Flour Arrangements: About and Blogroll

Sunday, September 16, 2007

About & Blogroll

Howdy, I'm Sophie! Welcome to my gluten-free blog, Flour Arrangements!

If you're wondering how I came up with the name for this blog, it was actually inspired by one of my favorite movies: Stranger Than Fiction. At one point in the movie, Will Ferrell brings the girl he's dating a box of different kinds of flours, and then he says: "I brought you flours!". I thought it was adorable, especially since she works at a bakery.

So you'd like to know a little about me?

I love to bake and cook. But about a year ago, after experiencing gut issues off and on throughout life, my doctor told me to switch to a gluten-free diet. The issues seemed to improve with the new diet. I went back to the docs for further testing; a genetic test then revealed that I have one of the "Celiac Disease genes". So there's more or less a 60% chance that I have it. The only way to know for sure is to go back on a gluten-rich diet, but the doc and I both don't want to do that :/.

So here I am: feeling better, still stingy with money and hungry for [a kitchen] adventure. My craving for sweets and carbs continues, but tasty and affordable gluten free baked goods are hard to come by. The solution to this problem? Experiment, experiment, experiment! That's what you'll find me doing.

I'm the girl in the kitchen making a big mess. I'm covered in many gluten-free flours and I've probably just spilled the ridiculously expensive xanthan gum on the floor again. Believe me, I'm no baking or cooking expert, but I'm also no longer afraid of baking gluten-free! (And I'm still trying to find that perfect gluten-free bread recipe!)

Because I understand how frustrating it can be to not be able to find specific recipes due to being on a particular diet, I enjoy helping people out with their own special health diets. If you're on the look-out for a recipe and you can't find one for what you're craving, let me know! Feel free to send me a comment and I'll see what I can do about helping you come up with one :).

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