Food and drink are getting weird, you guys. Or at least if the vendors at the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim last weekend have anything to say about it. I was lucky enough to grab a few hours at the largest expo I've ever seen in my entire life, and tried to separate the wheat from the chaff. (Of course, there was no wheat to be found, as this gluten-free thing has gotten out of hand!)

Here's what you can expect in your grocery store later this year, if your grocery store has a fantastic sense of adventure.

Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake, OMG!If you love someone who is gluten-free, the best thing you can do for her this Valentine's Day is to whip up a fantastic gluten-free dessert. After all, if you wine and dine a gluten-free person outside the home, the likelihood of dessert is slim to none. And she needs some dessert!!! Trust me on this. Just be sure to skip the box of chocolates for your gluten-free date (hidden gluten, everywhere!) unless you're 100% sure every ingredient is gluten-free.

Luckily removing flour doesn't mean you're stuck with a sub par cake, cookie, or other delight. There are a lot of people out there making sure those of us gf folks don't go hungry during the holidays. So many, in fact, that you could eat gluten-free for every meal if you were so inclined.

Here are five fantastic gluten-free treats for your gluten-free sweet on Valentine's Day.

Do you eat frozen pancakes? If so, you might want to check your freezer -- Aunt Jemima is recalling their frozen pancakes because they may contain soy protein. The affected varieties include oatmeal, buttermilk, buttermilk low fat, homestyle, confetti, and whole-grain. And they would be in cardboard cartons with "use by" dates between November 1, 2011 and October 16, 2012. So now you know.

In this case, the pancakes may have been made on equipment used to process other foods that do contain soy protein -- a case of cross-contamination. Some people are allergic to soy protein, so it's become important that foods that contain the stuff are labeled as such. Otherwise, off the shelves they go.

A Welcome Sign for the AllergicIf you are currently alive and speak to other humans on the planet, you know someone with food allergies, or food sensitivities. Perhaps you didn't when you were growing up in the halcyon days of the 1980s, but guess what? That's all changed, people, and it's time to stop saying, "In my day no one was allergic to peanuts!"

Which is why this research being published by the Jaffe Allergy Center regarding the disparity between people who claim to have food allergies, vs. those who actually do, is kind of annoying. It seems that some people may be exaggerating about what foods they are allergic to at the dinner table Because while only three or four percent of Americans have food allergies, around twenty percent make the claim.

For those of you ready to to be pissed off, here is your excuse. But for those of you with food allergies, or food sensitivities, you kind of get what's going on here, don't you?

Today is National Pie Day! And while I could crawl back in bed and cry about how I can never eat pie again since being diagnosed with celiac, instead I'm going to whip up my very own gluten-free pie of deliciousness. It's something everyone can, and should, do on this most festive of days, and with just a little chutzpah, we can!

Don't let National Pie Day pass you by just because you have to go non-traditional. Here are five of the best gluten-free pie recipes on the world wide web.

Happy holidays, everybody. It's time to eat and drink like there's no tomorrow and start complaining about friends and relatives who ruin your good time! Come on, you know you've been there. And just in case you haven't, Buzzfeed came up with a handy-dandy infographic on which people you can totally dog on for the holidays. The Worst Dinner Guest Ever, that's who.

It's clear to me, as 1/5 of the worst dinner guest ever, that one would have to meet all five of these requirements in order to be deemed "the worst." Still, I can't help but feel that my life-threatening disease might be bringing you down.

Here's how you can please the "worst" dinner guest and go about your day of kicking puppies and setting fire to ants.

Oh no, what's wrong, Cilantro Haters? You don't appreciate being called "mutants"? Well, you're complaining to the wrong person because I don't make the news, I just blog about it. And today the news is simply this: Scientists believe that people's preference for or, alternatively, extreme dislike of cilantro may actually be genetically determined. What's more: People who hate cilantro may, in fact, have a mutated gene (thus the headline) ...

Fire up the grill, everybody, it's the last blast of summer and that means you've got to get your outdoor eat on. Of course for those of us with celiac, navigating the BBQ can be a very tricky thing. What with the buns, and the marinades, and all of those deserts that are filled with gluten.

Never fear! There are plenty of great gluten-free options you can whip up and serve to your sensitive guests this weekend. Here's your full menu of flavorful outdoor food for the whole gang.