Archive for May, 2008
A new friend asked me why on earth I would start a gluten-free bakery. You can skip my answer - it’s pretty long - but I’d thought I’d add it to the archives.
As usual; Friday, 10-2
As usual; Saturday, CLOSED
As usual; Sunday, 10-2
Here’s what’s different:
CLOSING EARLY,
MONDAY, MAY 26, 10-2 !!!
(Also no online orders will be shipped Monday.)
Thank you and happy holidays!!
Sunday, May 18th, 2-5pm
City of Manhattan Beach
on the 13 th Street & Metlox Plazas
2nd Fields of Green Free Community Event!
Fun for the whole family, including performances by the SqueeGees children’s musical group, children’s activities, food samplings, professional athlete appearances, exhibitors (like us!) and educational speakers all inspiring healthy eating, healthy living, and the awakened athlete.
You can order any of The Sensitive Baker’s products to pick up at the event, and a portion of the proceeds will go to benefit GrowingGreat, a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring children and adults to adopt healthy eating habits. GrowingGreat provides comprehensive nutrition education and school garden programs to 1,000’s of elementary school students in Southern California.
To place an order please call The Sensitive Baker 310-815-1800.
For more information about the event,
call the GrowingGreat office 310-939-9216.
Hope to see you there!
Meet Clifford, the big red chef. (He’s all hunched here but he’s gotta be 6 feet tall. In my world, that’s a big dude!)
Eugenie has gone and left a hole in our hearts, but life must go on, soups and tuna salad have to be made, and Cliff is filling that void. He’s a friend of Dylan’s from The Art Institute of California culinary school, and this is a rare photo of the two together: actually, Dylan and Cliff “share” the cooking position and when one is here the other is usually not.
Kind of like Clark Kent and Superman, only in my book, both these young men are Superman! Welcome to the team, Cliff, good to have you on the bus. Thanks for bringing your tunes!
P.S. We have to get another photo of Cliff after work, when he takes off his hat and lets loose his dreds! Muy impressive!
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And, ta da, here he is!
(How long do you think it takes to GROW hair like that? Cliff reminds me of Samson, only blonder.) (Much sweeter, too.)
We DEFINITELY need to update this entry with the new schedule - in an effort to better serve you (lunch), Dylan & Cliff now work together most mornings. It’s a win-win for everyone!
Triumph Gluten Free! is a new blog produced by the team behind Triumph Dining, the people who publish The Essential Gluten Free Restaurant Guide, The Essential Gluten Free Grocery Guide, and (my personal favorite,) Triumph Dining Gluten Free Dining Cards.
[Little tidbit about the cards: Some of our team members speak English only as a second language, and as much as we try to train new hires about gluten and the dangers of bringing your lunch from home, sometimes I’m just not sure I’m getting through. When our Triumph Dining Cards arrived, I photocopied & enlarged the one for Mexican food, in Spanish, and hung it on the “bulletin board” / refrigerator.
And then I stepped back and secretly watched as EVERY Spanish-speaking person in the establishment - even ones who speak perfect English and I was sure “got” the gluten issue - all read the sheet with great interest and with looks of growing comprehension and even enlightenment on their faces as they began to feel like they “owned” the gluten issue.
That’s what handing people the information in their own language, referencing items from their own experience, can do.
Of course, it helps that the information is crystal-clear and distilled so that even in English it has that effect on me. They say it takes a busy chef less than a minute to read one of these and understand it.
The cards - not to sound like a commercial, but I really like them, they’re well made and like I said, effective - anyway there are TEN of them, for ten different languages and cuisines, and that means they open up TEN different worlds for the gluten-sensitive. That’s less than, like, $2 a world.]
Anyway, this post is supposed to be about the new blog, which has tips for dining out, new product reviews, and other gf-news, but I’ve bored you long enough. I listed it in the blogroll - you’ll have much more fun if you go there yourself and check it out!
The Jewish Journal did a story on gluten, celiac disease, my father-in-law and even a little bit about us! Just in time for the CDF Conference this weekend, too! [Which, BTW, you can still register for if you call the office directly at (818) 990-2354.]
It’s really a great piece and big, big thanks to writer Adam Wills for spreading the word about celiac disease. I just need to say one teeny thing. (And then I promise, I’ll shut up about the oats, I’m sure everyone is sick of the whole oats issue.)
It’s not that “the Hier family is confidently sticking with oats.” That’s not for us to decide. The RCC tells us oats require the blessing HaMotzi, with washing before and a full Grace after Meals following.
‘Nuff said.
And thanks once again to the lovely Keren Greenberg for the photo!
