Savory Palate History

Nearly 15 years ago, life handed me the “proverbial” lemon. After a lifetime of chronic sinusitis, I was diagnosed with a wheat intolerance. Now, for someone who was raised on a farm in Nebraska and married into a wheat-farming family this seemed rather un-American. It also threatened to severely curtail my fondness for breads, muffins, cakes––and eating in general.

 This diagnosis, hard to believe at first––I didn’t know a single other person who didn’t eat wheat––sent me to the kitchen in search of alternatives. Dusting off my decades-old home economics degree, I set about modifying my family recipes so I could eat them. 

In the mid 90’s, I was very interested in starting my own business. In my corporate marketing position back then, I watched others savoring the joys and angst of entrepreneurship and I wanted to know what it was like to build my own business from the ground up. When I realized that my converted recipes would make a good cookbook, (by that time, I knew I wasn’t alone in my need for a gluten-free diet) I decided on publishing as my business focus.

So, on a spring morning in 1995, I incorporated my publishing house as Savory Palate, Inc., not knowing exactly where it would lead me––but knowing that I would love doing it!

Today, what began as a solution to my own wheat intolerance has grown into an internationally-recognized publishing house serving people with food allergies, celiac disease, autism, and other conditions that require special diet.  

Savory Palate’s four cookbooks are sold around the world to thousands of people in all walks of life, with a variety of medical conditions. The books are available through any bookstore or health food store, and many companies and organizations sell them as well including physicians, dietitians, associations––and, of course they’re available on the Internet at www.savorypalate.com

The cookbooks use creative, readily available substitutes for wheat and gluten. For those with additional sensitivities, some cookbooks also omit dairy and many also offer egg substitutes and alternatives for sugar. This allows people to control what goes into their food. The books are written in simple, easy-to-follow language appropriate for novices or experienced cooks.

Today, Savory Palate offers cookbooks, consulting services, and information for people on special diets.