The question of whether or not a gluten-free and/or casein-free diet can help reduce symptoms in people with autism spectrum disorders is a contentious one. New research out of Penn State seems to indicate that the diet will be less contentious as time goes on. Published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, the study examines self-reports [R...

Today is the last day of Awards Week! Once more, we want to thank you for participating in The Best of Gluten-Free Awards. We truly hope these results will aid you in your gluten-free lifestyle! We will soon be revealing a new website with information about the awards and this year's winners. Until then, here […]Click to continue reading ...

We hope you?ve been following us on?Twitter?and?Facebook?to get real-time product and prize winner announcements! Here is part 4 of the 2012 Best of Gluten-Free Winners:     Restaurants (Continued) ?Best Gluten-Free Options at a Fast Food Restaurant: Chipotle   Meals ?Best Gluten-Free Prepared or Microwave Meals: Amy?s Kitchen ?Best ...

? We hope you've been following us on Twitter and Facebook?to get real-time product and prize winner announcements! Here is part 3 of the 2012 Best of Gluten-Free Winners:?   Snacks Best Gluten-Free Crackers: Blue Diamond Nut Thins ?Best Gluten-Free Pretzels: ?Glutino Pretzel Twists ?Best Gluten-Free Snack Bar: Larabar   Condiments ?Best ...

We will be announcing winners on Twitter and Facebook everyday this week for Awards Week at 10 AM (PST), 1 PM, and 4 PM. Here are the 2nd round Gluten- Free product winners!   ?Baked Goods (Continued) ?Best Gluten-Free Muffins: Udi?s Best Gluten-Free Bread Mix: Bob?s Red Mill Best Gluten-Free Premade Baked Goods: Katz Gluten-Free […]Clic...

  The time has finally arrived to reveal the winners of?another incredibly successful Best of Gluten-Free Awards! A huge thank you goes out to everyone that participated in the survey; we were thrilled to see almost 10,000 votes (double the amount of last year's votes)!?When Awards Week is over, Triumph Dining will be unveiling a […]Clic...

We've been busy over here at Triumph Dining! Well, OK, let's be real. I personally have been busy eating delicious things. Brittany Angell and Iris Higgins have been busy working. These two blogger extraordinaire, who you might remember from our Recipe Fridays in December, have joined forces to create The Essential Gluten-Free Baking Guide, a [R...

Note: Due to an overwhelming response to our blog post on McDonald?s and its gluten-free buns debut in Spain, we asked our Madrid correspondent Maricarmen Escamilla to do a taste test for us. Spanish speakers can find their celiac blog here. McDonald?s in Spain has some history offering gluten-free products. In January 2011 it announced […]Cl...

When Novak Djokovic attributed much of his crazy-awesome tennis success to his new, gluten-free diet, he may have started quite the trend. Not only did Djokovic bring increased attention to the benefits of the gluten-free diet, but he also focused that attention on athletic performance. Now, golf star Michelle Wie has announced her own gluten-free ...

Things I like include: free food, good food, food that teaches me something. Unsurprisingly, I am writing today to tell you that Sandwich Petals are amongst the foods I like. Sandwich Petals are, at the base of it, a gluten-free sandwich wrap made by Raquelita?s Tortillas, a Denver-based outfit. However, they?re also admirably easy to […]Clic...

Spain has been on our gluten-free minds a lot lately, most recently because of the?gluten-free buns?available at McDonald's and before that simply as a?great gluten-free destination. Now, according to International Supermarket News, Spain is about to get easy access to Genius gluten-free bread. Wahoo! The hypermarket giant Carrefour is revamping it...

To me, arsenic has always been something little old Victorian ladies used to get rid of pesky tenants in their otherwise-reputable boarding houses. Of course, it's more than just this: arsenic is a naturally-occurring?substance and a citizen of the periodic table. It's had various other uses throughout the centuries, as a wood-preservative, a commo...

The other day I was standing in a recessed doorway, chowing down on a gluten-free, vegan pizza pocket from Gluuteny, a Pittsburgh-based gluten-free bakery. It was delicious. Not too long before, I was melting butter to pan-fry some pumpkin bread from Delectable Edibles, based in the Orlando area. It, too, was delicious ? reminded me […]Click ...

A little tidbit found its way to my inbox the other day. It's fairly poorly documented, so it could be a fluke: but in case it isn't, I wanted to share. According to the website of the Packaging Business Review, legislators in Ukraine have introduced a draft that proposes labeling of gluten-free food. The revision […]Click to continue reading...

