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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Rachelle 12.03.2019 Allergies, Blinded by the Bite!, Celiac's Disease, Cookbook Authors, Cookbook Reviews, Cooking, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes, Lunch, Recipes, Specialty Diets 1

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What better way to wind down the workday than to cook a recipe from two lovely ladies, Jane of The Heritage Cook and Sara of My Imperfect Kitchen, who have updated their Gluten Free Instant Pot Cookbook (Revised and Expanded Edition), which features over 100...

Buddha Bowl - Blinded by the Bite!, Healthy Eating

Picture Perfect – Buddha Bowl

Rachelle 17.04.2017 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes, Healthy Eating, Media, Nutrition, Paleo, Photography, Specialty Diets, Travel, Vegan, Vegetarian 0

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How to create the picture perfect Buddha Bowls to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle....

Seattle – A new life in bloom

Rachelle 15.07.2016 Austin, Austin Food & Wine Festival, Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide, Austin Local Businesses, Austin Restaurants, Blinded by the Bite!, Gluten-Free, Life, Texas, Travel 0

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Many of you know or have heard whispers of my permanent move to Seattle in Spring of last year on Facebook or Twitter. I've been in Seattle (Edmonds) for just over a year now. It's hard to believe I left Austin, TX and have been in "Emerald...

A Long Road to Haul

Rachelle 16.03.2015 Allergies, Blinded by the Bite!, Celiac's Disease, Gluten-Free, Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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A few years back, I enrolled in Institute for Integrative Nutrition's Program when they were still teaching classes in New York. I was excited to be spending time in New York and exploring nutrition theory to help determine if I wanted to pursue furthering my...

Blinded by the Bite! & G-Free in the City Gluten-Free Austin City Guide 2015

Rachelle 10.03.2015 Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Austin Restaurants, Breakfast, Brunch, Celiac's Disease, Cocktails, Dessert, Dining, Dinner, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Lunch, Mobile Cuisine, Specialty Diets, Texas 0

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This year I'm so excited to have partnered up with fellow food blogger Jaime Sutton of G-Free in the City to pull together a gluten-free Austin City Guide on behalf of the Austin Food Blogger Alliance 2015 City Guide!...

National Pancake Day

Rachelle 17.02.2015 Allergies, Breakfast, Brunch, Celiac's Disease, Cooking, Food, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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Who doesn't love pancakes? Today is National Pancake Day and here is a recipe for Gluten-Free Ricotta Pancakes I created for KitchenAid in 2013. Why not whip of these fluffy delights for dinner tonight - Enjoy! [gallery type="circle" link="none" ids="5595,5599,5606"] ...

Take Time for Ten Things

Rachelle 28.01.2015 Life 0

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Sometimes you just have to have a little faith and pay attention to the gifts that come our way...

Chef Johnny Iuzzini Gives Austin a Sugar Rush Nov. 6th!

Rachelle 30.10.2014 Austin, Baking, Desserts, Entertaining, Holidays, Media 0

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Disclosure: “I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with compensation for this post. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.“ Chef Johnny Iuzzini, a James Beard award-winning pastry chef, Judge on Bravo's Just Desserts, and cookbook author of...

Gluten Got You Down?

Rachelle 25.10.2014 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Cooking, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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Don't fret if you're new to living a gluten-free lifestyle. I'm not going to lie to you, it's not easy some days to maintain such a lifestyle. It gets to be aggravating constantly having to read every last nutrition label and to ask, what sometimes...

Cochon555

Rachelle 28.09.2014 BBQ, Eat, Food, Texas 0

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Hailing from San Francisco I have a deep appreciation for what is Cochon555. And my excitement over it finally making its way Austin, it's like coming home! Today, Brady Howe is bringing Cochon555 to Austin, TX which has such a rich tradition around BBQ. Cochon555...

How Do You Cuervo?

Rachelle 06.07.2014 Cocktails, Entertaining, Gluten-Free 0

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Kicking off Summertime with Jose Cuervo I had to work on the 4th of July, so I knew I wanted to be able to come home and whip up something quick and easy, as it sure is hot here in Austin now that summer has officially...

