Hi there,
You’ll find recipes, book reviews, Conversations with My Mother and Where’s My Gonch and Other Stuff on this blog. Most (but not all) of the recipes cater to my love of Asian food, and my cranky stomach which doesn’t like cow dairy or wheat gluten.
I also write about my mom Rosie in a series called Conversations with My Mother. This is a series of conversations that have taken place over the course of the last 3 years. For the most part these have been transcribed almost verbatim except when she is slandering someone in which case I don’t include those bits.
Where’s My Gonch and Other Stuff (category menu on the lefthand side) is me just riffing on stuff that catches my fancy.
Thanks for stopping by.
Tessa
Tessa, I’m sorry to inform you that I own the trademarked phrase, “The 10 Best Questions.” Please cease using this phrase in your blog. Please reply so I know you got this message.
Many thanks in advance.
Dede
Thank is a dumb phrase to trademark
*That
(I mean, its not original….. I dont get why you trademarked it)
I would use it anyways… the phrase is all over the net, by multiple sources and was use before it (if it) was registered… probably before Dr. Dede Bonner was born… which was a long time ago.
I thought the whole thing was pretty crazy myself!!
Hello Tess:
Long time everything…I hope you are well. I was just catching up on old friends, and you know how much I enjoy your conversations with your mother…bless her!
Anyway I saw your 100 books in one year quest and you are to be commended, and I am routing for you to succeed.
I started the year saying instead of buying a new book, I would read every book in my apartment that I have not read. I have 4 bookcases full. How is it going? Not well, I have not bought a new book, but I am spending a lot of time in my local library, and taking out books there. I have had many enjoyable reads so far, but not from my own bookshelf. Oh well at less I am reading.
Jen
what’s your email darling?
I can’t access my ubc email anymore
Ann
Hi T-Bone. I like your site.
Hey!
I have just started an elemination (aka I’m gonna starve) diet today. I can’t have gluten, dairy, sugar etc.etc. Stumbled across your site & will try three recipes from it. Thanks so much . . .
Hey Trudy,
That’s awesome. You’ll feel so great that you won’t mind the starvation:) Actually you don’t have to starve on this kind of diet. Once you adjust you’ll find a world of things to eat, they’ll just be different things that your body will actually like. Also, things get added in gradually and you’ll be grateful for those small additions.
Good to hear you got yourself a man at Ebay, how convenient. I love your conversations with your mother, she was very funny and straightforward (; Those Germans are bastards. I know that. I was married to one. But they make great cars. Wooowwweeee.) It was a stroke of genius to record your talks. I’m gonna read them all.
Hi Tess,
I decided to google “no dairy no gluten no sugar and I feel great,” and whaddya know, the gods brought me to your blog.
It took me to a post from back in 2009 where you were working with a naturopath (I think) and said you were no longer eating these things, including drinking alcohol. I’ve been practicing something like this diet for the past few months, and I feel much better and my boyfriend doesn’t feel the urge to run away from me anymore for fear I will bite off his head. But seriously, I was wondering if you are still practicing this diet, if you’ve made any “tweaks” to things you can/can’t eat now, and any advice? What re your thoughts on the Paleo or GAPS diet, if you know about them? A little background on me: I think I might have always been gluten sensitive and it caught up to me a few years ago. Either that, or overuse of antibiotics caused a bacterial imbalance. I blog a bit too, so feel free to check out my page. I’m still working on the overall theme of it, but hope you like it.Hope to hear from you soon.
Vanessa Hill
Gluten Free Chickadee
Hi Vanessa, Like you I always had some problems with my stomach (dairy and gluten) but then it got worse and like you I became a monster to live with! I did the full anti candida, no sugar, no dairy, no alcohol, no wheat and no caffeine or alcohol diet for about 8 months. I felt better instantly and from that time on I made some livable adjustments- I started to eat a little sugar, a cup of coffee a day, and drink alcohol (on weekends) again. I really try to watch my sugar in take. Also, I find i can eat goat cheese which I do have a few times a week – and I can eat kamut wheat which means it wasn’t really the gluten as much as a protein or something else that was getting in my way. So the answer is I follow this diet. I’m not familiar with the other diets you mentioned. I really need something that works for me. I also don’t eat meat so my diet is simple but still really delicious. I hope this is helpful. Please let me know I’m happy to chat about this. I suffered terribly for years with feeling terribly and running to bathrooms all over the place!