Gluten Free Pop-up in SF: Yes Please!

Those of us with Celiac Disease know how hard it is to eat out. Unless you can find one of those rare restaurant gems with a dedicated gluten free menu, a typical dining experience includes asking your server multiple questions about cross contamination, sneaking a peek at the kitchen to see if any bread is touching your food, trying to convince your dining companions that you actually have a medical condition and aren't on a no-carb diet, and generally anxiety that the food in front of you is laced in poison (also known as gluten).

My take on this Zenbelly recipe

So imagine my excitement at the fact that every Saturday this month, Gluten Free and Paleo chef Simone Shifnadel is hosting gluten free Paleo pop-up dinners. Shifnadel is the brains behind Zenbelly Catering, a gluten free catering company. She recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to start a shared gluten free kitchen in San Francisco, which I wrote about here. She also has a fantastic blog, and I can personally attest to the tastiness (and clear instructions!) to both the "Perfect Roast Chicken" and the "Baked Eggs with Spinach and Roasted Garlic" recipes. Seriously, good stuff. These are a few of the many reasons why I'm excited about these pop-ups, and you should be too!

The following is the sample menu, and a link to buy tickets is at the bottom. Join me!

Zenbelly Catering Presents

Organic farm to table dinners at Food Lab in downtown San Francisco

The Menu:

100% gluten-free & predominantly Paleo, sourcing grassfed meats from Fallon Hills Ranch in West Marin and organic produce from Miramonte Farms in San Juan Batista.

ONE

fresh nectarines | arugula | crispy pancetta | plum vinaigrette

early girl tomatoes | fresh herbs | reduced balsamic | unfiltered CA olive oil

grown-up greens | feta cheese | strawberries | toasted almonds

TWO

Moroccan spiced bone-in Fallon Hills pork chop | Stone Fruit Slaw

Grilled Fallon Hills Flank Steak | Chimichurri | tallow fries

Wild salmon | coconut green curry | cauliflower rice

PEI mussels | white wine, garlic & grassfed butter | tallow fries | Bread Srsly sourdough

Moroccan Chickpea & roasted vegetable stew | cauliflower rice | mint yogurt [v]

THREE

grainfree brownie | coconut ice cream | coconut whip

summer berries & whipped cream | almond shortcake

grain-free carrot cake | cream cheese maple frosting

artisan cheeses | figs & marcona almonds

3 courses | $32

additional sides | $7.

tallow fries

sweet potato fries

collard greens with ham hocks

Bread Srsly bread basket | grassfed butter

(seriously, do it)