Book Signing this Tuesday in Santa Barbara, California

Hi. Back in August I was going to do a book signing at Lazy Acres in Santa Barbara, California. But we had to postpone because the Fiesta Celebration was taking place. We're now doing it this Tuesday, November 5th from 11:00 to 2:00 pm and 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

You probably noticed that 3 hour gap between times when I'll be at Lazy Acres. Well, I think I should be able to find plenty of things to occupy my time during that break.  Santa Barbara's scenery is incredible, including the beaches and beautiful views of the Pacific ocean and the Channel Islands off the coast. Shopping and restaurants to die for! State Street is busy with an array of California's flair for casual chic.

View up State Street

But, both before and after any excursion I take in Santa Barabara, I'm pleased to be at an amazing natural foods market called "Lazy Acres" which is located near the shoreline to the west of State Street.

Lazy Acres' floral-filled exterior

Lazy Acres is a favorite with the SB locals and for good reason. The store emphasizes organic and natural foods, and includes gluten-free products. It boasts a beautiful Deli and Cappuccino and Juice Bars. A Health and Beauty Vitamin department and even an alluring Cookware Gift section make shopping at Lazy Acres much more than just a trip to the grocery store. I'm very pleased that Lazy Acres has recently begun carrying my gluten-free, dairy-free & refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free.

I'm looking forward to being there on November 5, 2013 for my book signing. I'll bring my Black Bean Brownie samples and hope to see you there if you're a local or just passing through.

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Booksigning at Holiday Market

On September 14, 2013, I will be at the Placer Street Holiday Market in Redding, California from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The store is located at 3315 Placer Street.

 
Holiday Market is a collection of 12 markets located in Northern California. They are making a concerted effort to offer healthy, gluten-free products to their customers.  I have become friends with Kristopher who manages these departments and is very knowledgeable about healthy eating and gluten-free products. I think he is a big part of Holiday's push toward healthy eating and gluten-free. He is a great resource of information on that subject and available at the stores to answer questions about what Holiday Markets have to offer.

On Saturday, September 14th, I will be taking part in Holiday's Health & Wellness Fair which will feature vendors with organic gluten free samples from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. I will chat informally about what motivated me to write a specialty health cookbook and what my book attempts to accomplish, which will include my philosophy of healthy eating.  

So, if you live in or near Redding, I hope you can stop by and enjoy some of what Holiday Market has to offer, which, of course, includes my gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free. I'd love to sign a copy for you!

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

I'm on the Road in Utah

I am looking forward to hitting the road in August to visit a chain of markets that are newly carrying my cookbook, Delightfully Free. I'll be visiting all four of the Real Foods Markets based in Utah!  I appreciate the company's observation concerning the state of prepared and processed foods. A quote from their website reads: "The processing of food...today destroys most of the nutrient value of the original food. Most processed foods could be labeled 'nutrient free' and it would not be too far from the truth!" Exactly!! One of the chief goals of my book Delightfully Free, is not only to offer delicious quiches, entrees, soups, salads, muffins, cookies, pies and cakes that are gluten, diary and refined sugar-free, but to create them using whole foods as ingredients, resulting in wholesome food with nutrients still intact. What a concept...fabulously delicious recipes, still containing an abundance of nutrient value!

Delightfully Free came to be carried by Real Foods Markets as a result of meeting an amazing young woman at the Celiac Disease Foundation National Convention this year in Pasadena, California. I met Chandice Probst, gluten-free warrior and director of the Gluten-Free Calendar. We became fast friends. Chandice also has a very popular website and blog, Gluten-Free Frenzy. She was kind enough to review my book on her website and apparently her mother, Tana, had a chance to see the book and taste some of the recipes. Tana, who is the buyer for Real Foods Markets, so liked what she saw and tasted that my cookbooks are now featured in all of their stores. I could not be more pleased to have Delightfully Free in the scenic and friendly state of Utah, and especially in a market that promotes exactly what its name stands for, Real Foods!

We have scheduled book signings at all 3 of their current locations and, if their brand new Salt Lake City store opens in time, we'll make it 4!  I really hope that the SLC store opens in time. Fingers crossed.

Here's the schedule so far. On August 20th, 2013, I will be signing books at the Real Foods Market in St. George, Utah from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Real Foods in St. George, Utah

On August 31st from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, I will be at the Real Foods Market in Heber City, Utah, which is South of Salt Lake City.

