As many of you know, my blog “CeliacSavvy” was active for several years. For those of you who were not familiar with it, this blog was the result of raising a daughter with celiac disease from the early ‘90s, when, as I like to say, we were “gluten-free before gluten-free was cool.” Over the past 25 years since my daughter was diagnosed, the gluten-free world has made great strides. Recently, I was telling a friend that shortly after my daughter was diagnosed, I was making doughnuts, bagels, and pizza from scratch (yes, really). While I’m sure many of us have made our own pizza dough, I’m talking gluten-free pizza dough, which--as anyone who’s tried to make it knows--is a whole other animal. Back then, the only gluten-free flour available was white rice flour (yuck). And as far as the bagels go, I joked that I probably could have gotten a job alongside Kramer at H&H (and if you don’t get the Seinfeld reference, who are you??). Anyway, it’s still no picnic to have celiac disease, but there are so many more options these days for people who do have it, and it’s great to see how much progress has been made.

That progress brings me to what I’m posting about today. I like to think that I’ve made a valuable contribution to the gluten-free world over these past 25 years, and I think that those who have known me since my daughter’s diagnosis—as well as those who have met me in recent years—would probably agree. I’ve been humbled by the title of “gluten-free expert” but been thinking that it’s time for me to move on to new projects. I hope you’ll continue to follow my progress.

To all of my faithful “CeliacSavvy,” fans, rest assured that if I encounter any great gluten-free finds along the way, I’ll share them with you on my “CelicSavvy” Facebook page.

As always, thank you for your continued support.

Christine