Gluten-Free Raspberry Crostata

Rachelle 24.06.2014 Baking, Desserts, Entertaining, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Holidays, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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I've posted a new recipe over on "Recipe Feast" on Blinded by the Bite! - Gluten-Free Raspberry Crostata featuring Driscoll Berries - Enjoy! ...

Will Travel For Food – London

Rachelle 09.06.2014 Gluten-Free 0

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Well I'm hitting the road again, crossing the pond to the United Kingdom this morning, specifically to spend a few days in London for work. London is one of my favorite places on this earth, and given any opportunity to go results in an immediate "yes...

Summer Time Allergy-Free Snacks for the Little’s

Rachelle 08.06.2014 Gluten-Free 0

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School is out and here is a list of gluten-free treats for your little one's this summer...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 21.05.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Dining, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Texas, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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[caption id="attachment_5489" align="aligncenter" width="940"] I had the pleasure of meeting Owner Dain "Adam" Jones & Executive Chef Blaine Staniford at Austin FOOD & WINE Festival last month.[/caption] I know, I know it's a "Wordless Wednesday" post but this dish is worth more than just a picture....

Mother’s Day

Rachelle 09.05.2014 Gluten-Free, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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This year Mother's Day has much more meaning for me than in years past. Why you ask? In April, I almost lost my mom. My mom and I have always been close, and so when it looked like she might not make it, reality...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 09.05.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Austin Restaurants, Cooking, Food, Gluten-Free, Photography, Texas, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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[caption id="attachment_5585" align="aligncenter" width="940"] 50 Shades of Chicken? A little meat strung up to slowly roast by Chef Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine & Odd Duck.[/caption]...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 30.04.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Photography, Texas, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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[caption id="attachment_5575" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Chef Graham Elliot & Chef Merlin Verrier cutting it up at 2014's Austin Food & Wine Festival[/caption] The picture is priceless. The fun times had by all thanks to the comedic styling of Chef Graham Elliot & Chef Merlin Verrier should require...

The Blender Girl Cookbook Giveaway

Rachelle 29.04.2014 Blinded by the Bite! Giveaway, Celiac's Disease, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Raw Food, Specialty Diets, Vegan, Vegetarian, What is Gluten? 0

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You have no idea until you meet this beautiful creature how she will change your life. Tess Masters of The Blender Girl, is beautiful inside and out. She is the real deal. I have to thank Amy Green of Simply Sugar & Simply Gluten Free for...

Rock Your Taco

Rachelle 27.04.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Texas, Travel 0

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Rock Your Taco is the "ultimate taco smack down" held Saturday night at the Austin Food & Wine Festival each year. 2014 was no less a "smack down" and the words passing over everyone's lips faster than the tacos was could Chef Tyson Cole hold it...

Taste of Texas

Rachelle 26.04.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Entertaining, Food, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Lifestyle, Texas, Travel 0

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Austin Food & Wine Festival kicked off its 3rd installment with Friday night's "Taste of Texas" featuring Texas Chefs from Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and other areas of Texas. What I love about this event is that the Austin Food & Wine Festival Team...

West Elm – DIY Workshop

Rachelle 20.04.2014 Entertaining, Lifestyle 0

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With spring now upon us, I had the honor of being hosted by West Elm Saturday to teach a DIY workshop on Mexican Paper Flowers. It was a cool Saturday afternoon here in Austin and a perfect class to teach the day before Easter. It's always a...

Austin City Guide 2014 – Sunflower Vietnamese

Rachelle 10.02.2014 AFBA City Guide, Allergies, Austin, Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide, Austin Local Businesses, Austin Restaurants, Blinded by the Bite!, Dining, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Specialty Diets, Texas 0

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Originally hailing from San Francisco, finding authentic Vietnamese food here in Austin has been a challenge. I fortunately stumbled across Sunflower Cafe in NW Austin. This is a family run business and the family also originally hails from San Francisco, which made me feel at...