Real Foods in Heber City, Utah

 
After visiting the Heber City store, I will go the same day to the Real Foods Market in Orem, Utah where I will be from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Real Foods in Orem, Utah

If the Salt Lake City opens in time, I will be there on August 30 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. 

As always, I hope to see you at one of these events!

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

"Solving the Gluten Mystery" with Dr. Julie Harden and Book Signing by Yours Truly

Every where you go it seems, more people are talking about needing to be gluten free and in many cases, choosing to be gluten free. In the last 5 years, the words "gluten free" have become a familiar marking on packages of crackers, pasta, cookies...Whole sections of traditional markets are devoted to "gluten free". We can now go out to eat and in a growing number of eateries, we can choose from gluten free selections on the menu to entire gluten free restaurants!! It is a huge advance from the days 11 years ago, when I and my family began our gluten free adventure!

So often I am asked "Why is gluten so bad for us?" "Is it bad for everyone?" "What changed? People have been eating wheat and gluten for centuries. Why has it become such a problem in recent years?

A few months ago I was privileged to hear Dr. Julie Kahn Harden give her lecture on "Solving the Gluten Mystery". I was so impressed that I told her I must come back with pen and paper when you share this talk again! Dr. Julie covered so much enlightening, helpful information that has been scientifically documented by studies focused on the transition of gluten over recent years and the effects of it on our bodies. She did so in a clear, easy to follow style and with warmth and a desire to help people achieve better health.

So I want to share that she will be presenting her talk again at Mother's Market in Costa Mesa, California on Tuesday, August 13th, at 6:30 P.M. I will be there also from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM signing copies of my cookbook. You can reserve a seat by calling 800-595-6667.



Dr. Hardin is a board certified naturopath and a licensed acupuncturist. In addition, to being a Certified Gluten Practitioner, she has advanced training in menopause, thyroid disorders, nutrition, weight loss, herbal medicine, natural fertility management, detoxification, environmental medicine, women's health, bioidentical hormone therapies and functional endocrinology. She practices at the Institute for Progressive Medicine in Irvine, California.

Dr. Hardin received her doctoral degree in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington.

Bastyr's 51 acre campus in Kenmore, Washington

 
Because I visited Bastyr's beautiful campus just last month, I can tell you that Kenmore is just North East of Seattle. I can also proudly say that my book, Delightfully Free, is now being carried in Bastyr's  bookstore.

And speaking just briefly about where Delightfully Free is being carried, I'm pleased to mention that Dr. Harden completed her residency in family medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where you can also find my cookbook sold in their bookstore.

 

NCNM's campus in downtown Portland

 
I also should mention that you can find Delightfully Free at any of the Mother's Markets in Southern California. If you are local to Southern California and haven't been to the Mother's Market in Costa Mesa, on Tuesday, August 13th, you can enjoy a great talk and see a fantastic store as well. It even has a cafe & deli if you wanted to beat the traffic and come early to have dinner and shop or browse.

Mother's Market on a rare day with light traffic!

Maybe I'll see you there!

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Autism Conference this Weekend in Pasadena, California

This weekend, August 10 & 11, is the 8th Annual "Back to School & More" Autism/Asperger's Conference at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA.

The weekend will include speakers and exhibitors. The two keynote speakers are both very accomplished! Dr. Ernsperger speaks on Saturday and will be focusing on building skills for working with Autism Spectrum individuals. You may be familiar, as I am, with Sunday's keynote speaker, Temple Grandin, from the recent film about her life. Temple has been a pioneer in achieving success as an individual with autism. She will be speaking about her own personal experience growing up with Asperger's.

I will be at this conference selling and signing my book, Delightfully Free.

There will be designated times for speakers and for touring the exhibition hall, so no one needs to miss a thing. The conference runs from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM both days.

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

I'll be at Lazy Acres in Santa Barbara this Saturday, August 3rd

Santa Barbara, California is a fabulous destination. The scenery is incredible, the beaches, beautiful views of the Pacific including the Channel Islands off the coast. Shopping and restaurants to die for! State Street is busy with an array of California's flair for casual chic.

View up State Street

Near the shoreline to the west of State Street is an amazing natural foods market called "Lazy Acres".

Lazy Acres' floral-filled exterior

Lazy Acres is a favorite with the SB locals and for good reason. The store emphasizes organic and natural foods, and includes gluten-free products. It boasts a beautiful Deli and Cappuccino and Juice Bars. A Health and Beauty Vitamin department and even an alluring Cookware Gift section make shopping at Lazy Acres much more than just a trip to the grocery store. I'm very pleased that Lazy Acres has recently begun carrying my gluten-free, dairy-free & refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free.

