Day One

Everything starts tomorrow.

Saturdays are the beginning of the "food week." Every Friday night we sit down and decide what we want to eat for the week. We get excited about new dishes, give ourselves a break with old standbys on busy nights, and maybe plan a night out. We make a menu and a shopping list. I get excited, every time, about the possibilities ahead.

About five years ago this ritual became a lot more complicated. After months of illness and weight loss, I was diagnosed with a gluten allergy. I had to learn a lot about where gluten hides and how to cook and bake without it. While I do miss the convenience of eating gluten free, I actually feel lucky that my illness had such a simple solution.

In fact, I have learned so much about cooking and baking and health, not to mention new and delicious flavours, that I think I actually like being allergic to gluten.

I am starting this blog to help other people in this city feel the same.

I will provide tips on sourcing ingredients, restaurant reviews, updates on new products, and lots of recipes. I also hope this blog can be the meeting place for a community of people. Wouldn't you love to go to a potluck where you could eat everything? Starting this blog, tonight, as my husband soothes my infant son, could be the beginning of something amazing.

So, I guess, everything starts tonight, actually.