Feeding South Africa: Lemon Saffron Rice

Rachelle 10.02.2014 Vegan, Vegetarian 0

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I've had the distinct privilege on several occasions over the last few years to help support a few non-profits through my blog. Last year I was introduced to Nicole Gulotta of the GivingTable.org through another friend of mine who is a food writer and donated a blog...

Wordless Wednesday – #AFWFest Andrew Zimmern

Rachelle 29.01.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Food Blogs, Texas, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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It's Wordless Wednesday and today's photo is of one of my favorite all-time chefs Andrew Zimmern of the Travel Channel's show Bizarre Foods. I had the pleasure of interviewing Zimmern at 2013's Austin Food & Wine Festival (thanks to his fabulous assistant), which I will share again...

Gluten & Allergen Free Wellness Event – Austin, TX

Rachelle 27.01.2014 Allergies, Blinded by the Bite! Giveaway, Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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I know it's Superbowl Sunday but for those of you not into football this Sunday Austin, TX is home to the Gluten & Allergen Free Wellness Event, being held out at the Travis County Expo Center from 10am-3pm. What's important about events like these for the...

Austin Food & Wine Festival 2014 Preview

Rachelle 23.01.2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Gluten-Free, Texas, Travel 0

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It's January 22nd and here in Austin we're ramping up for the kick-off of festival season here in Austin, TX which starts in March with ever famous SXSW, however, being a cook, food and travel writer, Austin Food & Wine Festival is one of my...

New Year’s Resolutions

Rachelle 22.01.2014 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Cooking, Gluten-Free, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Specialty Diets, Vegan, Vegetarian 0

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It's that time again - New Year's Resolutions! We're 22 days into the new year and the diet commercials are on every major network, popping up in Facebook ads, magazines, you name it there is a diet out there for you (or so they say). I don't...

Black Bean Burger (Gluten-Free & Vegetarian)

Rachelle 16.11.2013 Vegan, Vegetarian 0

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As many of you have read from my Facebook and twitter posts I recently attended a 7-day health immersion through my employer Whole Foods Market over Oct. 28th - Nov. 3rd. down in the seaside resort town of Naples, FL. It was such a beautiful...

Wordless Wednesday – The Big Easy

Rachelle 25.09.2013 Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Four days is hardly enough to scratch the surface of the Big Easy. Was able to eat gluten-free while in the Big Easy, but working on creating classic New Orleans dishes when I get back home that are gluten-free like this beignet from the famous Cafe'...

Crazy Busy at Blinded by the Bite!

Rachelle 30.08.2013 Celiac's Disease, Cooking, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Health, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Specialty Diets, Travel 0

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It's been a crazy busy few month's here at Blinded by the Bite! It's funny I feel like different ingredients for a recipe or a mixed bag of nuts (ha)! June kicked off with my speaking at BlogHer Food on how to turn your blog...

Scones: A Classic English Treat

Rachelle 28.07.2013 Baking, Celiac's Disease, Dessert, Entertaining, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Recipes, Snacks, Specialty Diets 0

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Scones have been in my baking wheelhouse for several years. Converting these English gems into delicious gluten-free delight has been on my to-do list for months. I'm not sure if it was my mom or grandmother's recipe, but my mom and I used to make...

Warp, Weft & Wired: Celiac Disease & Fertility

Rachelle 13.06.2013 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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Warp, Weft & Wired was the title of an email I received the other day from Britex Fabric in San Francisco (it's my favorite place to buy material). It made me laugh in that I feel as though I'm a little warped and wired from...

A Virtual Baby Shower for Megan

Rachelle 28.05.2013 Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Lifestyle 0

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Our friend Megan (who blogs at Stetted) is set and ready to have her second child and this weekend a small group of mutual friends came together to throw Megan a surprise baby shower (big thanks to "B" her husband for the coordination). The rouse...

