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Sarah Tenaglia
Owner, Sarah Tenaglia Culinary Consulting
- Culinary consultant for restaurants and food companies, assessing menus and recipes and creating original recipes to fit client specifications.
- Accomplished food writer who develops stories for publications such as Every Day with Rachel Ray and Westways.
- As senior food editor at Bon Appetit, managed recipe testing, worked with writers and chefs, developed the popular Fast Easy Fresh column.
- Author of three cookbooks and editor of three others.
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Restaurant Strategies: Refreshing Your Recipes and Menus for Big Impact
Owner, Sarah Tenaglia Culinary Consulting
Defined Terms
- Gluten-free
- A gluten-free diet avoids foods made with wheat, barley, rye and triticale, a cross betwen wheat and rye. Gluten is the protein found in these grains that gives dough elasticity to rise and hold a shape. Adherents can avoid these foods altogether or consume gluten-free substitutes, such as gluten-free flours. Gluten-free flours are made from plants other than rye, wheat, oats, and barley. In order to provide a way for these doughs to expand they are bonded with xanthan gum, a bonding agent that also becomes elastic so that yeast can build the bread’s structure.
A gluten-free diet is used to treat celiac disease, which is relatively rare. Gluten causes inflammation in the small intestines of people with celiac disease. Eating a gluten-free diet helps alleviate the unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by those with celiac disease. Going gluten-free has become very popular with adherents who follow it for weight control or because they believe the omission of gluten makes them feel better, even though they do not have a celiac diagnosis. - Homemade
- In restaurant parlance, this means made in-house.
- Vegan
- Vegan is a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived ingredients. Many vegans also do not eat foods that are processed, such as refined white sugar.
- Vegetarian
- Means a diet without meat, fowl, fish or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, including eggs, milk or cheese. A diet consisting of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and grains.
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