Back to the Begining

One of the hardest things that I had to come to terms with was that even though I have been cooking and baking for my entire life (my mum hated to cook, and was overjoyed to realize that I felt otherwise!), I was going to have to relearn EVERYTHING. Cooking was bad enough (until you can't eat gluten, you wouldn't believe the shit they put it in!) but baking... Gah! So when I did take it up again, after giving myself permission to mess things up and throw out what didn't work, I started looking around for cook books dedicated to GF and DF eating. The first thing I realized was Good Luck! But then once you do find them, they are not all created equal. Now, as I have a minor (read: large) obsession with cook books, that was less of an issue for me, since I just collect the damn things anyways. The two that I use the most are Cooking for Isaiah by Silvana Nardone (I decided I needed a waffle maker when I saw the recipe for Hash Brown Belgian waffles with apple sausage and fried eggs, though I'm happy to make Belgian waffles too) and Simply Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free: Breakfasts, Lunches, Treats, Dinners, Desserts by Grace Cheetham, though I also have her other one, I just haven't used it yet! Silvana's all purpose flour mix is the best one I've tried to date, and Grace's pie crust is simply wonderful. Well worth it, and both books have a lot of helpful info as well as just really tasty food!