Gluten Free Wallingford

I’m writing this having just returned from a brief trip to Portland, which absolutely blew me away with the ubiquity of gluten-free food options: it seemed like every restaurant, bakery, cafe and food cart had at least explicit gluten-free options, if not an entire menu of gluten-free food. Back home in Wallingford, we’re catching up:

We heard from Tilth that they’ll be offering a gluten-free and a vegan menu:

Maria Hines is … offering a vegan and gluten-free a la carte and tasting menus … at her Wallingford restaurant, Tilth. Up until now she has offered a vegan tasting menu, but beginning Friday, this award-winning restaurant will have a la carte dining and a 5-course tasting menu for vegans and gluten intolerant diners. These new offerings stem from Maria’s personal life in which many of her close friends have gluten allergies and many are also vegans. … Quoting Maria “I’ve found that a lot of restaurants do not put care into creating a gastronomic experience for their guests with food allergies. I wanted to go the extra mile to let vegans, gluten free and vegetarians know that they can have an inspired meal without the awkwardness of having the server list all the verbal substitutions. Now they can peruse their own menu and know that they can eat everything on it.”

The gluten-free menu features a selection of foods that are naturally gluten-free, such as Creamy Jerzy Boy Apple Soup, Juniper Coffee Beet Salad and Grilled Dakota Beef Hanger Steak.

Down on the other end of Wallingford, A Muddy Cup is now featuring gluten-free baked goods from the delightfully named d:floured. Sarah Dolezal of Muddy Cup says they’re carrying gluten-free “brownies, chocolate cookies, lemon bars, molasses cookies, and pumpkin tea cake (all dairy free), plus Apple crisp bars, raspberry bars, and cherry maple cookies (all vegan) and my favorite….Chocolate macaroons!”

Now all we need is a dedicated Paleo food cart like the delicious Cultured Caveman (where I lunched on mouth watering beef, heart and liver meatloaf and kale salad yesterday), and we’ll be GF complete.

Shameless plug: if you’re interested in eating a healthier, no processed food diet and/or have been working through food allergies, Mrs. Wallyhood (aka Michelle) is offering an afternoon-long workshop on whole foods and allergy-aware cooking that includes basic education, recipes and a sustainable, repeatable system for keeping your fridge stocked with tasty, home made food that’s good for you. More information at http://food.hive-mind.com/