Portland 2015 Lecture and Demo Schedule
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Lecture Schedule Saturday:
10:30-11:30 am – Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN, BSN, CEN – The Paleo Lifestyle: What is Paleo and Why it Helps Healing
11:40-12:40 pm – Dr. Samantha Brody – Maximizing Your Energy on a Gluten-Free Diet
12:50-01:50 pm – Laura Byrne Russell – Identifying Gluten in Common Asian Ingredients
02:00-03:00 pm – Jenna Drew – Essential Oils to Boost Immunity and Relieve Digestive Issues
03:10-04:00 pm – Kristine Kidd – Whole Grain and Naturally Gluten-Free Baking
Demo Schedule Saturday:
10:30-11:30 am – Jules Shepard – Learning to Use Your Bread Machine: from Introduction to Perfection
11:40-12:40 pm – Kyra Bussanich – 10 Secrets to Award-Winning Pastries from a 3-Time Cupcake Wars Champion
12:50-01:50 pm – Sueson Vess – Eat.Real.Food. & Eat.Real.Dessert.
02:00-03:00 pm – Udi’s/Glutino – Creative Cooking and Baking Ideas Using Glutino’s Pretzels
03:10-04:00 pm – Amy Fothergill – Gluten-Free Treats and Desserts
Lecture Schedule Sunday:
10:30-11:30 am – Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN, BSN, CEN – Gut Microbiome: Bigger Deal than We Knew
11:40-12:40 pm – Dr. Samantha Brody – Maximizing Your Energy on the Gluten-Free Diet
12:50-01:50 pm – Theresa Nicassio PhD – Out of the Shadows: The Unspoken Social and Emotional Challenges of Living with Food Sensitivities
02:00-03:00 pm – Kristine Kidd – Whole Grain and Naturally Gluten-Free Baking
03:10-04:00 pm – Jenna Drew – Essential Oils to Boost Immunity and Relieve Digestive Issues
Demo Schedule Sunday:
10:30-11:30 am – Jules Shepard – Learning to Use Your Bread Machine: from Introduction to Perfection
11:40-12:40 pm – Sueson Vess – Eat.Real.Food. & Eat.Real.Dessert.
12:50-01:50 pm – Udi’s/Glutino – Creative Cooking and Baking Ideas Using Glutino’s Pretzels
02:00-03:00 pm – Amy Fothergill – Gluten-Free Treats and Desserts
03:10-04:00 pm – Scratch & Grain Baking Co. – Ease of Baking with Kids (Even Dads Can Do It)
Lecture Schedule – Saturday, September 26th
Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN, BSN, CEN
Topic: The Paleo Lifestyle: What is Paleo and Why it Helps Healing
Time: 10:30-11:30 pm
Location: Lecture Room
What is the Paleo Lifestyle and how can it help you heal? Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN BSN CEN, will lecture on all things Paleo including what is a Paleo Lifestyle, what is recommended to eat to encourage your body to heal, why certain foods cause inflammation, and the importance of sleep, exercise and life/work balance. Nadine herself has been on her version of a Paleo diet for over 5 years.
Dr. Samantha Brody
Topic: Maximizing Your Energy on a Gluten-Free Diet
Time: 11:40-12:40 pm
Location: Lecture Room
In this session, Dr Samantha will explore the reasons you may still feel tired even on a gluten-free diet. From medical conditions to the foods you’re choosing, there is always a reason. Dr Samantha will expertly guide you in assessing which things you do and don’t have control over that may be making you tired, and teach you how to address them so you feel the best you possibly can every single day.
Laura Byrne Russell
Topic: Identifying Gluten in Common Asian Ingredients
Time: 12:50-01:50 pm
Location: Lecture Room
Gluten-free eating can be healthy and delicious when you stick to the basics, focusing on whole, natural foods such as vegetables, fruits, rice, quinoa, meat & fish. Join Laura for a discussion and demonstration of two simple side dish recipes from her new book, Brassicas: Cooking the World’s Healthiest Vegetables.
Jenna Drew
Topic: Essential Oils to Boost Immunity and Relieve Digestive Issues
Time: 02:00-03:00 pm
Location: Lecture Room
As the go-to person for Celiac and digestive issues, Jenna remembers what it’s like to feel there is nowhere else to go when even the “doctors just don’t get it.” As a Certified Mind Body Fitness Coach and Essential Oil Expert, she helps her clients “Get that Gluten Free Glow” and transform their lives through lifestyle coaching and natural solutions like essential oils and real foods.
