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Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, and Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free
April Peveteaux
3.83 AVERAGE
33 reviews for:
Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, and Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free
April Peveteaux
3.83 AVERAGE
Finally an author who speaks the truth about having celiac. She is honest about feelings such as gluten envy and just plain being ticked off at this forced lifetime sentence. Yes, I am grateful I don't have a worse disease, but I also have feelings of bitterness and anger. April is the first author I have come across who doesn't don a cheerleading outfit, cheering the praises of the gluten free diet. Frankly, being gf sucks. She agrees with me so therefore I like her book.
Very funny, but one star off because I wholeheartedly disagreed with some of her recommendations, especially regarding diagnosis.
I thought this book was cute, sweet, and funny. After a while, the conversational tone of it started to feel a little repetitive, but it had a friendly, honest feel to it. It was nice to read a book about going gluten free that didn't try to make it sound like it was just going to be SOOO amazing. However, I found some of the information in it a little questionable - it's all well and good to admit that she occasionally has trouble standing up for herself and can be lax in certain restaurant situations because she's willing to pay the price for it, but I think that's kind of dangerous advice to give to people for whom this disease can be really, really serious (and given her descriptions of her own health, I wonder if perhaps she needs to be a little stricter herself...).
Overall, a good, funny read. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but honestly, I think this book is more about feeling like you have a friend out there who's also struggling to be gluten free than about the recipes.
Overall, a good, funny read. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but honestly, I think this book is more about feeling like you have a friend out there who's also struggling to be gluten free than about the recipes.
This is really funny. A fellow glutie recommended it just as a fun read, not because I am recently changed/diagnosed. I did find a few recipes I want to try, and I just thought it was hilarious. I would totally give this book to someone over (well, in addition to - it's not so heavy on science) the For Dummies book I read when I first switched over. And it really did convince me that I have to be more careful with my cross contamination, since I still feel crappy a lot. Funny and useful for the new GF convert, with good connections to other special diets (whether we believe in paleo or vegan or think they're both silly, we all have to stick together when it comes to people making fun of us or going out and not being able to eat anything), complaints and appreciation for the idiots who think GF is a weight-loss diet or who "try" to be GF (complaints because they're idiots who don't even know what gluten is most of the time, appreciation because they increase the demand for better labeling and grocery store stock), and great resources for travel and restaurants.
Fun introduction to the not so fun adventure we are now embarking upon in my family. Helping me ease my way into being informed and making necessary lifestyle changes; educational without completely overwhelming me.
Definitely of its time, lots of early 2010’s pop culture references and jokes. But it’s got a lot of solid info. My only critique is how many recipes include mountains of sugar or oil lol. But sometimes that’s what you’re looking for when you’re a celiac with a hankering.
Particularly helpful: feeling angry about being lumped in with trend dieters; general gluten-free-related anxiety solidarity, because I have actually come across strangers who insist that my disease isn't real (usually until I offer0. ot come over, eat their food and make their whole house smell like death by poop
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced