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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Gluten-Free Love at the Movies

The Angelika is my very favorite place to see a movie in NYC. I started seeing films there fairly soon after it opened, back in high school, so I love it like an old friend. I felt the love reciprocated last night when I arrived and found not one, but THREE gluten-free treats - all labeled and individually wrapped.

Thin Mints from Goodie Girl.

Macaroons from Sacred Chow.

For folks with multiple food intolerances, the macaroons are also sugar, dairy, and soy-free.

Brownie, also from Sacred Chow. Also known as: What I'm ordering next time.

While I am generally not a fan of excessive packaging (so wasteful! the environment!), when it comes to GF baked goods, I prefer that everything be packaged. I want that extra layer of protection to help prevent cross-contamination from gluten-y foods. So it made me extra happy to see that not only does the Angelika serve prewrapped GF treats, most of their regular treats are wrapped, too:

Safety first.

The Angelika has a lovely cafe space where you can meet up with friends to enjoy these lovely treats before your movie. Beverages and good popcorn available, too. (But, c'mon - GF brownie trumps popcorn!)

The Angelika is located at 18 West Houston St. at Mercer. 212-995-2570.

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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, January 13, 2013

Gluten-Free Love at the Movies

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