15 years ago I discovered I was gluten intolerant. After only three days on a gluten free diet I started gaining weight and feeling ... well, feeling better, a lot better. I felt so much better that I didn't miss the foods I used to eat. (I mean, seriously, there's a ton of gluten free foods available on this planet.) And every time I get some gluten by mistake I know why I wouldn't choose to eat it -- no matter how good I remember it tasting.
But the one food I do miss eating is pizza. Maybe that comes from growing up in NYC in the 1950's and 60's. I've tried Amy's frozen gluten-free pizzas and they're OK if doctored up a bit (more toppings please). But they're just OK, and OK pizza isn't really good enough. It's not really a health food is it? In my book that means it needs to be good.
So when I read a recent Austin Chronicle article about "Gluten Free Kneads", a small Austin, TX company that specializes in frozen gluten-free pizza doughs my interest was picqued. But I really sat up when I read that the Grove Wine Bar [ WARNING: lots of Flash ] added Gluten Free Kneads pizza dough to their menus. Whoa. You mean I can go out to a restaurant and order pizza? My wife and I went to the Grove last Sunday with friends (one of whom is also gluten free) and had pizza and wine. And it was good. Maybe it was being able to go out for pizza that was the best. But whatever the magic, I'll be going back.
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