TV and Radio Coverage
I thought I'd follow up on my post about Sunday's exciting gluten-free vendor fair by drawing attention to a couple of recent developments on gluten-free Long Island.
Here's Michael Thorn, vendor fair organizer and otherwise active member of the Suffolk County Celiacs, interviewed by Frank Brinka in an extensive Island Outlook radio segment.
And SuezBoss/Sue Moller of GlutenFreeLI appeared with News12 newswoman Mary Mucci in this Long Island Naturally segment (April 20, 2009) that involved visits to Joan's GF Great Bakes as well as GFRAP restaurants Caffe Baldo, Mama's Italian Restaurant, and Smoking Sloe's.
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Showing posts with label Caffe Baldo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caffe Baldo. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2009
Sunday, July 20, 2008
GLUTEN-FREE LI
Back in May, Peter Bronski wrote a good article for Long Island Pulse called "Hold the Wheat: A Guide to Going Gluten-Free." In the article, Bronski noted that "An estimated two million Americans—1 in 133—have Celiac Disease, whether they know it or not (most, like me, live with years of pain and discomfort, undiagnosed or misdiagnosed). That means that in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, where there are some 2.85 million residents, statistically more than 21,400 people are living with CD—that’s enough folks to fill 1.2 Nassau Coliseums." Accompanying the article was a short list of gluten-free dining and shopping options.
Today, The New York Times offers Carolyn Nardiello's take on "Restaurants Offering Gluten-Free Options" on Long Island. The article mentions most of the area restaurants on the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program (GFRAP): Emerson's in Babylon, Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale, and Caffe Baldo in Wantagh as the Outback Steakhouse chain [PDF]. Nardiello seems to have a good feel for the specialties of each restaurant: rib-eye au poivre and flourless chocolate cake at Emerson's, cannoli at Mama's, garlic knots at Caffe Baldo.
The article also notes a promising development: "Fran Watins, 57, of Commack, who is on the board of the Suffolk County Celiacs Support and Awareness Group (SCC), said that next month the organization, which has 400 to 500 members, will meet for the first time with restaurant owners on Long Island who may be interested in offering gluten-free menus." Let's hope this leads to many more options, especially under the aegis of a third-party organization such as GFRAP.
Also note: The site of the April 26, 2009 Long Island Vendor Fair will be IBEW Local 25, 370 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge.
Back in May, Peter Bronski wrote a good article for Long Island Pulse called "Hold the Wheat: A Guide to Going Gluten-Free." In the article, Bronski noted that "An estimated two million Americans—1 in 133—have Celiac Disease, whether they know it or not (most, like me, live with years of pain and discomfort, undiagnosed or misdiagnosed). That means that in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, where there are some 2.85 million residents, statistically more than 21,400 people are living with CD—that’s enough folks to fill 1.2 Nassau Coliseums." Accompanying the article was a short list of gluten-free dining and shopping options.
Today, The New York Times offers Carolyn Nardiello's take on "Restaurants Offering Gluten-Free Options" on Long Island. The article mentions most of the area restaurants on the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program (GFRAP): Emerson's in Babylon, Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale, and Caffe Baldo in Wantagh as the Outback Steakhouse chain [PDF]. Nardiello seems to have a good feel for the specialties of each restaurant: rib-eye au poivre and flourless chocolate cake at Emerson's, cannoli at Mama's, garlic knots at Caffe Baldo.
The article also notes a promising development: "Fran Watins, 57, of Commack, who is on the board of the Suffolk County Celiacs Support and Awareness Group (SCC), said that next month the organization, which has 400 to 500 members, will meet for the first time with restaurant owners on Long Island who may be interested in offering gluten-free menus." Let's hope this leads to many more options, especially under the aegis of a third-party organization such as GFRAP.
Also note: The site of the April 26, 2009 Long Island Vendor Fair will be IBEW Local 25, 370 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge.
Monday, April 30, 2007
GLUTEN-FREE VENDOR FAIR 2007
On Sunday I attended the second Gluten-Free Vendor Fair hosted by the Suffolk County Celiacs. I can't cover every aspect of this impressive event, but here's an overview.
The fair took place in Roosevelt Hall of SUNY Farmingdale. This is a view of the vendor entrance, where you can barely see the Suffolk County Celiacs greenshirts "guarding" the door.
Outside the main entrance, cherry blossoms blew in the breeze.
Inside--past the Marble Slab Creamery of Lindenhurst ice cream stand at the entryway--there was a big, big crowd. How big? Late in the afternoon, organizer Michael Thorn was excited to hear that the number was around 1400, which he said was double the attendance of last year's event!
In the crowd were lots of familiar faces, including Lou Zimet, a member of the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group, and Dr. Peter Green, who came across as calm, cool, casual, and convivial before the first of his two presentations.
