Comments on: Gluten Free Bloggers Unite to Honor Bette Hagman: A Tribute to Bette, the Gluten Free Gourmet http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html Yummy Adventures in Gluten Free Cuisine Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Northern Girl http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-95897 Northern Girl Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:55:52 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-95897 I heard of her passing the day after. I was on a roll learning about all the new rules added to my life and when I heard I was shocked! Thank goodness for Bette Hagman's Recipes which, made this time for me a very doable thing! When I learned I had to change the way I eat for LIFE her books were the first celiac cookbooks I borrowed from the library. Thank you Bette Hagman you are an inspiration! I heard of her passing the day after. I was on a roll learning about all the new rules added to my life and when I heard I was shocked! Thank goodness for Bette Hagman’s Recipes which, made this time for me a very doable thing! When I learned I had to change the way I eat for LIFE her books were the first celiac cookbooks I borrowed from the library.

Thank you Bette Hagman you are an inspiration!

]]> By: Bill Maranville http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-92049 Bill Maranville Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:28:41 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-92049 I learned I was wheat intolerant just 9 months ago and at 48 years old it's nice to know what was wrong for so many years. I found this blog in search of hoping to find a link to Bette and thank her for the great books that I just this past month was given. I have been baking bread for many years and have gone without for the past 9 months, so as you can imagine I was So happy to come across her great books (I am eating her "Mile high sourdough right now" I am truly saddened at the loss of this great lady. Bette, I thank you for all of your generosity and hard work!!! I learned I was wheat intolerant just 9 months ago and at 48 years old it’s nice to know what was wrong for so many years.

I found this blog in search of hoping to find a link to Bette and thank her for the great books that I just this past month was given.

I have been baking bread for many years and have gone without for the past 9 months, so as you can imagine I was So happy to come across her great books (I am eating her “Mile high sourdough right now”

I am truly saddened at the loss of this great lady.

Bette, I thank you for all of your generosity and hard work!!!

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-87802 Kathryn Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:45:56 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-87802 I was saddened to learn that Bette Hagman has passed to the next realm. Just this evening I was baking her Sesame Bean Bread when I discovered it was not rising, after nearly forty minutes. I checked my quick rise yeast; it was past the expiry date. Looking in my cupboard, I found regular yeast. Taking a chance on the pitiful loaves, I sprinkled the tops with more yeast and stirred it throughout the dough as it sat in the pans. I figured, nothing to lose. After another hour of proofing, it "looked" like bread dough, so into the oven it went. Amazingly, it baked up as if nothing out of the ordinary had transpired. Knowing how finicky gluten-free baking can be, I was duly impressed. What more fitting a tribute to all the testing and tweaking that went into formulating these recipes than to see these lovely loaves come out of the oven, apparently unscathed by my misstep. Thank you, thank you Bette, for all the work you did. May you know that you are remembered and will long be appreciated for all you did. I was saddened to learn that Bette Hagman has passed to the next realm. Just this evening I was baking her Sesame Bean Bread when I discovered it was not rising, after nearly forty minutes. I checked my quick rise yeast; it was past the expiry date. Looking in my cupboard, I found regular yeast. Taking a chance on the pitiful loaves, I sprinkled the tops with more yeast and stirred it throughout the dough as it sat in the pans. I figured, nothing to lose. After another hour of proofing, it “looked” like bread dough, so into the oven it went. Amazingly, it baked up as if nothing out of the ordinary had transpired. Knowing how finicky gluten-free baking can be, I was duly impressed. What more fitting a tribute to all the testing and tweaking that went into formulating these recipes than to see these lovely loaves come out of the oven, apparently unscathed by my misstep. Thank you, thank you Bette, for all the work you did. May you know that you are remembered and will long be appreciated for all you did.

]]> By: Aunt Jayne http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-65763 Aunt Jayne Sun, 17 May 2009 03:19:24 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-65763 Bette Hagman's book was the very firstGF book I borrowed from the library. I feel I owe her a debt of gratitude because that book made me realize that living gluten free can still taste great!! Thank goodness she shared her knowledge with the world. Bette Hagman’s book was the very firstGF book I borrowed from the library.
I feel I owe her a debt of gratitude because that book made me realize that living gluten free can still taste great!!
Thank goodness she shared her knowledge with the world.

]]> By: Ali http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-41920 Ali Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:37:15 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-41920 I am so sad to hear of her passing. I have all of her books and use them constantly. I recently just started my own gluten free recipe blog using tips and tricks I learned from her books that I have applied to other recipes. She laid a great ground work that has undoubtly influenced the taste and betterment of gluten free food for the better. I am so sad to hear of her passing. I have all of her books and use them constantly. I recently just started my own gluten free recipe blog using tips and tricks I learned from her books that I have applied to other recipes. She laid a great ground work that has undoubtly influenced the taste and betterment of gluten free food for the better.

]]> By: Wheatfree http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-19792 Wheatfree Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:46:38 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-19792 Oh! how sad. I am just reading now for the 1st time that Bette Hagman passed away. She made tremendous difference in my lifestyle and I prepare many renditions of her recipes and deviations of others GF recipes but using Bette's 4 Bean Flour Blend exclusively (sometimes mixing it w/the rice flour blend). I think i have all her books and I have wondered for a long time why nothing new was forthcoming. What a woman, what a life! Another person i'd like to meet in the afterlife. Seems like her GF flour blends made the entire comm'l GF market simply explode - so many products now available for purchase in regular stores. I buy comm'l prods but I love best my own BH recipes. My books are dogeared too but i would never give them up or even loan them out now. Oh! how sad. I am just reading now for the 1st time that Bette Hagman passed away. She made tremendous difference in my lifestyle and I prepare many renditions of her recipes and deviations of others GF recipes but using Bette’s 4 Bean Flour Blend exclusively (sometimes mixing it w/the rice flour blend). I think i have all her books and I have wondered for a long time why nothing new was forthcoming. What a woman, what a life! Another person i’d like to meet in the afterlife. Seems like her GF flour blends made the entire comm’l GF market simply explode – so many products now available for purchase in regular stores. I buy comm’l prods but I love best my own BH recipes. My books are dogeared too but i would never give them up or even loan them out now.

]]> By: Tee http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-bloggers-unite-to-honor-bette-hagman-a-tribute-to-bette-the-gluten-free-gourmet-800.html/comment-page-1#comment-18327 Tee Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:40:43 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=800#comment-18327 Really??? :-) That is such good news Seamaiden. Thank you for passing that on! There are so many steps to GF cooking, that I never wanted to just omit it, and chance wasting all that effort, and losing all those ingredients. Once again thanks...for your wonderful blog and attention to detail (eg "gf, cf , not vegan but vegetarian") Love & Light, Tee Really??? :-) That is such good news Seamaiden. Thank you for passing that on! There are so many steps to GF cooking, that I never wanted to just omit it, and chance wasting all that effort, and losing all those ingredients.

Once again thanks…for your wonderful blog and attention to detail (eg “gf, cf , not vegan but vegetarian”)

Love & Light,

Tee

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