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Gluten-Free Girl American Classics Reinvented: Tested Comfort Food Recipes for Easy Cooking, Delicious Desserts, and Foolproof Baking
Comfort food classics made gluten-free from the beloved and award-winning blogger
Following the James Beard Award–winning Gluten-Free Girl Every Day , Shauna James Ahern and her husband, Daniel Ahern, have created a collection of comfort-food classics that are all unbelievably and amazingly gluten-free. Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Chicken-Fried Steak, New England Clam Chowder—the country’s most beloved dishes, reinvented. Of course, it wouldn’t be true comfort food without dessert, and Shauna aptly provides plenty of delicious recipes for sweets lovers. There’s Pecan Pie, Red Velvet Cake, and even a version of those treasured Thin Mint cookies. Shauna and Daniel tested the recipes over and over again, so these dishes are as easy and foolproof as possible for at-home cooks and her thousands of devoted blog followers. This cookbook also includes all the basic bread recipes readers need to keep making classics at home like Pizza Dough, Sandwich Bread, Hamburger Buns, and Pie Dough. Gluten-Free Girl American Classics Reinvented is Shauna’s best assortment of recipes to date.
Following the James Beard Award–winning Gluten-Free Girl Every Day , Shauna James Ahern and her husband, Daniel Ahern, have created a collection of comfort-food classics that are all unbelievably and amazingly gluten-free. Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Chicken-Fried Steak, New England Clam Chowder—the country’s most beloved dishes, reinvented. Of course, it wouldn’t be true comfort food without dessert, and Shauna aptly provides plenty of delicious recipes for sweets lovers. There’s Pecan Pie, Red Velvet Cake, and even a version of those treasured Thin Mint cookies. Shauna and Daniel tested the recipes over and over again, so these dishes are as easy and foolproof as possible for at-home cooks and her thousands of devoted blog followers. This cookbook also includes all the basic bread recipes readers need to keep making classics at home like Pizza Dough, Sandwich Bread, Hamburger Buns, and Pie Dough. Gluten-Free Girl American Classics Reinvented is Shauna’s best assortment of recipes to date.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2015
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February 22, 2017
There wasn't one recipe that I would want to try and some looked positively unhealthy.
February 8, 2021
Good principles, wide range of recipes.
Not quite sure about people in Texas calling red chile sauce, "red chile gravy". Being a Hispanic from Texas, having lived in a border town in the state for over twenty years now, and having traveled around the state repeatedly,...I can honestly say I have never heard ANYONE say that. I've never read a single menu that lists it that way either. No idea where THAT is coming from, but that isn't even a debate.
It's quite simple. I've been asked about chile in the following ways, so take your pick: red chile or green chile? red sauce or green sauce? red or green? rojo o verde?
That's it. Never "gravy." It isn't gravy and it is nothing LIKE gravy.
I like the variety of recipes and I like seeing a different approach to cooking. I haven't tried any of the recipes. This book could have used several more pictures though.
Not quite sure about people in Texas calling red chile sauce, "red chile gravy". Being a Hispanic from Texas, having lived in a border town in the state for over twenty years now, and having traveled around the state repeatedly,...I can honestly say I have never heard ANYONE say that. I've never read a single menu that lists it that way either. No idea where THAT is coming from, but that isn't even a debate.
It's quite simple. I've been asked about chile in the following ways, so take your pick: red chile or green chile? red sauce or green sauce? red or green? rojo o verde?
That's it. Never "gravy." It isn't gravy and it is nothing LIKE gravy.
I like the variety of recipes and I like seeing a different approach to cooking. I haven't tried any of the recipes. This book could have used several more pictures though.
October 28, 2020
3.5 stars. Same review as the one I wrote about Gluten Free Everyday. No doubt a masterful cook created these recipes but I’m just not at the point in my GF cooking journey to tackle the labor needed to execute these recipes.
December 3, 2018
I need to own this book.
And as the author says, these are not quick recipes. But they sound like wonderful splurges for weekend when we’ve got the time to spend a long time in the kitchen!