Almost a year ago, we wrote about a promising new vaccine against celiac disease Nexvax2?, in development in Massachusetts. Now, the company behind the vaccine, ImmusanT, has even more exciting news: They are manufacturing 9,000 doses of vaccine. According to this article on MassLive.com, the vaccine will be produced by a local firm, Microtest. Of ...

There are lots of reasons to like the Wall Street Journal, but one of the biggest has to be columnist Melinda Beck. In September of 2010, Beck published an article called, "Giving up Gluten to Lose Weight? Not so Fast" (and we wrote about it, of course). Now, she's followed up with, "New Guide to […]Click to continue reading »...

If you?ve been reading this blog for at least the past year, you a) deserve a gold star and b) know that I am not a big fan of the ol? Valentine?s Day. In fact, the thing I like best about the day is that it?s helpful for remembering some fairly unimportant math factoids: The […]Click to continue reading »

If you?ve been following the news about undiagnosed celiac disease, then you?ve read about all the other medical problems that celiacs are at risk for. There?s lots of them: diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, etc. (you can read more at the National Foundation for Celiac Disease?s website). A handful of small studies have shown a link between [R...

It's that time of year again: Triumph Dining's Best of Gluten-Free! This year's awards are bigger and better. Why bigger? Well, there's more categories and we need more of your opinions. Why better? For starters: Prizes! Before I get ahead of myself, though, are you familiar with the Best of Gluten-Free? If not, here's an […]Click to continue...

Are you familiar with the University of Chicago?s Celiac Disease Center? If not, check them out. Their website is full of good information whether you?re newly diagnosed, old-hat at all things gluten-free, or just wondering whether or not gluten is giving you problems. Speaking of which: if you?re newly diagnosed via biopsy, the center will […...

Any time we post about Subway?s growing gluten-free options, we get a lot of comments that say, ?Hey Subway! Come to my town!? For some of you, today is your lucky day. Well, actually, your lucky day was some time in the not-too-distant past ? today?s just the day we?re posting about it. Subway has […]Click to continue reading »

A while back we wrote about microwave-baking as a convenient way to make cake for one (gluten-free or otherwise). Today, I wanted to talk about a different way to make cake for one: with a recipe designed for a small batch. A new book published by Ontario home economists, titled The Gluten-free Baking Book: 250 […]Click to continue reading &#...

Celiac disease is a little different in the United Kingdom. For starters, it?s called coeliac disease. Fun! For seconds, if you?ve got a diagnosis you can also get access to reduced-priced gluten-free staple items like bread, pizza bases, and flour mixes. Your general practitioner can write you a prescription for a fixed number of gluten-free [R...

One of the most surefire ways to cheer up when the skies are gray and cloudy is to go home and find a package of chocolate bars waiting for you on your stoop. Ah, the glamorous life of a blogger. Technically I suppose that isn?t true. The cheering-up really happens after you?ve brought the bars […]Click to continue reading »

I get awfully tired of packing my lunch for work. Or sorting out the gluten-free dining options near my office and wondering how gluten-free they really are. Enter Kettle Cuisine and its gluten-free soups, found in my grocer?s natural freezer section. This is a working person?s dream. Each box contains a 10 oz single serving […]Click to conti...

Did you know McDonald?s has a gluten-free bun in Spain, Sweden, Finland and Norway? Talk about feeling left out over here in America. Sheesh. Although I first learned about this when a friend forwarded me this blurb on gluten-free fast food from CNN?s Fortune blog, the gluten-free bun is apparently not a particularly new introduction. […]Clic...

Thanks to Celiac.com for posting a review of a November study out of Sweden on health-related quality of life, which makes an interesting companion to the study on celiac and depression I wrote about last week. This study is titled, ?Delay to celiac disease diagnosis and its implications for health-related quality of life,? and it […]Click to...

? Sometimes we all need a little cheering up Many women (and men) report feeling great after they finally learn they have celiac disease and begin adhering to a gluten-free diet. It normally takes years, still, for a diagnosis ? so it makes sense that after so long feeling awful, people would be pretty happy. […]Click to continue reading ...

Chick-fil-A has a generally good reputation amongst the gluten-free community, and with their latest announcement I expect their reputation will only improve. According to the press release on their website, Chick-fil-A is adding two new, healthy options for their Kids' Meal: grilled chicken nuggets and Buddy Fruits? Pure Blended Fruit To Go. Combi...

As of last week, gluten-free labeling in the UK underwent a big shift. The laws were decided a few years ago, and are set to coincide with the international Codex Alimentarius standards. What's notable now is that the grace period is over: all food sold in the UK (England, Norhern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) is […]Click to continue reading &...

