It’s been said that bread is the staff of life. But bread and other baked goods made with wheat, rye and barley–as well as processed foods containing gluten– can cause about 1 in 100 people who eat it all kinds of problems.
Shauna James Ahern, who waxes eloquently about life and gluten free cooking on her blog Gluten Free Girl and the Chef, has an auto immune disorder called Celiac Sprue, aggravated by the gluten found in wheat, rye and barley. Just don’t call it a disease in front of her; she doesn’t see it that way.
Shauna James Ahern is Gluten-Free Girl, and writes the blog Gluten Free Girl and the Chef. This is one of her recipes, which is adapted from one she found in Cristina Ferrare’s cookbook Big Bowl of Love.
Many gluten intolerant people have Celiac Disease, which may cause a wide array of symptoms from digestive upset to headaches to skin rashes and depression. And what’s worse is–they don’t know they have the disorder!
