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Gluten Free Gorgeous: Elana’s Pantry

Your Name: Elana Amsterdam

Your Occupation: wife, mother, author, environmental consultant, food activist

Your Blog/Website:         www.elanaspantry.com

                                                www.mydandelionisaflower.com

Your Twitter Profile: elanaspantry

Your Go-to food that you can’t live without: almonds

Which person living or dead would you most like to have a meal with? My grandmother

What would you serve? Matzo ball soup

What trait do you most deplore in our food? Artifice that disguises the true beauty of nature’s bounty.

What characteristic do you most admire in a person? Forthrightness

What is your best trait? I’m very energetivc

Who was your first crush? My husband, at least he thinks so.

If you could deliver five words to Congress, what would they be? Give our children clean food

If the USDA asked you to replace the word “Organic,” what word would you use? Pesticide Free, Non-GMO, No hormones!

If you were a piece of food, what would you be? A strawberry

What is your favorite indulgence? Chocolate or whipped cream

What is your current state of mind? Pensive

What is your motto? Simplify Satisfy