The Gluten-Free Way: My Way. William Maltese

      

      THE TRAVELING GOURMAND SERIES

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

      2. Back of the Boat Gourmet Cooking: Afloat—Pool-Side—Backyard, by Bonnie Clark & William Maltese

      3. William Maltese’s Wine Taster’s Diary #1: Spokane/Pullman Washington Wine Region, by William Maltese

      4. In Search of the Perfect Pinot G! Australia’s Mornington Peninsula: William Maltese’s Wine Taster’s 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 ®, it’s 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 they’re corrected in any subsequent editions of this book.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      To Carol Fenster—Thank 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 Cutestuff—Thank 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 Elaine—Thank you for insisting that Jonathan “get off of the wheat,” and for your encouragement over the years as we’ve learned about the GF lifestyle, foods, and research.

      To friends and family—Thank you for your honesty about the various recipes to which we’ve subjected you over the years.

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

      To Chris Baty—Thank you for your book and NaNoWriMo. Though our book wasn’t 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 Foods—All 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 Jennigizerbunny—Thank you for taking the time to create a GF pie crust recipe for us to use and for making sure there’s always GF food in your home for Adrienne’s two boys.

      More Acknowledgments

      To The Fearless Bread Chef—Your GF baking class at Marlene’s Market & Deli® in Federal Way, WA, was a joy to watch. Thank you for your GF bread recipe that’s yummy, quick, and easy to make!

      To Torte Man—Thank you for the scrumptious chocolate torte and baking advice!

      To N7NAP and Diane—Thanks for helping tweak GF recipes for Dutch oven cooking. It’s an honor to have been a part of your family’s path to the GF lifestyle.

      To RJS—You hold in your hand Adrienne’s first published book. Now it’s your turn to publish!

      To DC132—Thank you for being there and encouraging Adrienne to follow her dreams. She now knows she’s “Somebody” even when “It’s No Good.”

      To Bluejay—Thank you for always being there when needed.

      To “T”—Lemon Bars (GF, of course) are waiting for you. Just give an hour advance notice.

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

      To Zebra Pen—Adrienne 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 WW—Thank you for being an amazing example; just so you know, Adrienne is with you “till she dies.”

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

      To Pandora—Thank you for proofing and asking the questions to help make this happen.

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

      To My Uncle Bill—Without you, this book would not have been published in 2009 (or possibly ever). Adrienne.

      To My Niece Adrienne—Without you, this book would not have been published in 2009 (or possibly ever). William.

      To Bonnie Clark, the “Empress of Xoçai™ 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 Savior—Our 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 grains—chiefly wheat…(kamut, spelt), barley (including barley malt), rye, and triticale…and oats due to cross-contamination of farming and harvesting practices—to 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 elements—like wheat…(kamut, spelt), barley (including barley malt), rye, and triticale…and 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 it’s 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 couldn’t 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