Essentially the story goes like this: Someone who usually adheres to a gluten-free or low-gluten diet says eating items with gluten while at home in the U.S. causes bloating, abdominal pain and an ...

Raw flour can be contaminated with other pathogens, including Salmonella. The recipe for “fluffy popcorn,” circulating as a sweet treat for Halloween, includes a box of funfetti cake mix.

Adding it to pasta dough is easy. Before adding wet ingredients, evenly mix the powdered xanthan gum into your gluten-free flour. Recipes generally recommend a small quantity of xanthan gum.

(Although there are some gluten-free flour blends sold as “all-purpose,” from such brands as Bob’s Red Mill, they are typically for recipes that call for an additional stabilizing ingredient ...