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Category Archives: gluten-free food
Thy Tran’s Asian Cooking Classes Highlight Techniques to Empower Students
Thy Tran’s classes in Asian cooking at OACC and 18 Reasons focus on techniques to empower her students. Besides imparting the secrets to making tasty dishes from a range of Asian cuisines, the knowledgeable chef and author includes history, culture and science. Interview with Thy Tran. Continue reading
Immerse Yourself in a World of Asian Flavors at Richmond’s Pacific East Mall
Take your palate on a trip of exotic Asian flavors at nearby Pacific East Mall in Richmond. Dine in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese or Thai restaurants. And sample sweets from around the globe. Adventurous cooks and homesick transplants will find almost any Asian ingredient at 99 Ranch. Continue reading
Tasting Singapore’s Sweets — in Oakland too
A recent trip to Singapore opened up a wonderland of sweet treats, including refreshingly cold Ice Kachang and Chendol and warming sweet bean soups and coconut milk with yam and coconut jelly. Several of these special desserts can also be found in Oakland’s Chinatown, if you know where to look. Continue reading
Hot on the Taro Trail
Taro-obsessed, East Bay writer goes hunting for ethnic restaurants that cook up this tropical plant in various incarnations and details her Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and Hawaiian discoveries, both savory and sweet. Continue reading
Vanessa’s Poke Leaps Across Cultural Boundaries
Vanessa’s Bistro serves a superb Tuna Salmon Poke that melds elements from Hawaiian, Japanese and Mexican cuisines with chef Vanessa Dang’s Vietnamese twist. Continue reading
Posted in gluten-free food, Hawaiian food, Japan, Vietnamese food
Tagged Poke, Saigon Noodle salad, Vanessa Dang, Vanessa's Bistro
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Socca – A Cross-Cultural Culinary Catch
Socca, a gluten-free chickpea flatbread is a popular street food of Nice, France. Guest blogger, Jeannette Ferrary describes its cross-cultural roots and provides a simple recipe for this delicate, sultry crepe with a nutty taste. Continue reading
Posted in Algeria, France, Gibraltar, gluten-free food, Italy, Spain
Tagged calentita, chickpea crepe, Encuento, farinata, food of Nice, Jeannette Ferrary, karantita, Mark Bittman, Nizza La Bella, Pierre Franey, socca, socca recipe, tortillita
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Buckwheat Crêpes and Bon Voyage
French buckwheat crepes (galettes) are savory, scrumptious and gluten-free Continue reading
Posted in France, gluten-free food
Tagged buckwheat, Crepes, French buckwheat crepe, galettes, La crepe a moi
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Vietnamese Crepes and Rolls – Light, Fresh and Gluten-Free
Vietnamese cuisine offers light and fresh foods with many rice-based, gluten free dishes like bahn xeo, a rice flour crepe and spring rolls wrapped in rice paper. Anh Hong restaurants are fun places to try this healthy cuisine. Continue reading
Posted in gluten-free food, Vietnamese food
Tagged Anh Hong, Banh xeo, gluten free, Rice flour crepe, Vietnamese crepe, Vietnamese food
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A Case of Pupusa Love
Pupusas (grilled white maize meal stuffed with cooked pork, beans or cheese) are El Salvador’s national dish for good reason. Simple, but satisfying, served with tangy cabbage slaw (curtido). Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, gluten-free food
Tagged Curtido, La Bamba Taqueria, Pupusa, pupusas, Salvadoran food
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