Tag: gluten free

hot brown
Food and Wellness

Hot Brown — The Best of Kentucky

If you have never had a hot brown before, you are missing out. Big time. According to gotolouisville.com, the hot brown originated from the historical Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky in 1926. The chef, Fred K. Schmidt, created an alternative to the ham and egg suppers that were served to dance

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Gatherings & Good Eats

The Paleo Diet: Honest Reflections

This month I celebrate three years of being gluten-free. I say “celebrate” but who really celebrates never eating pizza again? Yes, I feel much better these days but I had to relearn how to eat. I mean, I basically teethed on cat-head biscuits as a baby and thought all things

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Food and Wellness

Hummingbird Cake: A Gluten-Free Take on a Southern Tradition

One of my very favorite things about growing up in a Southern family is watching the way women handle births and deaths. Southern women are at their very best under these high-pressure conditions. They have seemingly boundless energy, planning-prowess, soothing words and of course, a box of seasoned and grease-splattered

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Berry Crumble eBook — Now Available on Amazon!

We are thrilled to announce Time To Make the Berry Crumble by local author Amanda Hervey and her daughter, Ava, is now available for download on Amazon.com!!!! “Rumble, rumble, tummies grumble…time to make the berry crumble!” Join Amanda and her children, Ada and Eli, as they make dessert (gluten-free!) together one

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macarons
Soulful Stuff

My Love of Macarons (Why You Should Love Them Too)

I love macarons. Not to be confused with macaroons, the often Kosher coconut cookie. Don’t get me wrong, macaroons are tasty too, but they are no macarons (one “o”, not two). They look like little colorful hamburgers, don’t they? I have to admit, aesthetically these French delights appeal to me

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