Our Story

How do four teachers living in China en up writing a gluten-free cookbook? Well, it took quite a few factors to bring about the inspiration for this project. Some of us have been eating gluten-free for well over a decade while others are quite new to the diet. Naturally when we first bonded over the shared allergy to wheat, the recipe sharing and experimenting began. It was really our trip to Australia though that brought up the whole idea of making gluten-free food for everyone. We were so impressed with their wide variety, and easy access to gluten-free baking in restaurants and cafés, and it was food for the masses, not just the gluten-intolerants! How exciting is that?! To think that we could serve our friends and family the very same food we were eating was just incredible!

That was when the real cooking began, and to out delight we discovered just how easy, inexpenseive and wonderful it can be to cook gluten-free. With a little patience and experimenting we've been able to create recipes that substitute rice flour for regular flour without significantly changing the taste or texture of the recipe. After a lot of time, planning and working in the kitchen, we put together our first cookbook with all the recipes we compiled in our one year together in China.

From here we hope to expand our recipes into all different areas, creating more cookbooks as we go! This blog is going to follow the adventures (and misadventures!) in creating and developing gluten-free recipes.  In the subsequent posts you will find advice and antecdotes on what to do and what not to do when cooking with rice flour.  The hope is that through sharing our cooking experiences, the challenging realm of gluten-free baking can become less daunting and a lot more tasty!  We hope you enjoy making and creating as we all have ~ Rice Flour to the Rescue!