Kristine Kidd
Topic: Whole Grain and Naturally Gluten-Free Baking
Time: 03:10-04:00 pm
Location: Lecture Room
As the former food editor for Bon Appetit magazine, when Kristine came down with Celia disease, she was determined to eat as well as she always had. For her that means fresh, whole foods. However, many gluten-free baked goods are coarse, dry and lacking in good flavor, and most recipes rely on nutritionally empty white starches.
Kristine will talk about creating baked goods that are not only delicious because they are gluten free, but they are fabulous, for anyone. She creates wonderful desserts that never included gluten—items like crisp meringue nests filled with fresh fruit, billowy Pavlovas topped with whipped cream and berries, nut tortes layered with lemon curd, flourless chocolate cakes, and comforting puddings. Amazing pastries and artisanal style breads can be made featuring flavorful and nutrition-packed gluten-free whole grains like cornmeal, sorghum, buckwheat, oats, millet and more. Learn about these ingredients and techniques from Kristine.
Demo Schedule – Saturday, September 26th
Jules Shepard
Topic: Learning to Use Your Bread Machine: from Introduction to Perfection
Time: 10:30-11:30 am
Location: Demo Stage
Join Gluten Free & More associate editor and celebrity chef Jules Shepard on the demo stage as she shows you just how easy it is to make amazing gluten free bread with the push of a button. Nothing complicated, just great results! Jules will also take all your bread-baking questions and will offer a general baking Q&A at the end of her presentation. Come enjoy delicious samples and be inspired to become a gluten-free bread maker yourself!
Kyra Bussanich
Topic: 10 Secrets to Award-Winning Pastries from a 3-Time Cupcake Wars Champion
Time: 11:40-12:40 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Kyra shows you tips from her winning recipes from Cupcake Wars! Come and learn the recipe for Success: Secrets from a 3–time Cupcake Wars Champion!
Sueson Vess
Topic: Eat.Real.Food. & Eat.Real.Dessert.
Time: 12:50-01:50 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Eat. Real. Food.
Be inspired to plan and prepare simple but delicious meals free of gluten and other problem ingredients that truly nourish and satisfy without empty calories and chemicals. Spiralized “zucchini pasta” with nut-free, dairy-free pesto and butternut squash.
Eat. Real. Dessert.
Gluten-, dairy- and nut-free dessert can be free of processed sugars and still taste amazing. Use healing and beneficial kudzu starch as a thickener to transform berries into an amazing deconstructed berry pie. Yum!
Udi’s/Glutino
Topic: Creative Cooking and Baking Ideas Using Glutino’s Pretzels
Time: 02:00-03:00 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Learn some creative cooking and baking ideas using Glutino’s Pretzels.
Amy Fothergill
Topic: Gluten-Free Treats and Desserts
Time: 03:10-04:00 pm
Location: Demo Stage
What do you crave? Learn the key to making simple and delicious gluten-free desserts from cookbook author, blogger, and cooking instructor Amy Fothergill. She will share her best tricks like which flour blend she uses and which baking techniques you need to know. Watch Amy demo how to make an amazing treat that doesn’t require a long list of ingredients or complicated equipment.
Lecture Schedule – Sunday, September 27th
Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN, BSN, CEN
Topic: Gut Microbiome: Bigger Deal than We Knew
Time: 10:30-11:30 pm
Location: Lecture Room
What are gut microbiome, how do they influence your health and your mood and why you should care will be discussed in this informative lecture on the microbiome that live in our intestines, on our skin and populate our bodies. Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN BSN CEN will help you understand the importance of the bacteria that live in our bodies and how they influence almost everything.
Dr. Samantha Brody
Topic: Maximizing Your Energy on the Gluten-Free Diet
Time: 11:40-12:40 pm
Location: Lecture Room
In this session, Dr Samantha will explore the reasons you may still feel tired even on a gluten-free diet. From medical conditions to the foods you’re choosing, there is always a reason. Dr Samantha will expertly guide you in assessing which things you do and don’t have control over that may be making you tired, and teach you how to address them so you feel the best you possibly can every single day.
