northern Virginia restaurants can help accommodate your new choices....
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Hungry For Linkage: Chocolate’s Role in the Ukraine/Russia Conflict +...
Liv Friis-Larsen/Shutterstock.com By Evan Milberg Why chocolate is a bargaining chip in the Russia/Ukraine conflict. [NPR] Ovvio Osteria in Merrifield is now offering a gluten-free menu. [Eater] Peet’s...
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I once read not to expect every meal to be a sensational taste adventure, to expect that some meals will simply be sustenance and that’s OK. I’ve always found it hard to swallow this piece of advice,...
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I don’t want to say I am easily swayed, but I am easily swayed. I am a sales person’s most coveted customer. I once was wooed into ordering a subscription to Men’s Health by a door-to-door salesman...
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Do YOU need to eat Gluten-Free?
Photo courtesy of ChameleonsEye/shutterstock.com By Christine Haas Gluten-free is the latest food trend to be associated with a healthy lifestyle, but before you choose to replace all of the foods in...
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New Diet? No Problem: Where To Eat To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Katerina Belaya /Shutterstock.com Suddenly committing to a new diet at the start of the year can be hard, but these Northern Virginia restaurants can help accommodate your new choices. Vegetarian/Vegan...
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Hungry For Linkage: Chocolate’s Role in the Ukraine/Russia Conflict +...
Liv Friis-Larsen/Shutterstock.com By Evan Milberg Why chocolate is a bargaining chip in the Russia/Ukraine conflict. [NPR] Ovvio Osteria in Merrifield is now offering a gluten-free menu. [Eater] Peet’s...
View ArticleSensational Taste Adventures
I once read not to expect every meal to be a sensational taste adventure, to expect that some meals will simply be sustenance and that’s OK. I’ve always found it hard to swallow this piece of advice,...
View ArticleI’m Aboard the Healthy Bandwagon
I don’t want to say I am easily swayed, but I am easily swayed. I am a sales person’s most coveted customer. I once was wooed into ordering a subscription to Men’s Health by a door-to-door salesman...
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Do YOU need to eat Gluten-Free?
Photo courtesy of ChameleonsEye/shutterstock.com By Christine Haas Gluten-free is the latest food trend to be associated with a healthy lifestyle, but before you choose to replace all of the foods in...
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