We talked a lot before about gluten sensitivity vs. celiac disease and I thought it might be helpful to share this link: the Gluten Intolerance Group defines the difference between “gluten intolerance” & “celiac diease.”

The Gluten Intolerance Group is, of course, the group that brings us the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program, and they organize GF summer camps for children with gluten-intolerance. Check them out!

Check out this wonderful review of our bakery by Beth Shea, writer of the Petite Planet blog, which I just discovered. It’s all about “green living” and Beth is right on with her recommendations. Like, the very next entry (about fabrics) she recommends Hannah Anderson clothes for kids. I LOVE Hannah Anderson! The softest clothes on the planet (which is SO important with a sensitive child!) and while they seem expensive at first, they are worth every penny: your first child will wear them day after day and still hand them down to the next child.
Anyway, it turns out Beth is also a big fan of Gluten-Free Girl Shauna Ahern! What a small world it is, indeed!
Petite Planet blog review

[Thoughts on further entries - I've been grappling with the lunch bag problem myself, I'm going to give the GourmetGetaway a try, and I'm enjoying the article about throwing parties on a budget. Note the addition of PetitePlanet to the Blogroll!]

Hurray! Dylan is a freshman Art Institute of California at Los Angeles, where he’s specializing in baking and pastry work. Around here he is a Jack of All Trades, jumping from prepping lunch items, to baking cookies and muffins, to all the various miserable tasks people torture interns with. And yet, he does it all with a smile!

Welcome, Dylan, to our bus. The seats are filling fast and I think we’re about ready to take off!

For those of you who can’t get pictures;

Shauna James Ahern

Author of Gluten-Free Girl

is coming to The Sensitive Baker

for a book signing

Sunday February 3rd at 1pm

Brownies will be served.

See Shauna’s blog at glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com.

Starting this Monday (January 14th), there will be a “sensitive” lunch at our bakery from 11:30 - 2 pm! We have a simple menu… but, it’s a start! We have a few tables and chairs for you to enjoy your food outside, or you can take it to go if you’d prefer. Here is our current menu:

Soup or Chile of the day with two breadsticks.

Sandwiches (egg salad, tuna salad or almond butter and jelly) on your choice of bread, with a side of housemade coleslaw.

Vegan pizza with our signature cashew-tahini “cheese”. There will be a few toppings available daily.

Vegan macaroni and “cheese”.

The food tastes great, but the best part is that you can be guaranteed that everything is 100% gluten and dairy free and is prepared in a dedicated GF/CF facility!!! Check the blog every week for updates on the menu and don’t hesitate to call in with your order and we’ll have your lunch ready when you arrive.

It’s Gluten Free Day
Wednesday January 9th at
Plaza El Segundo’s Whole Foods Market!
(map)

Lots of GF samples to taste, a market tour cooking demo and more!

Also part of the program; from 11am-Noon Peggy Curry of Growing Great will continue her series of GF-cooking classes, “Gluten Free and Loving it!” This class will include a cooking demo and focus on eating more nutrient rich “whole foods.” You do not need to be gluten free to enjoy this class!!! Don’t miss out in the fun!

Menu: Juicing, Cole slaw, peppers and onions, quick veggie lentil soup and more.

Coming soon to Whole foods Plaza El Segundo, The Sensitive Baker’s wonderful GF breads and desserts!

(Really. Now that the holidays are finished, I am all over it.)

Well, okay, she doesn’t star in it, but she does have a big part! Check her out in this piece called Gluten Free, by Time-Warner Cable So-Cal News! It was filmed the last time Eugenie joined Peggy Curry at Whole Foods El Segundo for the “Gluten-Free and Loving It!” cooking class. Go Peggy! for getting such great exposure for gluten-free living!

We’re looking for a full time dishwasher/prep-cook at $11/hr, and an intern from a cooking school (unpaid) for a few flexible hours a day. If you love working in a kitchen and want to be part of an exciting new venture which truly helps people, then please call Sandee at (310) 815-1800 or write gf-bakers { at } thesensitivebaker(.)com with a resume attached.
MUST BE LEGAL!
*$11/hour isn’t much but there’s room for advancement. And we do get lots of appreciation! At the end of the day, we at The Sensitive Baker all go home feeling like we made a lot of people very happy. That’s a good feeling. As they say in the commercials: Priceless.