Celiac Disease Awareness Month: Cookbook Madness

Rachelle 23.05.2013 Baking, Cookbook Authors, Cookbook Reviews, Cooking, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Healthy Eating, Recipes 0

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With raised hand "Hello my name is Rachelle and I'm a cookbook addict." It's Celiac Disease Awareness Month and let me just cut to the chase and admit right here, right now, I'm a total cookbook junkie! I don't discriminate where cookbooks are concerned, it's...

Gluten-Free Cheeseburger, Burgers, Burger

What a Cheeseburger!

Rachelle 19.05.2013 Gluten-Free, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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To some, the perfect burger is a lifelong search, a religion. I'm pretty shameless when it comes to my love for burgers and not ashamed whatsoever! Having grown up in Southern California I ate at In-N-Out Burger on Friday's during high school, and college consisted of...

Celiac Awareness Month – Resources

Rachelle 06.05.2013 Allergies, Celiac Disease Foundations, Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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May is Celiac Awareness month and there are so many great resources available to those newly diagnosed with Celiac Disease, as well as to those who are gluten-intolerant and need to maintain a gluten-free lifestyle. From organizations dedicated to helping those live with Celiac Disease, getting...

Gluten Is My Bitch: Gluten-Free Humorous Rants & Raves

Rachelle 02.05.2013 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Cookbook Authors, Gluten-Free, Health, Specialty Diets 0

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With May being Celiac Awareness Month, I will be featuring my favorite gluten-free cookbook authors, food bloggers and products each day to share with all of you! Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free, is a blog and soon to be released book penned...

Wordless Wednesday: Austin FOOD & WINE Festival

Rachelle 01.05.2013 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Media, Wordless Wednesday 0

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This weekend's Austin FOOD & WINE Festival highlight was demo from Chef Graham Elliot & Chef Merlin Verrier. Consummate comedians who love food, they had the crowd in stitches, while whipping up their version of two American classics. With quick wit and repartee, the two chefs played off one another like...

Lone Star State of Mind: 2013 Austin FOOD & WINE Festival

Rachelle 25.04.2013 Austin Food & Wine Festival, Food, Media, Texas, Travel 0

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The upcoming 2nd Annual 2013 Austin FOOD & WINE Festival has many in a lone star state of mind. Food and the Austin chefs that create it, have put Austin, TX on the map. Not only is Austin the "Live Music Capital of the World,"...

2013 Live Fire Event: Get Your Meat On!

Rachelle 23.04.2013 Artisan Food Businesses, Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Craft Beer, Texas 0

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I would not say that I am someone who eats meat everyday by any means, but this girl likes a good steak once in a while. But come every April, I look forward to the Austin Food and Wine Alliance Live Fire event, as it's the...

Alone in a Gluten-Free Lifestyle?

Rachelle 16.04.2013 Allergies, Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Health, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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Sometimes even today, I feel alone in my gluten-free lifestyle. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in December 2008, and at that time I was the only one in my family and of my friends who had been diagnosed. Having just moved from San Francisco to...

Do You Have a Place at the Hunger Table?

Rachelle 08.04.2013 Austin, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Health, Texas 0

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First, I want to thank Amy Green of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free for sharing her post today! It was a call to action to get involved with the Giving Table, and join so many other bloggers helping to bring awareness and attention to the issue...

Roasted Butternut Squash, Golden Beets & Fennel

Rachelle 25.03.2013 Allergies, Austin Restaurants, Celiac's Disease, Cookbook Authors, Dinner, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Specialty Diets, Vegetarian, What is Gluten? 0

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Meatless Monday's used to leave me in such a quandary. After having met Michael Natkin last year, author of Herbivoracious and recent James Beard Foundation Finalist, thanks to his publisher Harvard Common Press, I really have a few found love for vegetables. Michael and a few other...

Wordless Wednesday: Childhood Delights

Rachelle 20.03.2013 Austin, Dessert, Desserts, Photography, Texas, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Kids & Food: I love to capture precious moments like this photograph taken at the Austin Food and Fine Alliance "Wine & Swine" event last November. Ice cream cone courtesy of Chef Zack Northcutt, who stole this little girls heart and got a big smile with his...

Gluten-Free Irish Soda Bread

Rachelle 16.03.2013 Allergies, Baking, Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Holidays, Recipes, Specialty Diets, What is Gluten? 0

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Gluten-Free Irish Soda Bread? Is it possible? With St. Patrick's Day being tomorrow, I thought I would whip up a traditional Irish recipe. I wanted to stay away from sweets if possible, as I am trying to watch my intake of such delicious treats. My...

Wordless Wednesday – Coping with Death

Rachelle 14.03.2013 Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Media, Photography, Specialty Diets, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Coping with death has it challenges. Some do better than others, but we all have those days where we just want to bury our head under the covers when coping with death and/or loss. A picture is worth a thousand words and my dog Harper put...

Wordless Wednesday: Stop to Smell the Flowers

Rachelle 07.03.2013 Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Did your mother or father ever tell you to "stop and take time to smell the flowers?" Life gets complicated in so many ways and sometimes we forget to stop and be grateful for the things that are going right or things we have in...

Austin City Guide 2013 - Blinded by the Bite!

Austin City Guide 2013: Gluten-Free Dining (By Neighborhood)

Rachelle 02.03.2013 Allergies, Appetizers, Artisan Food Businesses, Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Austin Restaurants, BBQ, Breakfast, Celiac's Disease, Dinner, Eat, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Gluten-Free Travel, Healthy Eating, Lunch, Media, Raw Food, Texas, Travel 0

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Welcome to Austin, TX and I hope your ready to eat like a local! Austin, TX is known as the live music capital (Austin is host to SXSW, Austin City Limits Festival & Fun Fun Fun Fest), but our culinary scene has taken off in...

Austin City Guide 2013 – Eat Like a Local: Gluten-Free Dinner

Rachelle 02.03.2013 Allergies, Artisan Food Businesses, Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Austin Restaurants, Celiac's Disease, Dinner, Eat, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Grocery Stores, Health, Healthy Eating, Media, Mobile Cuisine, Specialty Diets, Texas, Travel 0

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Welcome to Austin, TX first and foremost! Austin is such a great music city as you well know (We are host to SXSW, Austin City Limits Festival & Fun Fun Fun Fest), but our culinary scene has taken off in the last few years with much to offer...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 21.02.2013 Gluten-Free Travel, Specialty Diets, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Food Network Kitchen Takes Flight! I'm really fortunate to be able to travel personally and professionally quite frequently! I've been airborne the last three week (West Coast to East Coast) and finding good food in airports can be tough! I'm always sussing out new spots in...

Wordless Wednesday – A Lesson in Grief

Rachelle 06.02.2013 Gluten-Free, Photography, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Wordless Wednesday - A Lesson in Grief It's been a rough few weeks, as last Friday we buried my grandmother. The last few days I've found myself all out of sorts, unable to concentrate, angry one moment, in tears the next. What I like to refer...

Gluten & Allergen Free Expo

Rachelle 04.02.2013 Allergies, Celiac Disease Foundations, Celiac's Disease, Eat, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Gluten-Free Travel, Health, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Raw Food, Snacks, Specialty Diets 0

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Come join me at this weekends premiere gluten-free event in San Francisco! I had the pleasure of being exposed for the 1st time to the Gluten & Allergen Free Expo last year in Chicago at the Nourished Food Blogger Conference in April. I had never been...

Love & Loss: Living a Gluten-Free Lifestyle

Rachelle 26.01.2013 Appetizers, Celiac's Disease, Eat, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Snacks, Specialty Diets 0

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Life happens, we forget that sometimes. I find myself in a very reflective state today as I sit down to write this blog post, which also happens to be my 100th post for Blinded by the Bite! I've taken a few weeks off from writing as...

