Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Color Garden

Wanna have food coloring without the dye? At the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo, Color Garden showed off their Gluten Free, natural, plant-based food color.

They don't stain and wash right out of clothes and fabric.

Their website is a little unwieldy but here's what you get for their Halloween assortment:

• Four single-use transparent plastic packets (6g) each.
• Contains: Purple, Orange, Black & Yellow
• Each individual packet delivers enough color for one medium-sized cake or approximately 16oz of frosting.
• Net Wt. 1 Fl. Oz.
• 100% plant-based pure, natural color.
• No artificial ingredients.
• Includes insert with recipes, baking tips and more.

Ingredients: (Purple) Red Cabbage Juice, Baking Soda, Beet Juice; (Orange) Annatto, Caramel Color, Beet Juice. (Black) Caramel Color, Purple Carrot Juice, Turmeric. (Yellow) Turmeric; All colors contain less than 1% ethyl alcohol to preserve freshness.

 

 

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Frito Lay

Frito Lay was at the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo in Pasadena last week. Many of their products have always been gluten free but they have taken steps to validate them as GF.

You can find a list on their website detailing which products are labeled as Gluten Free and which have no gluten ingredients.

This is the symbol that they use.

This is the leaflet they handed out:

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Exp: Nairn

I don't remember stopping at the Nairn booth at the Gluten Free Expo, part of the Celiac Disease Foundation Conference weekend. But then all of the sudden, people were carrying cases of the products under their arms. I guess they deserted their booth early and had a mass giveaway.

As for the products, they're kind of like different flavored soda crackers. But gluten free. Not oh my God, I must have. But enjoyable nonetheless.

I mean, I wouldn't have said, "No" to a case of Nairn products.

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Kirari West

If you're a guy and gluten free, you had me at gluten free. First.

But if you're a hot guy who owns a gluten free bakery,..I mean, wow, that's better than a Native Hawai'ian physical therapist on my list.

No, I'm not stalking Hiro Saito. But he is hot and his Redondo Beach bakery, Kirari West, is entirely gluten free.

Saito hails from Japan where his family has several bakeries. Saito took the philosophies and the delicious recipes here. Mainly rice based flour creations, Saito's baked goods are delicious.

And he's hot!

You can scroll through the photos on Kirari West's Facebook page to salivate on his baked goods as well as his hotness.

Mine's not a great picture; I wasn't specifically aiming at him--the photo just got lucky enough to catch some of his hotness.

Kirari West is located in Redondo Beach at 707 N Pacific Coast Highway; 90277.

I think that's the mall where Lucky used to be--it's changed a lot but great location near 190th and PCH. Looking at their Facebook photo of their bakery, I think that's a Baumkuchen Spit. OMG, I have to go there and gorge on absolutely everything.

Bibimbap BackPackers Jaunt to Sunland Library

I saw Bibimbap Backpackers and Bibigo.com at La Times The Taste a couple of years ago. YThgis past weekend they popped up at the Sunland library bringing delicious bibimbap to the branches patrons.

After a short demonstration of the healthiness of the Korean staple, chefs prepared a bowl of bibimbap for all to enjoy. Really easy to make, bibimbap is a mixture of brown and white rice with vegetables and protein over it.

Yumm.

Renew Life Probiotic Not Kind to Gluten Sensitive

This may be a probiotic but it'll kill the stomachs of those with gluten intolerance. Why would you op to make a probiotic gummy with wheat? There's just no reason for it. But Renew Life with their Ultimate Flora Probiotic and their 2 million live cultures per serving chose to add one deadly ingredient to GFers: wheat.

And that does a stomach bad.

DQ says Don't Lie about no Date

Got nothing and nobody on V-Day?

A DQ--yes that is Dairy Queen--press release quoted some stats that men lie about having no date for Valentine's Day more than women--1/4 vs 1/6.

So DQ has an item on the menu for the lonely or who just like to date themselves. The Singles Blizzard Treat has salted caramel truffles, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and peanut butter topping blended with signature DQ soft serve.

And if you really have to be a couple this Feb 14th, DQ has its iconic Red Spoon in a custom jewelry box.

The Red Velvet Spoon Case looks like a traditional necklace box, covered in red fabric that opens to reveal the iconic Dairy Queen Red Spoon resting on white satiny fabric. It’s unexpected, amusing and the perfect utensil for sharing DQ’s Red Velvet Blizzard Cupid Cake. All net proceeds from the purchase of the Red Spoon Case will go to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

 

There's also the made to order DQ Cupid Cake: soft serve blended with red velvet pieces. It’s perfectly sized for two, and custom messages can be added.

Both the Cupid Cake and Red Velvet Spoon Case can be ordered online at DQCakes.com starting Feb. 1. Cupid Cakes are $9.99 and Red Velvet Spoon Cases are $4.99 plus shipping.