Instead of posting a recipe today, I though I would tell you about a wonderful restaurant we went to while in NYC last Saturday. I’ve actually been there several times, and couldn’t wait to take my family. It’s called Risotteria and has gluten free pizza, paninis, risotto, and desserts. (Also gluten free beer if you’re interested!)) Located in the West Village area of the city – near NYU. We took a subway to Prince Street and walked several blocks down Bleecker Street. The address is 270 Bleecker.

Upon being seated – which sometimes takes a while since the place is tiny – you are given a tall glass full of long, hot, fresh, gluten free breadsticks – like crusty, buttery, brown “flour” stems standing tall in their vase. And these can be replenished as often as you like. The kids thought they were in GF heaven!

Kory had a cheese pizza. They have a very thin and crispy crust. Cooper ordered a turkey/cheese panini – like a grilled sandwich. Robert had the same – only his had gluten! (They are extremely careful about cross contamination, though.) I had the spinach, red pepper, and feta risotto – which is almost like orzo pasta, but really a dense-grained rice. Kayla had a sampler plate made of portions of all of our food. Everything was delicious and safe!

For dessert, the kids shared the cookie plate – three cookies for $8. Not inexpensive, but so fun to have your diet be so well catered to. The boys went for chocolate chip, and Kayla had the black and white cookie which was a cake textured lemon cookie dipped in chocolate and vanilla icing. So yummy….I, of course, had to sample each one for this research. 🙂

And this is only one of MANY restaurants and bakeries in NYC that cater to special diets and allergies. Takes a little effort to get your bearings, but if you do the research ahead of time, you can have a wonderful dining experience in the city. Celiac Chicks is a blog dedicated almost exclusively to dining in NYC with Celiac Disease.