When I found out that Jovial Foods would be sending me a box of samples, I was pretty psyched. I first learned about the company through a contest they ran, with maybe the best grand prize ever: a week in a villa outside Lucca, Italy, learning about pasta from Jovial?s artisans and taking cooking classes […]Click to continue reading »

Well, the holidays are incontestably over for this year. Some of you are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief: an empty (emptier) social calendar, fewer guests and less traveling, no more Christmas music at-all-times-everywhere?. But some of you, equally doubtlessly, have a case of the post-holiday blues ? to which I?d like to suggest […]Click...

Hot on the heels of last week's gluten-free beer news, an interesting study on the gluten found in normal beer. If you open your ears to the chatter, you'll hear lots of different theories on gluten in beer. Some people will tell you that most "regular" beers are safe, because the gluten has been fermented […]Click to continue reading »...

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, a holiday that always stresses me out. It seems like lots of people try to have big, blow-out, memorable evenings ? and the effort that goes into planning far outweighs the fun they wind up having. Accordingly, I thought we'd go for the opposite type of recipe today: recipes whose […]Click to continue reading »...

A festive post for a festive week. I know many of us typically think of Champagne when we think of New Year's toasts ? but that's not what today's post is about. Many of us also like beer. Or, at least, liked beer until we had to go gluten-free (you certainly had a lot to […]Click to continue reading »

It?s the day of Christmas Eve Eve. Hooray! If you don't have your recipes set, may I suggest you have a look at these? This week's recipes from Iris and Brittany may seem incongruous to the season, but I thought amidst all the gingerbread and eggnog you might be looking for a splash of something […]Click to continue reading »

I don?t know how you feel about horoscopes, but I tend to regard them with suspicion ? even though they are sometimes eerily accurate. I feel similarly towards the concept of a blood type diet. The idea that my blood would somehow dictate the foods that are potentially healthy/hurtful for me, well it makes me […]Click to continue reading ...

We threw a little party this weekend, just a casual excuse to get together with all those people you love but somehow never get a chance to see enough of. And an excuse to make latkes.   Ah, the humble latke. Harbinger of the Hanukkah holiday, holder of my heart, heavy with ? apple sauce […]Click to continue reading »

It's Recipe Friday again! I really need to come up with a better name. Hopefully those scrumptious photos make up for it. Today's duo of gluten-free recipes comes courtesy of the letter C, for cinnamon. Cinnamon Rolls and Cinnamon Chocolate Cookies. Oh yes. According to the ever-knowledgable Wikipedia, cinnamon is native to Southeast Asia and [R...

Two unrelated items today. First, quickly: a recall has been issued in California for 2,200 pounds of Silva Sausage Co.'s Neto's Mexican Chorizo. The chorizo contains undeclared wheat. Affected sausage was packed in 5-pound bags for industrial use ? in other words, you won't see this in the supermarket but be careful with chorizo when […]Clic...

Wanted to get your opinion on an article out of The Oklahoman today. The article in question, published online on Dec 1, tells the story of a woman who got kicked out of a Muskogee Pizza Hut for bringing her celiac son's McDonald's food into the facility. The pair were on a field trip in […]Click to continue reading »

I am very excited to be launching a little something that ? for lack of a better phrase ? we are referring to as Recipe Friday. (Sorry folks, but December is a hectic month! Maybe in January I'll find a good pun to use instead.) This would be exciting in any case, but it's double-exciting […]Click to continue reading »

For many people, medication can be the undoing of a gluten-free diet. Whether prescription or over-the-counter, many medicines are ambiguously labeled at best. To date, there are no regulations requiring manufacturers to disclose the sources of their ingredients for medications. Happily, the NFCA has recently been awarded a grant to study the exten...

A quick but important post today. Burger King just changed their fries to a new recipe. Caveat emptor: as of press time, there's no indication of whether or not the changes include gluten. This marks the first change to Burger King's fries since 1998, according to Time. The new fries will be thicker, with reduced […]Click to continue reading ...

You know those books that you read and, whether or not you enjoyed them, they stick in your head? Margaret Atwood always does that for me. She manages to find one or two images that are so grotesque that they burn themselves permanently into my brain. One such image: ChickieNobs. In the dystopian preapocolyptic world […]Click to continue read...

Last year Michelle covered some tips for using a bread machine to make gluten-free bread, and you had a lot to say. Ditto my post last year about being gluten-free in college. So, I thought you might be interested in this press release from Chartwells and Bready, announcing a partnership to get gluten-free breadmakers to […]Click to continue ...

Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? Have you sorted out your leftovers, made your turkey enchiladas and your (gluten-free) stuffing casserole? I sure hope so, because it is now officially the holiday season. To start things off, check out Alek?s Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease. The new display for 2011 should go live later […]C...