GLUTEN FREE DELIVERY SERVICE

How do you like Calgary now? Got stuck on Deerfoot yet? Cold enough for you?

Anyway, let's not complain too much. Still a great city. But I really think we should invite Al Gore for a lecture on global warming.....that'll go over well here.

Due to the weather, Victoria's delivery requests spiked quite a bit over the last week or so. No surprise, people do not want to miss her great gluten free baking, but they also do not want to go on the road with all that ice and snow.

Peter to the rescue. I deliver to your door. Yes, just call Victoria and order. I drive to you. I enjoy it. Not the drive. But the actual delivery. Seeing the smiles when I show up and give the customers their weekly order, or today's surprise gluten free birthday cake. Happy Birthday Brenda.

It's a great Christmas feeling!

GF PATISSERIE IN THE CALGARY HERALD

Victoria's bakery made it into the business section of today's Calgary Herald (Dec 15th). Every Monday they have an "Open For Business" section and they featured GF Patisserie.

Nice image of Lauren and her Linzer Torte. I could not find the image online, but here is the short write up for them:

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=59621eba-120b-47bb-b3c4-7e2f3dac8df0

WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?

Calgary, December 13th 2008. -24 Celsius (-11F for my american friends) at 8am.

I MISS LAS VEGAS!

Lauren went to work with her mother today, so for a change we were all home for breakfast. That has become a rare occasion in our house.

Here is what we had for breakfast. Can you guess who had what?

-Espresso with Gluten Free Vanilla Crescents (lots of them)

-GF Patisserie's Gluten Free Raisin Bread with St. Andre Brie Cheese

-Cocoa Pebbles (the best gluten free cereal!!)

-GF Patisserie's Gluten Free Raisin Bread with Cream Cheese

GLUTEN FREE FRUIT TARTS

Lauren again! Theceliachusband has deemed me the official guestwriter...

So today I write to you about fruit tarts!
We've done a couple other things using our pie dough (butter tarts and Quiches), and I was looking for something really colourful to put in the display for this weekend.
Good thing most of them sold today, since the weather tomorrow isn't looking in our favour (think -35 C with windchill...brrrr).

But there is nothing better for colour than bright fruits...glazed on a bed of pastry cream in a chocolate painted shell.

Once again, simple ingredients produce the best results...even mum (aka Victoria or the Celiac of the family) who isn't a fan of custards or custard-like creams ate two! And they're four inches in size...I wonder if there will be one left for me??

RANDOM IMPRESSIONS FROM CHINA

Total random images from my last trip to China. Mixture of my work, things you see on teh road and a couple of shots from my room of Shanghai. If you want to know more, just post a question...

GLUTEN FREE VANILLA CRESCENTS

I am very sorry for that mish mash of images, I had to go on Flickr to search for better pictures. Victoria brought home some gluten free Vanilla crescents today, but the whole family started eating them before I was able to take a few good images. Thanks to all the good photogs on Flickr.

The very first cookie every mother in Austria teaches her children to make, is a Vanillekipferl. A nut based crescent shaped cookie that is dusted with vanilla and icing sugar.

The kids all get a few balls of dough and under the careful eye of mom they would form the balls into small pinkie sized rolls before being bent into the shape of a crescent. Fond memories, fond memories. I loved baking.

Even though I am married to a Celiac, my mother to this day sends me a tin full of Kipferl every Christmas. Lauren and I polish them off usually before Christmas.

I told my mother recently to save her postage this year because GF Patisserie will make Christmas Cookies. I know there is a tin full on the way...she will never stop to send me my Christmas Hamper.

I have to tell you, dear gluten intolerant people of Calgary and surrounding areas, this Chistmas is for you. I don't say this lightly, or because Victoria is my darling, but Lauren and Victoria are baking up some magic for you. Every cookie that I have tasted so far, including the Rum Truffles, taste incredibly Christmassy (if that is a word). GO GET SOME!

THE POPE'S RING?

As I mentioned before, I have a weakness for shopping at auction. When I was gone, Hall's Auction sent me an email about an online auction. Checked it out today and there is some major bargains.

Christmas is almost here, girls like gifts. So I am looking and might even bid on a few things. So cheap! This Ruby Ring might be a sweet deal? Huge replacement appraisal, less than 150.00 bid? Alost looks like the Pope's pinky ring.

Check out the bargains here: (Deadline is 7pm)

http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=7097&weventid=6835&weventitemid=2445861&wmaingroupid=0&wcatmastid=0&inventorytype=&minyear=2008&minmonth=11&minday=27&maxyear=2009&maxmonth=11&maxday=27&keyword=&lotsortorder=bidcountdesc&pagenum=1&action=&lang=En