Cookerati

There was an amazing coincidence this past holiday visit to the family homestead in NJ.  One day before leaving I received a box of Katz gluten free-dairy free-nut free goodies to try out. That same day on a family forum, a discussion formed around my nephew’s girlfriend who as it happens has Celiac disease.  My mom was providing alternatives for her for the dinner, hoping it would work out.  I threw all of the desserts in a sack and took it with us.  I figured I could judge the taste just fine, but this was  an opportunity to share it and maybe make a holiday meal a little more fun.  My mom was making jello for her dessert, but I decided to wait and surprise the girlfriend and see what her opinion was.  Well, she was not only surprised but thrilled at eating some treats that she hasn’t enjoyed in years.

I want to say, for my part of the tasting that everything tasted exactly the way it would if you weren’t gluten free.  That was amazing to me.  Most of my experience with gluten free is that the foods come out doughy, or a little different …