Jules Shepard

1 month ago | gfjules.com | Jules Shepard

Everybody loves St. Patrick’s Day, but one of the main reasons I love it is because of the food! Give me any excuse to bake a loaf of Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread and I’m a happy girl! There are many other Irish or Irish-ish recipes to help celebrate all things Irish, though.

Sep 19, 2024 | gfjules.com | Jules Shepard

Traveling to the Netherlands for vacation, study abroad or work should be an exciting experience, not one riddled with worry because you’re gluten free. Fortunately, the Netherlands — and Amsterdam more specifically — is a near-worry-free destination for gluten free travelers. I didn’t go hungry and I didn’t get sick. And I didn’t have to work too hard to find safe food, either. That’s a win in this celiac’s book.

Aug 20, 2024 | gfjules.com | Jules Shepard

Traveling to Europe can seem daunting with food allergies or celiac disease, but choose the visiting country wisely, and it can be even easier to find the foods you need while on vacation than eating out at home in the States. Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of those places. Being gluten free in Copenhagen isn’t very difficult at all, as you’ll see from this post. And with a little advance planning, it’s even simpler.

Jun 28, 2024 | gfjules.com | Jules Shepard

As consumers, we rely on food labels to make informed choices about what we eat, especially if we or our loved ones have food allergies. One crucial aspect of these labels has become Precautionary Allergen Statements (PALs), which are meant to warn us about potential allergen cross-contact during food manufacturing. However, inconsistent application of these statements has led to inherent unreliability for consumers. What is a Precautionary Allergen Statement?

Jun 12, 2024 | gfjules.com | Jules Shepard

Bans on single use plastics and on plastic drinking straws have been good for the environment but they have also raised questions in the gluten free community about the gluten-free status of the substitutes being used. Speculation around whether wheat straws, wheat bran-based plates and other food contact materials might allow gluten to transfer into food, causing gluten cross-contamination with otherwise gluten-free foods, is a growing concern. New studies show that these fears are well-founded.