Info-packed new issue of Gluten-Free Living

We started mailing our new issue to subscribers yesterday.


We think you'll love the colorful cover photo of Chinese food. Inside you'll find a collection of Asian recipes from China, Japan, India and Thailand by contributing editor Jackie Mallorca. She's included everything from saffron rice to stir-fried sesame beef to curried pork with coconut milk. We also have an update on testing for gluten in soy sauce and tips on how to use a wok.


In fact, Gluten-Free Living now includes a new feature - 10 things you may not know but will after you read this issue. Here's sample of what it includes:

• Hard cider is a GF alternative to beer that's easy to find.


• Starbucks says none of its drinks are gluten free because of cross contamination in its coffee shops.


• Understanding the science of baking will help you make better GF bread.


• One of the biggest manufacturers of over-the counter drugs in the US is about to start putting a GF label on its products.

You can find the other six items on the table of contents page of the new issue, which you can see along with the cover on our website.

In addition to the package of stories on Asian cuisine, we have features on GF beverages, covering everything from flavored water to wine. Most drinks are gluten free - Hurray- but we did find barley malt and wheat in a few odd places.

We have all struggled to make tasty GF bread, so it's with particular pleasure that we feature Chef Richard Coppedge of the Culinary Institute of America in our interview in this issue. He has some fascinating things to say about the key to making GF baked goods that will rival any made with wheat flour.

We're also happy to feature Dr. Peter Green of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University on the topic of how to distinguish between celiac disease, gluten sensitivity and gluten intolerance. Although Gluten-Free Living was started as a magazine for those who have celiac disease, we now see ourselves as a valuable resource for anyone who is following the GF diet.

With that in mind, we have our first story about use of the gluten-free, casein-free diet to treat autistic children. Editor/Publisher Ann Whelan spoke to respected autism authors Karyn Seroussi and Lisa Lewis to write her story about why and how parents implement a GF diet to help their children reach their full potential. At Gluten-Free Living, we can help those parents by providing good information about the GF portion of the diet.

As always, we have answers to your questions about ingredients and information about labeling of GF foods. In our "Ask the Doctor" column, Ivor Hill, MD, answers readers' questions about children and celiac disease, including important details about follow up care after diagnosis. In our "Should I Worry About" column, we lay out the facts on gluten in medications.

It's easy to see why we have been so busy putting out this information-packed issue! If you want to become a regular reader, it's easy to subscribe.

We have already started on our next magazine, but we now have a little more time to post to this blog and to tweet about all the interesting things happening in the GF world. You can follow us on Twitter as gfliving.

There are lots of ways to find us and get a little help in leading your happy, healthy GF life!

Amy

Our Gluten-Free blog is back and so is Miss Roben's!

I'm enjoying the cycle of the seasons now as I watch leaves skitter through the air and land in the multi-colored congregation on the deck outside my window.


At Gluten-Free Living we cycle through the year, too, following a pattern pinned to the production of four magazines annually. As we come close to finishing each issue, it becomes all consuming for myself, Ann, the editor and publisher, Kendall, the advertising manager, and Vicki, who proves herself to be the most committed designer each time we ask her to do the impossible with no time to spare.


We just put out our last issue of 2009, our first ever "Best Of" collection. We've culled all the articles that have drawn the most reader attention and updated them for you in one place. That's why we've been absent from this blog so much in the past few weeks. So we hope you are glad we're back. We know we are.


And speaking of glad they are back, I just heard from Glenn Molin, new owner of Miss Roben's/The Allergy Grocer who let me know that the company's new web site, http://www.allergygrocer.com/ is up and running.


You'll find a wide variety of products, including 62 Miss Roben's brand mixes. You can shop by allergen, checking off all those you have to avoid, and you'll get a list that meets all your needs. For example, we checked No to gluten, casein, corn and dairy and got a list of 180 items.


If you have celiac disease or gluten intolerance and other allergies and have been wondering what to do since Miss Roben's closed earlier this year, rebirth of the company will be welcome news.


Which brings us back to the cycle of the seasons, where each year we are lucky enough to see the splendor of fall lead to the brisk snap of winter, then the rebirth of spring and the warmth of summer.


At Gluten-Free Living each of these comes with a new magazine, our own way of marking off the calendar year. Our new "Best Of" issue will be mailed to subscribers in the coming weeks and will be available in December at bookstores nationwide.



Amy