Also present (unless I'm mistaken, which is, of course, always a possibility) and other "cast members" from Generation Gluten-Free: Sue Goldstein...Pat MacGregor...Beth Hillson of Gluten-Free Pantry...George and Ceil Chookazian of Foods by George. Hm. Too bad there wasn't an autograph table!
I noticed Ann Whelan of Gluten-Free Living, too. And nutritionist Anne Roland Lee of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University.
I spotted a bunch of other New York City people, including the amazing Erin of Gluten-Free Fun, who very thoughtfully handed out New York City Celiac Disease Meetup Group stickers to keep us from having identity crises. (I forgot to tell Erin some nice things but I'll try to make up for that this week.) And I overcame my usual shyness to say "hi" to Kelly of the CeliacChicks. (Yet I forgot to tell her that, outside the building, I had seen a little celiac chick looking incredibly precious in Chick Couture.)
Among the dozens vendors, one of the main attractions was Joan's GF Great Bakes. That table was buzzing with folks buying bagels as well as chocolate chip cookies and English muffins. (The muffins--which, I hear, sold out pretty fast--are egg-free and dairy-free as well as gluten-free.) Here's Joan herself!
And here's an action photo at the table of another welcome returnee from last year: Everybody Eats. Love those crusty breads!
Not far away was Caffe Baldo's Joanne...
...supervising the distribution of some of her specialties--including her famous pizza! (Check out the cheese, please.)
Okay. We've sampled the bagels. We've sampled the pizza. What else might one expect to find at a Long Island food fair?
Chinese food, of course! One of the more popular (and generous) tables was for New York City's own Gourmet Land. I'm still being told that GFRAP membership is in the works--can't be soon enough, as far as this blogger is concerned.
As for the sweet treats, I'll start with Julianna's Delectible Fruit. I particularly enjoyed her raspberry and blueberry jams--gifts for my mom--and I was blown away by her story: She received her diagnosis about a year after earning a degree in Pastry Arts. Ouch!
I accidentally erased my shot of Julianna and her goodies, but...um...here's Julianna's jalopy?
Near Julianna was the table for Massapequa's sugar-free and gluten-free Low Carb Bakery, where (near the end of the day) I managed to grab a wonderfully creamy morsel of an almond-topped cheesecake.
Close to the center of the room was an amazing sight: a box of gluten-free cannoli shells from John of Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale. See the picture? That's just the top layer!
Also represented: chocolate.
At the Legal Sea Foods table, I discovered that the chain now offers a rich flourless chocolate cake.
The chocolatier Heather, of Centerport's Azure Chocolat, shared a table with her ebullient friend Nicole Bubolo, a.k.a. The Benevolent Baker. When I was finally ready for my shot, Nicole was off at the cooking panel, so I had to settle for a blurry picture of Heather and her webmaster Alex, who is Nicole's husband. Got that? He actually hit the road to resupply the Azure Chocolat table after supplies ran out.
That wouldn't have worked for Tuesday of Empire Torte, who came down from Massachusetts...
...to dole out platters of her intense chocolate morsels.
Some others traveled great distances. A Kinnikinnick contingent came all the way from Edmonton, Alberta--and managed to catch Christopher Plummer in Inherit the Wind on the way. And coming in from the Philly area was Mr. Ritt's...
...which (I learned) is on the move to Millville, New Jersey--more on that at a later date, I hope.
In the meantime, here's the Rittsmobile, back from a recent trip to Detroit!
I wish I could show you the Cherrybrook Kitchen chariot, but I guess I screwed that up, too. I also failed to take a shot of what I believe is a vintage Silly Yak bumper sticker. But, as I prowled through the crowded parking lots, I did see this on one car's passenger window.
Hey...did you make it all the way to the end of this post? If so: Way to go!
Photos: David Marc Fischer
On Sunday I attended the second Gluten-Free Vendor Fair hosted by the Suffolk County Celiacs. I can't cover every aspect of this impressive event, but here's an overview.
The fair took place in Roosevelt Hall of SUNY Farmingdale. This is a view of the vendor entrance, where you can barely see the Suffolk County Celiacs greenshirts "guarding" the door.
Outside the main entrance, cherry blossoms blew in the breeze.
Inside--past the Marble Slab Creamery of Lindenhurst ice cream stand at the entryway--there was a big, big crowd. How big? Late in the afternoon, organizer Michael Thorn was excited to hear that the number was around 1400, which he said was double the attendance of last year's event!
In the crowd were lots of familiar faces, including Lou Zimet, a member of the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group, and Dr. Peter Green, who came across as calm, cool, casual, and convivial before the first of his two presentations.
Also present (unless I'm mistaken, which is, of course, always a possibility) and other "cast members" from Generation Gluten-Free: Sue Goldstein...Pat MacGregor...Beth Hillson of Gluten-Free Pantry...George and Ceil Chookazian of Foods by George. Hm. Too bad there wasn't an autograph table!
I noticed Ann Whelan of Gluten-Free Living, too. And nutritionist Anne Roland Lee of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University.
