"A delightful memoir of learning to eat superbly while remaining gluten free."
--"Newsweek" magazine

"Give yourself a treat! "Gluten-Free Girl" offers delectable tips on dining and living with zest-gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!"
--Alice Bast, executive director National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

"Shauna's food, the ignition of healthy with delicious, explodes with flavor--proof positive that people who choose to eat gluten-free can do it with passion, perfection, and power."
--John La Puma, MD, "New York Times" bestselling co-author of "The RealAge Diet" and "Cooking the RealAge Way"

"A breakthrough first book by a gifted writer not at all what I expected from a story about living with celiac disease. Foodies everywhere will love this book. Celiacs will make it their bible."
--Linda Carucci, author of "Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks" and IACP Cooking Teacher of the Year, 2002

An entire generation was raised to believe that cooking meant opening a box, ripping off the plastic wrap, adding water, or popping it in the microwave. "Gluten-Free Girl," with its gluten-free healthful approach, seeks to bring a love of eating back to our diets. Living gluten-free means having to give up traditional bread, beer, pasta, as well as the foods where gluten likes to hide--such as store-bought ice cream, chocolate bars, even nuts that might have been dusted with flour. However, "Gluten-Free Girl" shows readers how to say yes to the foods they "can" eat. Written by award-winning blogger Shauna James, who became a interested in food once she was diagnosed with celiac disease andwent gluten-free, "Gluten-Free Girl" is filled with funny accounts of the author's own life including wholesome, delicious recipes, this book will guide readers to the simple pleasures of real, healthful food. Includes dozens of recipes like salmon with blackberry sauce, sorghum bread, and lemon olive oil cookies as well as resources for those living gluten-free.

Praise for "Gluten-Free Girl"

"Give yourself a treat! Gluten-Free Girl offers delectable tips on living and dining with zest-gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!"
--Alice Bast, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

"A breakthrough first look book by a gifted writer-Shauna James Ahern's writing and compelling recipes made me want to dash first to the farmers' market and then to the stove and cook-not at all what I expected from a story about living with celiac disease. Foodies everywhere will love this book. Celiacs will make it their bible."
--Linda Carucci, author of "Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks" and IACP Cooking Teacher of the Year, 2002

"What's been missing in 'healthy' is 'delicious, ' and Shauna's food explodes with flavor-proof positive that people who choose to eat gluten-free can do it with passion and power."
--John La Puma, MD, "New York Times" bestselling coauthor of the "RealAge Diet and Cooking the RealAge Way"

"This is not just a book about living gluten-free, it is a book about a brave and generous woman who turns obstacles into blessings through the magic of her smile and written word."
--Clotilde Dusoulier, author of "Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen"

"The theme of Shauna's writing isn't gluten-free, it's gluten freedom. She focuses much more on the delicious world of what she can have rather than fixating on what she can't. Her enthusiasms for exploring the world of gluten-free cooking is infectious and her knack for communicating her experiences to the reader is heartfelt, inspiring, andinformational."
--Heidi Swanson, author of "Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking"

"Finally, someone as bond and passionate as Shauna James Ahern has been able to demystify celiac disease with a message that a life gluten-free is a life of abundance. In Gluten-Free Girl, she shares inspired recipes that are simple to create and simply bring out the best of each ingredient. this book is a fantastic addition to any food lover's collection."
--Seis Kamimura, former Executive Sous Chef to Wolfgang Puck