New Book
Beloved for stunning and clean-yet-decadent cakes and confections, the grain-free brand Sweet Laurel offers its most delightful savory provisions, from pantry staples and breads to pastas, pizzas, and feasts. The recipes are gluten-free and refined sugar–free with keto, paleo, dairy-free, and vegan options, as well. Whether you’re working toward a more wholesome way of eating and living or working around food allergies, Sweet Laurel Savory brings satisfying simplicity to breakfast, lunch, dinner, and beyond. With Sweet Laurel’s uncomplicated whole-food approach, the recipes here are as doable as they are flavorful and healthy. Simple and readily available core ingredients build the foundation for indulgent favorites and craveable staples. With options like Sicilian Pan Pizza, Epic Bagel Spread, The Ultimate Sweet Laurel Burger with Sweet Potato Fries, and Zucchini Lattice Tart, you’ll never feel restricted.
85 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack time from the Los Angeles bakery setting the standard for healthful, grain-free cooking
About the Authors:
From SweetLaurel.com
Laurel Gallucci, one of seven children, has baked delicious treats since she could turn on the oven: chocolate chip cookies for her brothers, beautiful layer cakes for community events. Even at an early age, Laurel liked to keep things simple. She always had an experimental eye, removing elements that seemed unnecessary and only using the best and most wholesome ingredients. When she was struck with an aggressive auto-immune disorder, her doctor put her on a strict elimination diet, and told her “you’ll never eat chocolate cake again.” Because of her deeply emotional connection to food, Laurel struggled. After months of baking treats for her family and friends she couldn’t touch, she finally said, “enough is enough” and started tinkering with the ingredients she could eat. When she shared her grain-free and refined sugar-free goods with friends, they were blown away. Laurel’s baked goods were tender and moist and full of flavor. They were the opposite of the pasty, brick-like gluten free and vegan goods that her friends had been used to eating. Excited by their reactions and encouragement, Laurel turned her test kitchen into Sweet Laurel Bakery so that everyone can enjoy healthful, simple treats.
Claire Thomas, the cook, writer, and photographer behind The Kitchy Kitchen, knew she was tasting something special when Laurel brought over one of her cakes. With her mouth full, she asked if she could partner with Laurel to form the Sweet Laurel brand. Claire and Laurel’s shared love of old fashioned cooking, Los Angeles history, and blush colored roses has led to a business founded in friendship. They believe that the best foods are prepared simply, and with the best ingredients. Claire works as Sweet Laurel’s creative partner and developer, photographer, and fellow chocoholic. She ensures that their treats are as delicious and as beautiful as they can be.
