May Meeting

Our May meeting took place on Wednesday, May 18th at our usual meeting site, the Sunrise Senior Living Center in Gilbert. Please note—beginning with our June 15th meeting, our meeting place will change from the 2nd building to the first building, on the west side of the parking lot. We will be meeting in a 2nd floor meeting room.
Our June 15th meeting will feature Kirsten of Nourish Restaurant who will speak on the topic "Eating Light, Eating right. Treats will be furnished by Laura's Wholesome Junk food.

The meeting was begun by President Chandice; she made several announcements and also discussed our small but growing library of books. We are gathering more titles from cookbooks to celiac related informative books.

Our guests for the evening were Chef's David Hall and Gregg Piazzi from PF Chang's. Members brought favorite GF dishes and treats to be judged by the chefs. A first and second place overall winner was picked from the assortment of dishes and treats our members brought. The chefs gave us wonderful and positive feedback about our creations and everyone enjoyed tasting after the judging took place. We all enjoyed the banter, tidbits and comedy of the two chefs, thanks so much to Chef David and Chef Gregg! Members brought a great assortment of food, from cooked millet for breakfast with an assortment of delicious toppings, Garlic cheese popper biscuits, shortcake trifle, oven fried chicken, peanut butter brownies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, and sugar cookies. We all enjoyed the wonderful food, the first place winner went to the garlic cheese poppers, a close second to the oven fried chicken. Thanks to all the members who participated in our fun evening of recipe sharing, tips and tasting. It was a wonderful way to celebrate celiac awareness month by enjoying many wonderful and safe foods.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Sheri K
East Valley Celiac Support Group
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