And as the author says, these are not quick recipes. But they sound like wonderful splurges for weekend when we’ve got the time to spend a long time in the kitchen!
August 3, 2020
Great recipes. All GF. I can't wait to try.
July 5, 2024
Pictures!!! No cookbook is getting more than 2 starts when there’s only a handful of pictures. It’s not that hard. No interest in trying a recipe without a photo.
September 2, 2015
The book is worth the price just for the sourdough recipe, which I was able to taste at a baking class at Shauna's kitchen studio last December. On my first read through, I tabbed 30 recipes to make. I'm excited to make cinnamon rolls and pizza again, after making them in her baking class. I loved her last version of pie crust, and I'm betting this new version is even better. I've long been a fan of her sandwich bread, which I've been making since her Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Baking Guide (available as an app or pdf) came out several years ago; it makes the most perfect Thanksgiving stuffing. I'm also excited to try the flour tortillas, soft pretzels, corn dogs, Edna Lewis's fried chicken, yellow cake, Thin Mints, and churros.
I love the versatility of being able to use an all-purpose or grain-free flour blend. If you don't want to mess with a lot of flours, you can make the majority of the recipes in the book with millet flour, sweet rice flour, and potato starch; if you don't tolerate those, she gives suggestions for substitutions to make your own blend.
This is an exciting collection of recipes that will allow you to make many of your childhood favorites and discover a few new favorites. The two flour blends and dairy-free suggestions give you lots of options to meet most dietary restrictions. These have been exhaustively researched and tested by Shauna, so you know they're going to be good.
I love the versatility of being able to use an all-purpose or grain-free flour blend. If you don't want to mess with a lot of flours, you can make the majority of the recipes in the book with millet flour, sweet rice flour, and potato starch; if you don't tolerate those, she gives suggestions for substitutions to make your own blend.
This is an exciting collection of recipes that will allow you to make many of your childhood favorites and discover a few new favorites. The two flour blends and dairy-free suggestions give you lots of options to meet most dietary restrictions. These have been exhaustively researched and tested by Shauna, so you know they're going to be good.
November 7, 2015
The title of this book should really say "all of the comfort food you used to eat back when you could consume gluten." I love reading the stories at the beginning of each recipe and understanding how many of the dishes evolved throughout the country. I click with the familiar ones from the midwest and have earmarked several others to try. Thus far, I've made the banana bread, sandwich bread and the gingersnap cookies. They all were easy to follow and had delicious flavor. I'm looking forward to trying more recipes, many being relegated for special occasions. My current diet doesn't allow for sugar and the other gooey goodness of treats of the past. I will be reaching for this book when I need to satisfy that itch to have something that tastes like the past, food my Mom used to make.
January 18, 2016
Recently diagnosed with celiac disease, I'd pretty much given up on ever eating many of my favorite foods ever again. Shauna has written a beautiful book of gluten-free recipes that will allow me to give them all a try again. This appears to be filled with well-researched (and whit I hope will be delicious) gluten-free recipes, but I need to set aside large chunks of time to try them, as none of them are quick, after-work, active-children dinner solutions. I am looking forward to trying them, though!
March 5, 2016
If you're looking for amazingly healthy, skip this one. If you're gluten-free / celiac and just want to go back to some home style cooking, this is your resource.
Plus! Recipes for hamburger buns, pretzels, sourdough bread, and what looks to be a great pie crust recipe.
Borrowed it from the library, will be purchasing my own copy!
Plus! Recipes for hamburger buns, pretzels, sourdough bread, and what looks to be a great pie crust recipe.
Borrowed it from the library, will be purchasing my own copy!
November 5, 2020
So many delicious recipes in this cookbook! And ones that I can easily digest. The “Feel like playing?” sections at the end of most recipes allow room for substitutions, such as grain-free or dairy free. Lots of excellent gluten free Americana dishes to make new traditions in your home. Definitely adding this one to my cookbook collection!
June 13, 2016
This seems like a good book of recipes if you're looking to replicate traditional gluten-containing foods in a gluten-free manner. Many of them rely on making the GF flour blend in the beginning of the book.
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