I'm looking forward to being there on August 3, 2013 from 11:00 AM until 5 PM for a book signing. I'll bring my Black Bean Brownie samples and hope to see you there if you're a local or if you are visiting this weekend.

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Pike Place Market in Seattle

You find the best stuff at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington and this Saturday, June 8th, I will be there with stacks of books to meet fellow Foodies and sign copies of Delightfully Free. What a lot of fun. This Saturday amongst the fish throwing, the fresh, local organic goods, and the artsy treasures, you'll find the gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free.

I will be the guest of Kitchen Basics which is located on the main level between First Street and Pike Place, near Three Girls Bakery. I'll be there from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

~ Tracy

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Lamb's Market Appearances

I am looking forward to next weekend, June 1 and 2, because I will be at Lamb's Market in the Portland, Oregon area signing my book. Lamb's has 5 markets in the area and I will be at two of them this coming Saturday & Sunday.

Lamb's has been carrying the book for almost half a year and this will be my first visit to a market I have heard such good things about from my girlfriends, Jan and Ramsey, who live in Lake Oswego. Here's the ad which Lamb's sent out that details where I'll be and when.

I will be handing out samples of my Black Bean Brownies and I understand that there will be vendors there demoing an assortment of items. I expect it to be a lot of fun. As always, I hope to see you there!

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

CDF National Convention

Hi All,

Today I attended the first of 2 days of the Celiac Disease National Convention in Pasadena, CA.

I met lots of enthusiastic and interesting people, both attendees and vendors. Tomorrow it is open to all. If you can make it, come down tomorrow to the Pasadena Convention Center in downtown Pasadena for the second and final day. Tickets are sold at the door for $20 which are good for all the exhibits and to sample the many gluten-free foods, snacks and treats. The goal, as far as I can tell,  is to stuff your bag as full of samples as possible ; ) 

There are rows and rows of vendors and also authors, including yours truly. The event tomorrow runs from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and it's a lot of fun. If you come or were already planning to be there, please stop by and say hello.

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

CDF Greater Phoenix Chapter Expo

The Celiac Disease Foundation's Greater Phoenix Chapter's Gluten-Free Expo will be April 13, 2013 in Scottsdale Arizona. I'm looking forward to being there from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM selling signed copies of my gluten-free, dairy-free & refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free. If you are interested in attending, you might want to look into it now because online registration is about to close. You can click on the link above.

 

Because my book has only been out since September 2012, I didn't go to last year's event; but I understand there were a couple thousand people and that organizers expect more this year. The speaker will be Dr. Peter Green. He is talking in two sessions so you can hear him in the morning and browse the many booths and exhibits in the afternoon, or vice versa. The Phoenix Chapter of R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids) will also being giving a presentation from 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM.

I hope to see you there.

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.
 
You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Draeger's Market Book Signing March 9th

Draeger's main floor leading to the escalator in the distance.

Opulent beauty and gourmet come together in one place at an upscale specialty market called Draeger's. I am a big fan! So I am really looking forward to doing a book signing at the San Mateo Draeger's Market on Saturday, March 9th. I will be there from noon to 5:00. Their address is 222 East 4th Avenue in San Mateo. Their phone number is 650-685-3700.

This will be for me simply too much fun! Not only do I get to meet new friends who are health foodies, I get to do it in one of the most spectacular settings I know of in a retail grocery store.

Okay, even if I can't eat them, they're beautiful to behold.

I have twice been to Harrods in London, England and I was like a kid in a candy shop taking everything in. The displays are flawless and inspiring. The place drips elegance and style.

Even more impressive inside if that's possible.

Harrods, being one large department store with all of the same categories of merchandise we find in our department stores, but on "high end steroids", also includes extraordinary food and produce departments. It is an amazing sight to see. Yet walking through Draeger's, taking in the elegant presentations throughout the store, I am sure that Draeger's is truly the best of the best here in the States. So it is not only an honor that Draeger's carries my book, but a huge treat to be invited there for a book signing. If you can make it, please come by and say hello. For anyone who hasn't been inside Draeger's-- trust me on this-- you are in for a treat.

Draeger's  housewares.

I hope I'll see you on March 9th between noon and 5:00pm. If you're not in the San Francisco area on that day, do make a point of visiting Draeger's next time you are. Oh, and be sure to look for my book!

~Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free

Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.