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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Crackers (I Heart Schar)

I am grateful for GF rice crackers, those round, crunchy dipping carbs ubiquitous in GF life. They served me well, especially in the first few years of my GF life, when they were basically the ONLY GF cracker out there. But times have changed and we have so many new - and better - options. (Sorry, rice crackers.) Behold, my current favorite:

I discovered these last year at my local food co-op and haven't looked back. The crackers have a great flavor - toasty and reminiscent of Saltines, but with a texture more akin to a water cracker. Great for wine and cheese, dipping in soup, or even with lox and a schmear, i.e. what I'm eating as I write this. I just served these to gluten-eaters at my Sunday book club and they decimated the cracker pile right along with the bucheron and Humbolt Fog.

Also of note is the smart packaging: A large pack with cellophane packets of 6 crackers, which I find to be the perfect individual serving size. The rest of them stay fresh and it's easy to toss some in with your food bag for work. Bravo, Schar.

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gluten free giftFebruary 8, 2012 at 6:48 PM
I LIVED on these little packages when I lived in Italy... I commuted into Rome each day to teach and these were a lifesaver as I couldn't just grab a slice of pizza on the go like my colleagues. Haven't seen these ones in Toronto yet - hopefully soon!
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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.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Crackers (I Heart Schar)

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