Bread is known as the “staff of life”, but take out the wheat (and dairy) and bread making gets a lot more challenging. Jean Duane, Alternative Cook will take the mystery out of gluten-free, dairy-free baking in the SLICED Symposium on Trends in Baking and Breadmaking at the International Association for Culinary Professionals conference [...]

When you think about it, most cultures have some kind of wrap or tortilla. The Mexicans and Brazilians offer corn tortillas, Thailand has a rice tortilla, China has wheat tortillas for Moo Shu, the French have crepes and Socca made from chickpea flour. Ethiopians have teff tortillas. Nepalese have chappatis made from [...]

Hungry for a fast dish this fall to surprise and delight foodies? Gluten, dairy, allergy-free food professional Jean Duane, Alternative Cook has developed a delicious and healthy recipe for Thai Fried Rice – an all-in-one meal demonstrated on YouTube. This is a beautiful, colorful dish for those days with no time to cook.
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Bananas are the BEST food – and so versatile. They can be dried, fried, flambéed, dehydrated or frozen and keep their wonderful taste. Today, we’re freezing them to show two treats. When whipped, they taste just like ice cream with a luxurious smooth texture. Pairing chocolate with banana is simply divine. [...]

The campers at the Great Gluten Escape Camp LOVE eating chicken, so we showed the older campers how to make Chicken Pies with Biscuit Crust. These feature a ‘biscuit’ topper which really cuts down the preparation time. You’ll make these and be eating in no time flat. Make several extra and freeze [...]

What a week! Attendees at the Great Gluten Escape Camp engaged in many fun activities including horses, several different crafts, archery, canoeing, swimming, calf roping, low ropes and cooking. The cooking sessions were conducted by yours truly and what we made depended on the age group. Thank you to Kelly LeMonds who [...]

Some people are allergic to egg yolks, some to egg whites, and some to both and need substitutions that work well in baked recipes. I am pleased to report that after two years of testing may proteins, the very best egg substitute I’ve found is soy protein isolate. Soy protein isolate is a [...]

Newsflash: Food shouldn’t make you sick!

Pasta is probably one of the foods most missed by those following a gluten free diet, but our days of missing good pasta are over! There are lots of gluten-free pastas on the market, and I haven’t tried them all, but one brand I particularly like is Tinkyada. The texture of this pasta is delightful. [...]

y idea of excitement is to compare what happens to a recipe when you leave everything constant and change ONE ingredient. I think I missed my calling as a kitchen chemist (and by the way, if you know of any good programs, I’d love to augment my education). Anyway, while developing Bake Deliciously! [...]