Gluten-Free Coconut Macaroons

Rachelle 05.01.2013 Baking, Celiac's Disease, Cookies, Dessert, Desserts, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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I first learned how to make gluten-free macaroons when I was running a pie shop/cafÃƒÂ© back in the day and I knew what gluten was, but had no idea I'd be living a gluten-free lifestyle today! I was around 19 years old at this time....

Wordless Wednesday: 2013 ~ A year of learning to living in a joyful space

Rachelle 02.01.2013 Celiac's Disease, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Photography, Wordless Wednesday 0

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2013 ~ A year of learning to live in a joyful space This is how I hope to be spending 2013 - in a joyful space! Part of that is not over committing myself and I have to remember each day it's ok to say no....

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookie Recipe

Rachelle 31.12.2012 Baking, Celiac's Disease, Cookies, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Baking, Holidays, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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Let's just be honest I love cookies. I don't discriminate, but I do have my favorites, one of which is any cookie that contains a combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I recently made several batches of Missouri Muds which Local Savour shared on her...

New Year’s Resolutions | New Me – Here’s to 2013!

Rachelle 31.12.2012 Gluten-Free 0

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New Year's Resolution ~ Living a healthy gluten-free lifestyle-key in 2013! First and foremost I want to take this opportunity to thank you for reading Blinded by the Bite! in 2012. I've made so many changes this year including rolling out a new website, which I...

Wordless Wednesday – Christmas 2012

Rachelle 26.12.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food, Gluten-Free, Holiday Meal's, Holidays, Specialty Diets, Wordless Wednesday 0

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I've always loved Christmas, as it was a time my entire family got together every year. This year that is not the case. It will just be myself, my mom, brother, grandmother and the dogs of course. And it is with this years gathering we...

Wordless Wednesday – Saveur Magazine’s Travel Edition

Rachelle 19.12.2012 Celiac's Disease, Eat, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Media, Texas, Travel, Wordless Wednesday 0

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For me food is about a connection. Food is what connects us all. It is the universal common denominator, the conversation starter, it's worth the fight! I am lucky enough to work in the food industry and travel for my job. While on a quick...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 12.12.2012 Food, Gluten-Free, Photography, Wordless Wednesday 0

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Attended a dinner party at my bosses home this evening and she had the most adorable salt & pepper set that had been passed down from her great great grandmother! How darn cute are the spoon and spatula!...

Wordless Wednesday – Food as Art?

Rachelle 05.12.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food, Gluten-Free, Media, Specialty Diets 0

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Food is art and I always love pictures that transform the food we eat into art! Check out this write-up on FAST FOOD LUXE via Trendland.com/Emily Miller. I would eat the artistic interpretation over the original and not just for the champagne! BY EMILY MILLER / 27 NOV 2012 @ 11:18...

Whataburger All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast to benefit Mix 94.7 JB & Sandy¬â„¢s 16th annual Bikes for Kids Fundraiser

Rachelle 30.11.2012 Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Food, Texas 0

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Update on Post: Whataburger aimed to beat its 2011 total of $15,000 and ended up raising more than $21,000 for Bikes for Kids this year! Austin is such a great town to live in and you really have your pick of charities and events to get involved...

WORLDFOODS Thai Curry Giveaway

Rachelle 28.11.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food, Gluten-Free, Recipes 0

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WORLDFOODS is giving away 180 jars of their Thai Curry sauces to readers from each Fusion Taste Teams, which means five of my readers have a chance at winning a jar! To enter head over to WORLDFOODS Facebook page and enter the sweepstakes and enter password TXFTT...

Wordless Wednesday – It’s a Dog’s Life!

Rachelle 28.11.2012 Gluten-Free, Health, Media, Photography, Wordless Wednesday 0

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This is my dog Samuel "Sugar Booger" Walker. I've named him after my grandfather and he is just a love! It's amazing the unconditional love & joy they bring to our lives. It's been clinically proven that there are several health benefits to owning a...