Theresa Nicassio PhD
Topic: Out of the Shadows: The Unspoken Social and Emotional Challenges of Living with Food Sensitivities
Time: 12:50-01:50 pm
Location: Lecture Room
While there are the obvious physical issues and risks associated with living with allergies and other food sensitivities, the emotional and social challenges that go along with learning you need to “live without” certain foods can be equally difficult. These challenges are present for everyone who discovers they are unable to enjoy certain foods, and this can be especially poignant for youth and young adults. Navigating relationships (like dating and spontaneous fun activities with friends) can be hard enough, but when food restrictions are added to the mix, the stress associated with not feeling “normal” drives many into the shadows. This talk is an opportunity to begin to bring into the light greater understanding around this topic, so that our community can initiate a new paradigm of greater inclusivity and empowerment for all who are touched by the need for special diets.
Kristine Kidd
Topic: Whole Grain and Naturally Gluten-Free Baking
Time: 02:00-03:00 pm
Location: Lecture Room
As the former food editor for Bon Appetit magazine, when Kristine came down with Celia disease, she was determined to eat as well as she always had. For her that means fresh, whole foods. However, many gluten-free baked goods are coarse, dry and lacking in good flavor, and most recipes rely on nutritionally empty white starches.
Kristine will talk about creating baked goods that are not only delicious because they are gluten free, but they are fabulous, for anyone. She creates wonderful desserts that never included gluten—items like crisp meringue nests filled with fresh fruit, billowy Pavlovas topped with whipped cream and berries, nut tortes layered with lemon curd, flourless chocolate cakes, and comforting puddings. Amazing pastries and artisanal style breads can be made featuring flavorful and nutrition-packed gluten-free whole grains like cornmeal, sorghum, buckwheat, oats, millet and more. Learn about these ingredients and techniques from Kristine.
Jenna Drew
Topic: Essential Oils to Boost Immunity and Relieve Digestive Issues
Time: 03:10-04:00 pm
Location: Lecture Room
As the go-to person for Celiac and digestive issues, Jenna remembers what it’s like to feel there is nowhere else to go when even the “doctors just don’t get it.” As a Certified Mind Body Fitness Coach and Essential Oil Expert, she helps her clients “Get that Gluten Free Glow” and transform their lives through lifestyle coaching and natural solutions like essential oils and real foods.
Demo Schedule – Sunday, September 27th
Jules Shepard
Topic: Learning to Use Your Bread Machine: from Introduction to Perfection
Time: 10:30-11:30 am
Location: Demo Stage
Join Gluten Free & More associate editor and celebrity chef Jules Shepard on the demo stage as she shows you just how easy it is to make amazing gluten free bread with the push of a button. Nothing complicated, just great results! Jules will also take all your bread-baking questions and will offer a general baking Q&A at the end of her presentation. Come enjoy delicious samples and be inspired to become a gluten-free bread maker yourself!
Sueson Vess
Topic: Eat.Real.Food. & Eat.Real.Dessert.
Time: 11:40-12:40 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Eat. Real. Food.
Be inspired to plan and prepare simple but delicious meals free of gluten and other problem ingredients that truly nourish and satisfy without empty calories and chemicals. Spiralized “zucchini pasta” with nut-free, dairy-free pesto and butternut squash.
Eat. Real. Dessert.
Gluten-, dairy- and nut-free dessert can be free of processed sugars and still taste amazing. Use healing and beneficial kudzu starch as a thickener to transform berries into an amazing deconstructed berry pie. Yum!
Udi’s/Glutino
Topic: Creative Cooking and Baking Ideas Using Glutino’s Pretzels
Time: 12:50-01:50 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Learn some creative cooking and baking ideas using Glutino’s Pretzels.
Amy Fothergill
Topic: Gluten-Free Treats and Desserts
Time: 02:00-03:00 pm
Location: Demo Stage
What do you crave? Learn the key to making simple and delicious gluten-free desserts from cookbook author, blogger, and cooking instructor Amy Fothergill. She will share her best tricks like which flour blend she uses and which baking techniques you need to know. Watch Amy demo how to make an amazing treat that doesn’t require a long list of ingredients or complicated equipment.
Scratch & Grain Baking Co.
Topic: Ease of Baking with Kids (Even Dads Can Do It)
Time: 03:10-04:00 pm
Location: Demo Stage
Cookie Kits can make homemade baking fun and easy for folks as they learn to bake Gluten Free. Dad and daughters will demonstrate how easy baking from scratch can be.