Saturday, June 30, 2012

Adventures in food allergies.

My friend is here visiting. And she's allergic to a lot of stuff. Stuff like peanuts, tree nuts and gluten.

She didn't used to be. She used to eat peanut butter by the spoonful. But things change, apparently. And it makes life really difficult. Especially the whole no gluten thing, because typically gluten-free breads and pastries use almond flour in place of wheat flour...but almonds are nuts. And she can't have nuts. So it seriously limits her options.

But today, we were victorious.

Not only were we able to find gluten-free bread and pasta, but we also stumbled across gluten-free cupcakes! And not the stale, tasteless, not-really-worth-the-calories prepackaged ones, either. No. Beautiful, freshly baked ones from a little cupcake shop in Kingston. As we were walking by, gazing longingly at the window displays, we noticed a sign: Gluten-free cupcakes, this weekend only.


It's like it was meant to be.
 

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