EVERETT — The search started with a telephone name and virtually led to my automotive as I wolfed down a tall and toothsome gluten-free scone, the most effective to-go breakfast I’ve had in Snohomish County since I arrived three months in the past.
However I had work to do, so as a substitute of ordering two scones extra, I headed off to my subsequent vacation spot.
For context, a reader referred to as within the day earlier than, asking if I knew of any native companies promoting gluten-free bread.
Bingo. I now had a meals journey (and story).
Not simply any gluten-free bread, the reader cautioned: Her daughter had egg and dairy allergy symptoms. And he or she was craving hamburger bun.
The mission sounded easy sufficient. Then I hopped on Google and rapidly realized that gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free bread is Extraordinarily Troublesome to search out. Plus, I needed it to be native (I do know, I’m demanding.)
Problem accepted. One reader’s request led me to a shiny and ethereal gluten-free bakery in downtown Snohomish, a market outdoors the county, a house baker in Mountlake Terrace, and eventually (lastly!) a restaurant in Everett that carries native, gluten-free and vegan breads.
By the way in which, as somebody who loves gluten (I’ve King Arthur all-purpose flour in my pantry always, and my baking portfolio contains sourdough bread, babka, cinnamon rolls, 100-gram chocolate chip cookies…the checklist goes on), I didn’t miss it in any respect on this journey.
Grain Artisan Bakery opened as a brick-and-mortar in Snohomish through the pandemic and gives a wide-range of gluten-free baked items. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald)
Grain Artisan Bakery
717 1st St, Snohomish
www.grainartisanbakery.com/
(360) 799-6822
In case you are searching for honest-to-goodness gluten-free pastries, cookies and truffles, Grain Artisan Bakery is your home.
If you happen to eat gluten and simply need scrumptious baked items, Grain Artisan Bakery is your home.
You’ll discover a vary of cookies, cupcakes, scones, macarons, rolls, bake-at-home goodies (like their pies, together with a vegan curried vegetable) and pre-order gadgets like marriage ceremony truffles. In addition to being fully gluten-free (Grain is within the means of turning into an authorized gluten-free facility), the bakery additionally gives vegan, paleo and keto choices.
I finished by for breakfast and snagged a spiced candy potato and feta scone (they’ve a rotating collection of savory and candy flavors).
By late afternoon, I used to be nonetheless fascinated about that scone. It was completely crumbly, moist, salted and buttery.
I additionally ordered Grain’s top-selling cardamom ginger molasses cookie sandwich. It’s a dream dessert: chewy, vibrant and never too candy, with a vanilla cream cheese filling and crunchy sugar exterior.
The Snohomish bakery sources most of its elements domestically, together with their major flour mix from Kent-based Manini’s. Their elements are additionally grown sustainably by natural requirements and are fair-trade.
Proprietor and founder Lauren Anderson began her enterprise at farmer’s markets earlier than turning it right into a brick-and-mortar during the pandemic. She’s been busy ever since.
Alas, Grain didn’t have the bread I used to be searching for, however a beautiful barista there advisable a number of companies close by, so off I went.
J-Bros Gluten-Free Market, positioned in Woodinville, is price leaving Snohomish County for its number of gluten-free merchandise together with bread, beer, cookie dough, noodles and extra. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald)
J-Bros Gluten-Free Market
17606 Woodinville Snohomish Rd, Woodinville
(425) 892-8677
J-Bros may not be in Snohomish County, however it’s a devoted gluten-free facility and solely about 20 to half-hour south of Everett.
The Woodinville grocery has a complete aisle devoted to gluten-free bread, plus frozen artisan breads from 5B’s Bakery in Concrete. J-Bros additionally carres gluten-free beer, cookie dough, desserts, pasta and extra.
For my gluten-free hamburger experiment, I picked up some vegan millet and chia buns from British Columbia-based Little Northern Bakehouse.
Truthfully, I wasn’t anticipating a lot from these frozen buns, so I used to be shocked by how fluffy, chewy and spongy they had been. The bun held collectively properly after I loaded it with a Past burger, jammy caramelized balsamic onions, pan-fried halloumi cheese and fig jam.
Everett tip: Yow will discover Little Northern Bakehouse buns at Sno-Isle Meals Co-Op. The Everett market carries a collection of different gluten-free breads like sourdough loaves, sandwich rolls and dinner rolls.
Good Decisions Bakery
Mountlake Terrace
www.goodchoicesbakery.com
Alison Schweitzer went gluten-free and vegan a number of years again alongside her husband, who’s gluten-intolerant. When the pandemic hit, she joined the sourdough craze and located a plant-based recipe that yielded a scrumptious loaf with a crunchy crust and delicate, mouth-watering crumb.
Quickly, household and mates requested for the bread and inspired Schweitzer to start out a enterprise on the facet. Good Decisions Bakery was born.
“It’s undoubtedly laborious to search out good gluten-free bread, not to mention gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free — all of that,” Schweitzer mentioned. “My motive was to present others with meals restrictions, alternatives for scrumptious meals.”
Her bread may be ordered by way of the Good Decisions Bakery web site. Schweitzer delivers her sourdough loaves and dinner rolls to the Seattle space and gives pickup choices for these outdoors her supply space.
Prospects have described her bread as “hearty, rustic, and scrumptious” and “for anybody who enjoys bread merchandise.”
Catalyst Cafe
1513 twenty third St, Everett
(425) 212-9364
One of many many great issues about Catalyst Cafe is there isn’t any upcharge for gluten-free or plant-based substitutions.
One other nice function: This native espresso store and cafe carries a collection of pastries and breads from Mount Vernon-based Shambala Historical Grain Bakery & Bistro, that means you don’t need to make the 45-minute drive for domestically made, vegan baked items.
From Shambala’s bagels and “better-milk” biscuits to pesto rolls and cinnamon buns with coconut icing, you’ll discover a stable breakfast and snack possibility at Catalyst.
Did I point out you possibly can order Shambala gadgets by way of Catalyst and choose them up proper in Everett? That features their Sunshine buns, that are good for hamburgers and are gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and domestically made.
Mission completed, expensive reader.
Contact meals reporter Taylor Goebel at taylor.goebel@heraldnet.com or name (425) 339-3046. Twitter: @TaylorGoebel. Be a part of The Every day Herald’s food-centered Fb group, SnohomDish.
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