I spotted a bunch of other New York City people, including the amazing Erin of Gluten-Free Fun, who very thoughtfully handed out New York City Celiac Disease Meetup Group stickers to keep us from having identity crises. (I forgot to tell Erin some nice things but I'll try to make up for that this week.) And I overcame my usual shyness to say "hi" to Kelly of the CeliacChicks. (Yet I forgot to tell her that, outside the building, I had seen a little celiac chick looking incredibly precious in Chick Couture.)
Among the dozens vendors, one of the main attractions was Joan's GF Great Bakes. That table was buzzing with folks buying bagels as well as chocolate chip cookies and English muffins. (The muffins--which, I hear, sold out pretty fast--are egg-free and dairy-free as well as gluten-free.) Here's Joan herself!
And here's an action photo at the table of another welcome returnee from last year: Everybody Eats. Love those crusty breads!
Not far away was Caffe Baldo's Joanne...
...supervising the distribution of some of her specialties--including her famous pizza! (Check out the cheese, please.)
Okay. We've sampled the bagels. We've sampled the pizza. What else might one expect to find at a Long Island food fair?
Chinese food, of course! One of the more popular (and generous) tables was for New York City's own Gourmet Land. I'm still being told that GFRAP membership is in the works--can't be soon enough, as far as this blogger is concerned.
As for the sweet treats, I'll start with Julianna's Delectible Fruit. I particularly enjoyed her raspberry and blueberry jams--gifts for my mom--and I was blown away by her story: She received her diagnosis about a year after earning a degree in Pastry Arts. Ouch!
I accidentally erased my shot of Julianna and her goodies, but...um...here's Julianna's jalopy?
Near Julianna was the table for Massapequa's sugar-free and gluten-free Low Carb Bakery, where (near the end of the day) I managed to grab a wonderfully creamy morsel of an almond-topped cheesecake.
Close to the center of the room was an amazing sight: a box of gluten-free cannoli shells from John of Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale. See the picture? That's just the top layer!
Also represented: chocolate.
At the Legal Sea Foods table, I discovered that the chain now offers a rich flourless chocolate cake.
The chocolatier Heather, of Centerport's Azure Chocolat, shared a table with her ebullient friend Nicole Bubolo, a.k.a. The Benevolent Baker. When I was finally ready for my shot, Nicole was off at the cooking panel, so I had to settle for a blurry picture of Heather and her webmaster Alex, who is Nicole's husband. Got that? He actually hit the road to resupply the Azure Chocolat table after supplies ran out.
That wouldn't have worked for Tuesday of Empire Torte, who came down from Massachusetts...
...to dole out platters of her intense chocolate morsels.
Some others traveled great distances. A Kinnikinnick contingent came all the way from Edmonton, Alberta--and managed to catch Christopher Plummer in Inherit the Wind on the way. And coming in from the Philly area was Mr. Ritt's...
...which (I learned) is on the move to Millville, New Jersey--more on that at a later date, I hope.
In the meantime, here's the Rittsmobile, back from a recent trip to Detroit!
I wish I could show you the Cherrybrook Kitchen chariot, but I guess I screwed that up, too. I also failed to take a shot of what I believe is a vintage Silly Yak bumper sticker. But, as I prowled through the crowded parking lots, I did see this on one car's passenger window.
Hey...did you make it all the way to the end of this post? If so: Way to go!
Photos: David Marc Fischer
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
GFRAP ADDS LONG ISLAND RESTAURANT!
Fans of Franco-Babylonian cuisine rejoice!
Judging from the website of the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program, it looks like Emerson's--a French restaurant in Babylon, Long Island--is now on the roster.
Here are New York Times and Newsday reviews from April 2006. Here's a Long Island Press review from June 2006.
GFRAP currently counts two other Long Island restaurants among its participants: Caffe Baldo in Wantagh (Nassau) and Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale (Suffolk). Yazoo City closed early this year.
Fans of Franco-Babylonian cuisine rejoice!
Judging from the website of the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program, it looks like Emerson's--a French restaurant in Babylon, Long Island--is now on the roster.
Here are New York Times and Newsday reviews from April 2006. Here's a Long Island Press review from June 2006.
GFRAP currently counts two other Long Island restaurants among its participants: Caffe Baldo in Wantagh (Nassau) and Mama's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale (Suffolk). Yazoo City closed early this year.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
YAZOO CITY GOES GFRAP! [UPDATE: Yazoo City closed its doors in late January 2007.] Yesterday GFRAP announced the addition of the Suffolk County restaurant Yazoo City to its roster. That makes Lindenhurst's Yazoo City the third Long Island restaurant on the GFRAP restaurant menu; the other two are Caffe Baldo in Wantagh (Nassau County) and Momma's Italian Restaurant in Oakdale (Suffolk). Also on Long Island: Outback, Legal Seafoods, and P.F. Chang's.
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