GFbird: Because 1,200 Characters Was Less Than I Thought (Notes on Poor Reviews)

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Because 1,200 Characters Was Less Than I Thought (Notes on Poor Reviews)

Just a note about DH-safe restaurant reviews (that wouldn't fit in my profile): I don't want to post poor reviews about places that serve gf food unless (1) I get insanely sick (gluten symptoms) after eating there and/or (2) the staff/owner are not pleasant when there is a problem. I want to support places that serve gf food, in the hopes of encouraging others to open places for our people - and I also realize that I am more sensitive than most. That said, I DO want to share my NYC dining experiences with any other DH people out there. If that's you, feel free to contact me via this blog to share DH-safe venues, products, etc.

Policy subject to change; for now it feels right.

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I was always an avid home cook and restaurant-goer. From my teens on, my idea of "going out" generally involved some form of social eating. I grew up with a huge extended family that regularly dined together and I was in the kitchen helping my grandmother from an early age.

I often joke that I come from deli royalty, as my family owned one in Brooklyn for almost 30 years - so there was always a ton of good food around. Seemed only natural when I started working in restaurants in my early teens, though an accident with a dull knife and my left index finger ended my back of the house aspirations along the way. I've had pretty much every front of the house position at all types of venues, including a few years at Moosewood Restaurant. In my mid-20's, I started to work in healthcare, and have always maintained a love of food and eating well. In 2010, I melded my passions for health and food by completing a master's in public health nutrition.

After being diagnosed with celiac and DH back in 2003, I didn't go out to eat for three years! I don't even remember how long it was before I felt competent enough in the kitchen again to be a gf hostest with the mostest. But that was 10 years ago; I've changed along with the gf product/knowledge landscape. Back in NYC after many years in upstate NY, I'm committed to having a social eating life again, dishing up good eats at home and enjoying what gf vittles NYC has to offer. As any gf person can appreciate, this involves a fair amount of research and planning. Seems a shame to keep all that I've learned to myself; hence this blog.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Because 1,200 Characters Was Less Than I Thought (Notes on Poor Reviews)

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