Blinded by the Bite! Giveaway – Rachael Ray’s New Cookbook & More

Rachelle 24.11.2012 Austin, Blinded by the Bite! Giveaway, Cookbook Authors, Cookbook Reviews, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Media, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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I've been a big fan of Rachael Ray for years now and got hooked on her simple, easy meals! Since going gluten-free, I've also gotten some great recipes from Rachael's website. Share your favorite Rachael Ray gluten-free recipe on Blinded by the Bite! Facebook page,...

Gluten-Free Thanksgiving – It’s Delicious!

Rachelle 23.11.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Holiday Meal's, Recipes 0

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This year Thanksgiving had of a bit of a sour note leading up to the big day! We'd received news from my grandmothers doctor's and hospice workers two weeks ago that they didn't think my grandma was going to make it to Thanksgiving day. Well...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 21.11.2012 Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Photography 0

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Many times in the chaos of what we call life, for all it troubles, joys and surprises, we forget to slow down and enjoy life. I had time to slow down on a recent trip to Boston & Cape Cod. This picture was taken at...

Gluten-Free Sweet & Sour Chicken

Rachelle 20.11.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Recipe Testing, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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In my continued quest to improve my cooking skills when it comes to Asian cooking, I once again am finding it easier than I thought humanly possible to master the art of Asian cooking. Asian dishes have always held this mystical elusiveness, high atop this...

Guest Blog Post: Notes from Maggie’s Farm on an Evening with Michael Pollan

Rachelle 19.11.2012 Artisan Food Businesses, Eat, Food, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Media, Nutrition 0

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It was with honor that I got to hold a giveaway for tickets to a "Meet & Greet with Michael Pollan" at HausBar Farms, as well as giveaway two tickets to "An Evening with Michael Pollan" at The Paramount Theatre. This was a rare opportunity to...

Gluten-Free Dining Post Hurricane Sandy

Rachelle 15.11.2012 Artisan Food Businesses, Celiac's Disease, Eat, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Media, Specialty Diets 0

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As you may know I wrote a blog post earlier last week on #DineOutNYC & #EatDownTipUp this incredible movement to help the New York Restaurant community get back up on their feet, as well as their workers, who tirelessly feed us day in and day...

Gluten-Free Fast Food Yes or No?

Rachelle 15.11.2012 Celiac's Disease, Eat, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free 0

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I am not a proponent of eating fast food for my own personal reasons, mainly because I'm trying to watch my weight and eat healthy whole foods. Now don't get me wrong, when I'm jammed for time, I do from time to time pop into...

Wordless Wednesday – Tis the Season

Rachelle 14.11.2012 Gluten, Gluten-Free, Holidays, Photography, Specialty Diets, Wordless Wednesday 0

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I found this salt shaker with the Christmas Tree inside at Anthropology while treating myself to some retail therapy & just couldn't resist!...

Gluten-Free Malaysian Rendang Pulled Pork

Rachelle 11.11.2012 Artisan Food Businesses, Celiac's Disease, Dinner, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Healthy Eating, Lunch, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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I am always up for cooking ethnics dishes, as it allows me to expand my cooking skills and palette. I love attempting new Asian dishes in particular, as I got so spoiled living in San Francisco with being exposed to some of the most amazing...

Gluten-Free Lemon Tart

Rachelle 08.11.2012 Baking, Celiac's Disease, Dessert, Desserts, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Holidays, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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Growing up in Southern & Northern California, I always had several citrus trees on our property. Twice a year my grandmother would come stay at my home for a few weeks and we would do nothing but canning, baking and more baking! Throughout the years...

Wordless Wednesday – My Grandmother | My Hero

Rachelle 07.11.2012 Media, Photography, Wordless Wednesday 0

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She's my personal hero and I will miss her terribly when she is gone. I am honored that she has chosen to live out her last days in my home with me. I will miss you Grandma! This picture is from about 1-2 months ago. My...

#EatDownTipUp & #DineOutNYC – Helping New York’s Food Community

Rachelle 07.11.2012 Gluten-Free, Media 0

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When my friend Sadie told me about this project #EatDownTipUp, a friend of hers (Patrick Evans) was helping to create, I of course said "yes" to helping out, even in the midst of dealing with a 95 year old grandmother who is living out her last...

