Whether you are interested in Celiac Disease awareness, living your life Gluten-free or for information about the book, Nearly Normal Cooking by Jules E.D.Shepard, you are in the right place.

Browse around the site and you will find lots of information about all of the above and more!

Latest News:

Jules & Washington Post Food Writer Kim O'Donnel embark on a foodie road trip adventure!
From Wednesday, August 6 to Monday, August 11, Jules will be traveling the highways to Chicago with Kim, sharing the first leg of Kim's epic journey to Seattle, Washington. Both will be blogging of their gastronomic adventures, Jules with a gluten-free twist, of course!

Be sure to sign up for Jules' free newsletter to stay tuned to her gluten-free travels from Baltimore to Chicago! To read more of Kim O'Donnel's adventure all the way west, go to her blog, A Mighty Appetite.

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Jules will be a keynote speaker at the 21st annual Celiac Conference at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, November 08, 2008 from 7:30 am - 3:30 pm. Jules will present to all three educational tracks during the conference, speaking to adult participants on The Essentials of a Gluten-Free Kitchen and on Bread Baking Made Easy, as well as leading a cooking class for teens and a cooking class for children. For more information or to register, click here.

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Great News! Jules' Nearly Normal All Purpose Gluten-Free Flour™ is finally available for purchase over the internet and in select stores in regional locations. Praised by food writers, gluten-free eaters and non-gluten-free eaters alike, this flour makes it possible to transform your favorite wheat flour recipes to gluten-free effortlessly!
Thousands have tried the flour recipe found in Jules' first cookbook, Nearly Normal Cooking for Gluten-Free Eating, and now you can buy the pre-mixed flour to make your life even easier and more delicious! The pre-mixed flour has the added benefit of including the special ingredient, Expandex®Modified Tapioca Starch to enhance the loft and increase the shelf life of all your baked goods!

Jules' famous Chocolate Chip Cookies are also now available in a mix, as are her delicious Scones & Muffins and Graham Cracker/Gingersnaps.Go here to learn more!

Those of you local to the the DC and Baltimore areas can grab these bags right off the shelves of David's Natural Markets and at Roots Markets. At the David's in Gambrills, Maryland, there is already a large display featuring the flour and mixes just as you walk in the front door! The flour and mixes are also out in David's Columbia and Bel Air stores, as well as the Clarksville and Olney Roots Markets!

For all those others for whom these DC and Baltimore stores are not convenient, send me an email and let me know the name, number, address or email address of your favorite store where you would like to be able to purchase the Nearly Normal baking line of flour and mixes! You can also go to the Gluten-Free Flour tab to download a Store Manager Request Form so you can ask your favorite stores to order the flour and mixes in your neighborhood!

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Click here to read Jules' article on Dating, Dining & Food Allergies, just published on the popular woman's on-line magazine, ChiKii Woman to Woman at www.chikii.com.

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Click below to read Jules' recent articles for Celiac.com

Modern Medicine's Perspective on John F. Kennedy: Did he have Celiac Disease?

Chocolate Beer Cake (Gluten-Free)

Gluten-Free Oats? YES! Chewy, Yummy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Gluten-Free)

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Great Chex Cereal News! Go to the "News" tab to read more about General Mills' new formulation!

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Check out the March/April issue of Today's Health & Wellness Magazine! It features a 4 page article called "Going Gluten-Free: Sensitivity to this Common Ingredient Isn't so Uncommon." Click here to see the article and get more of Jules' featured Nearly Normal Gluten-Free recipes like pancakes, breadsticks and soft pretzels!

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Grab a copy of the January 14th edition of Woman's World Magazine next time you're at the grocery store or news stand! The "Food Cure" feature is a focus on Jules, her journey to diagnosis with celiac disease and her success in creating amazing-family friendly and gluten-free recipes! Click here to see the feature!

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Looking for the perfect (nearly) food allergy-free cookie for your holiday gift giving? If you haven't yet tried them, you simply must try my Nearly Normal Gluten-Free Gingerbread cookies featured December 17 in The Washington Post Food blog!

Check out Atlanta's Creative Loafing Wednesday, November 21, as food writer Kim O'Donnel spotlights Jules' Nearly Normal gluten-free pie crust in "Have Your Pie and Celiac Too!". A similar article was run in Charlotte's Creative Loafing and in the Illinois Times!

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The Baltimore Examiner profiles Jules in its Business section, November 19: "Building a Company on Gluten-Free Cooking." Check it out!

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Listen now! to Jules' interview on NPR's "Maryland Morning" discussing gluten-free cooking for Thanksgiving.

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Jules and her "Grandma's Pie Crust" were the feature in Friday, November 9th's Washington Post food blog, "A Gluten-Free Thanksgiving." The blog also highlighted other recipes from Nearly Normal Cooking for Gluten-Free Living!

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Tune in here to listen in to Jules' interview with Radio Host Adryenn Ashely on the "Know It All Show". In this comprehensive interview, you'll hear Jules discuss everything from a Gluten-Free Thanksgiving to eating out Gluten-Free to packing your Gluten-Free child's lunch! She even shares a new recipe!

A holiday cookie miracle: no eggs, dairy or gluten. (Kim O'Donnel)

Watch Jules on Fox-5 Morning News. Click the Play button on the video below to start.

Gluten-free Oatmeal Cookies!


Nearly Normal (but totally perfect)
Buttermilk Biscuits

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