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April 15, 2014Is There Life After Cheese?
Foodie Thoughts
Okay, so that hiatus went on a whole lot longer than I’d originally planned.
Short version: Life has been–crazy. 2013 was a very full, very stressful year and I really needed that time off from blogging. I’m still crazy busy, and I don’t know if I’ll be coming back even now, but I have felt this compulsion to post, so here I am.
We’ve got the gluten free thing down in our household. Now, I’m getting a new challenge, as I’ve recently found out that I’m casein intolerant. That’s the protein in dairy, for those of you who aren’t in the know. This is entirely unrelated to lactose intolerance, which is simply those people who lack the enzyme to process…
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