I wholeheartedly agree! Most definitely gluten-free is not considered a "fad" in our family. Our older daughter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease which was making her feel miserable overall, and her digestive issues were horrific. She decided to approach the disease proactively, choosing to try GF and eliminating processed sugars. She also tried Paleo along with this approach, and the differences were remarkable within about 10 days. Her crippling body pain and headaches, the joint pain and spine pain were diminished, and she is feeling healthy again, No the disease has not disappeared, but it is being monitored by a team of doctors who are amazed at how such diet changes has ameliorated our daughter's symptoms, so that she can now go skiing with her husband and young boys. She is enjoying life again. Fortunately, I've been baking/cooking for over 40 years now, so I am able to make available to her GF foods and goodies which are generally not on the menus of gluten free individuals. Yes, it took trial and error, but I have mastered GF baking, and I can serve GF brownies, scones, cookies, pizza, etc., and they taste remarkably like "regular". Her boys request grandma's special brownies -- they don't know that it's GF! Actually, we all prefer them to regular brownies :-) It is also possible to take most meal items and tweak them so that it is GF. This way, I can prepare regular for the family and the GF for her for particular foods, like Chicken Divan, crispy GF Panko chicken strips, GF meatballs, etc. Certain ingredients can be pricey, so that is why I will prepare separately for her. And personally, the GF tastes just as savory! I got carried away with my response, but I felt the need to clarify and elucidate anyone who may hold the idea that GF does not really hold water. It surely does, and I am grateful to King Arthur for their efforts to provide recipes from which I can include into my repertoire. P.S. I don't always use a recipe "as written". As our grandson says, "Grandma takes a recipe and changes it." Yes, even the KAF ones :-)

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