Wordless Wednesday

Rachelle 31.10.2012 Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Gluten-Free 0

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I snapped this picture Sunday while doing some homework and writing a few blog posts. It's one of the precious moments your grateful to capture on film and I couldn't help putting some words to this post! Harper (who's full name is Harper Eleanore Joshephine -...

Blinded by the Bite! Ticket Giveaway: Michael Pollan at HausBar Farms

Rachelle 30.10.2012 Artisan Food Businesses, Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Food, Health, Healthy Eating, Media, Nutrition 0

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Post Update: We have a winner for the "Meet & Greet" but I have two (2) tickets to Thursday nights event at the Paramount Theater to giveaway as well at the end of today! Same rules apply - If you've already commented on post your automatically...

Herbivoracious – Author Michael Natkin Cooks at Whole Foods Market Austin

Rachelle 25.10.2012 Celiac's Disease, Cookbook Authors, Cookbook Reviews, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Healthy Eating, Specialty Diets, Vegetarian 0

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About six months ago I had the honor of meeting blogger and cookbook author Michael Natkin through a friendship I had developed with his cookbook publisher Harvard Common Press based out of Boston, MA after having met them at 2011's SXSW (my time flies when...

Wordless Wednesday – Pic of the Day

Rachelle 24.10.2012 Celiac's Disease, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Health, Nutrition, Specialty Diets 0

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Every Wednesday I will be posting a picture on my blog that resonates with me personally to share with you. I hope it sparks thought, conversation and reflection, as we are all works in progress in this thing called life. I encourage and welcome each...

Gluten-Free Shortbread

Rachelle 22.10.2012 Baking, Celiac's Disease, Dessert, Desserts, Gluten-Free, Holidays, Recipe Testing, Specialty Diets 0

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With the holidays upon us, I thought it would be a good time to start sharing some of my favorite recipes, by transforming them into delicious and easy gluten-free recipes, taking all of the guess work out of it for you! Shortbread has a long and...

Blinded by the Bite! Launches New Website

Rachelle 19.10.2012 Austin, Austin Local Businesses, Celiac's Disease, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Travel, Health, Healthy Eating, Media, Recipe Testing, Recipes, Specialty Diets, Texas 0

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Big news for Blinded by the Bite! I've officially launched my new website blindedbythebite.com and I want to thank you for you're readership of my blog and I hope you'll visit the new website and subscribe to the blog. I've spent a lot of time thinking about...

Stuffed Pepper Gluten-Free. You & Me Ã¢â€žÂ¢

Rachelle 19.10.2012 Celiac's Disease, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Specialty Diets, Texas 0

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There are several gluten-free resources available online for those whom are gluten intolerant and/or have Celiac Disease, however, one of my top picks is Stuffed Pepper Gluten-Free. You & Me Ã¢â€žÂ¢! What makes this website stand about above the rest you ask? It's about community...

Zatarain’s Gluten-Free Dulac Dirty Rice Mini Frittatas

Rachelle 16.10.2012 Appetizers, Breakfast, Celiac Disease Foundations, Celiac's Disease, Gluten-Free, Recipe Testing, Recipes, Specialty Diets 0

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I am always delighted to be asked by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness to do recipe testing and so this weekend I had the honor of testing Zatarains Dulac Dirty Rice Mini Frittatas recipe. Zatarains currently offers nineteen gluten-free products, allowing you to jazz up your...

Gluten-Free: It’s a Lifestyle not a Diet

Rachelle 19.09.2012 Austin Local Businesses, Celiac Disease Foundations, Celiac's Disease, Food, Food Blogs, Gluten-Free, Grocery Stores, Healthy Eating 0

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I am repeatedly asked how to start a gluten-free diet and with the recent buzz surrounding hidden sources of gluten, I thought it might be a good time to write another blog post on outlining how to get started and things to keep in mind...