William Maltese - The Gluten-Free Way: My Way

THE TRAVELING GOURMAND SERIES

1. The Gluten-Free Way: My Way , by Adrienne Z. Milligan & William Maltese

2. Back of the Boat Gourmet Cooking: AfloatPool-SideBackyard , by Bonnie Clark & William Maltese

3. William Malteses Wine Tasters Diary #1: Spokane/Pullman Washington Wine Region , by William Maltese

4. In Search of the Perfect Pinot G! Australias Mornington Peninsula: William Malteses Wine Tasters Guide #2: by A. B. Gayle & William Maltese

5. Whole Wheat for Food Storage: Recipes for Unground Wheat , by Michael R. Collings & Judith Collings

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Copyright 2009 by Adrienne Z. Milligan
and William Maltese

Cover by Deana C. Jamroz Copyright 2009 by William Maltese

Published by Wildside Press LLC

www.wildsidebooks.com

DEDICATION

To Kelly Belly and Blue Eyes

You have made my desire to live and

research the Gluten-Free way a pleasure.

Mama

and

To William and Olive

Thank you for your love and support over the years. May you both rest in peace.

The Authors

DISCLAIMER

This book is not intended to provide medical advice. Proper diagnosis of Celiac Sprue Disease or any other medical conditions needs to be sought from appropriate medical professionals. All contents of this book are the personal experiences and opinions of the authors.

All organizations, businesses, and product names mentioned in this book are the property of those individual organizations and businesses. In this day and age of the internet when so many organizations, businesses, and products are so often made mention of without their attending trademark designates or , its difficult to know when or if to provide these indicators. Even specific searches of U.S. Trademark Department files can often be confusing. So, more often than not, the authors have erred on the side of inclusion, rather than exclusion. If mistakes have been made, we shall make every attempt to make sure theyre corrected in any subsequent editions of this book.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To Carol FensterThank you for sharing the story of your path to a GF lifestyle. It has made all the difference in providing an example for living healthy!

To CutestuffThank you for having an open mind and choosing the Gluten-Free lifestyle to good health. Thanks, too, for being a guinea pig for our GF Way of baking.

To ElaineThank you for insisting that Jonathan get off of the wheat, and for your encouragement over the years as weve learned about the GF lifestyle, foods, and research.

To friends and familyThank you for your honesty about the various recipes to which weve subjected you over the years.

To FlyLadyThank you for teaching that anything can be accomplished in fifteen minutes! (Yes, even a few pages of this book.)

To Chris BatyThank you for your book and NaNoWriMo. Though our book wasnt written during November, your advice, suggestions, and example on how to write a book were invaluable to Adrienne.

To the Companies and Restaurants that make and/or carry GF FoodsAll who live the GF lifestyle are grateful to those of you who create, sell, carry, and provide GF items in stores, bakeries, and restaurants. Thank you for making items safe for the gluten-intolerant to consume.

To JennigizerbunnyThank you for taking the time to create a GF pie crust recipe for us to use and for making sure theres always GF food in your home for Adriennes two boys.

More Acknowledgments

To The Fearless Bread ChefYour GF baking class at Marlenes Market & Deli in Federal Way, WA, was a joy to watch. Thank you for your GF bread recipe thats yummy, quick, and easy to make!

To Torte ManThank you for the scrumptious chocolate torte and baking advice!

To N7NAP and DianeThanks for helping tweak GF recipes for Dutch oven cooking. Its an honor to have been a part of your familys path to the GF lifestyle.

To RJSYou hold in your hand Adriennes first published book. Now its your turn to publish!

To DC132Thank you for being there and encouraging Adrienne to follow her dreams. She now knows shes Somebody even when Its No Good.

To BluejayThank you for always being there when needed.

To TLemon Bars (GF, of course) are waiting for you. Just give an hour advance notice.

To Bullwinkle, SiteImpressions, Firefighter Joe, Chatterbug, MaxwellMama, Raymond & DebraThank you for always being there!

To Zebra PenAdrienne truly appreciates your fine products (specifically the F-402) as this is what she used to write the majority of her part of this book. ( http://www.zebrapen.com/ )

To Janis at WWThank you for being an amazing example; just so you know, Adrienne is with you till she dies.

To Sweet Beauty OrganicChocolate Spa TreatmentsYour Taste Lip Balm made the writing process more enjoyable by providing that always amazing aroma of chocolate.

To PandoraThank you for proofing and asking the questions to help make this happen.

To Wildside/Borgo PressThank you for helping us make this non-gluten book a reality.

To My Uncle BillWithout you, this book would not have been published in 2009 (or possibly ever). Adrienne.

To My Niece AdrienneWithout you, this book would not have been published in 2009 (or possibly ever). William.

To Bonnie Clark, the Empress of Xoai Chocolate who I hope will be inspired by this to write that book on grill cooking for small-boat owners.

To Our Heavenly Father and SaviorOur eternal gratitude for the gift to write, the passion to write often, and the inspiration that kept the words flowing.

DEFINITIONS

GLUTEN A mixture of plant proteins occurring in cereal grainschiefly wheat(kamut, spelt), barley (including barley malt), rye, and triticaleand oats due to cross-contamination of farming and harvesting practicesto which many people are allergic.

GLUTEN-FREE WAY A way of life recommended to combat the negative aspects of Celiac Disease and wheat allergies; it excludes all gluten-containing elementslike wheat(kamut, spelt), barley (including barley malt), rye, and triticaleand oats due to cross-contamination of farming and harvesting practices.

WILLIAM MALTESE MOMENT #1

The Book Conceived

This book is primarily written from the first-person perspective of my niece, Adrienne Z. Milligan, because its mainly the ongoing story of her concentrated efforts to find the cause of, and instigate the elimination of, the initially mysterious source of health problems that were visited upon her family.

For many years, I existed on the sidelines, merely watching and being impressed by her efforts to cope, discover the culprit (gluten), and convert her family into living a completely Gluten-Free Way. In the end, of course, as a long-time published author, I couldnt help but recognize the obvious value her experiences might have for others who face similar health problems and seemingly insurmountable dietary roadblocks, sometimes without even a clue. With that incentive in mind, I approached my niece about the possibility for this collaborative effort.

Along the way, I have, of course, added my constant input, by way of hopefully stimulating, improving, and supplementing my co-authors narrative. Quite by way of marvelous side effect, Ive seen my own health benefit tremendously from my participation and experimentation in the formulation, collection, and tasting of GF-Way information and recipes for this book.

PREFACE

When I was approached about writing this book, I was afraid I wouldnt have enough to say to fill its pages. However, more than one person said that I could talk for hours on GF living and never repeat myself. So, here goes!