I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving break and are busy planning for Christmas. Lets dive right into this week’s gluten-free shopping and dining report.

It is time to start planning your holiday meals and 2B Whole Gluten-Free European Cafe has a number of tasty gluten-free offerings perfect for any gathering. Choose from: festively decorated sugar cookies, cakes, pies (pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan, and apple), cornbread, bread crumb stuffing, dinner rolls and more. The last day to pre-order is December 17th, so it’s time to put on your thinking cap.

American Gra-Frutti’s gluten-free graham crackers and cheese straws can be found at Piece of Cake locations in and around Atlanta.

Cafe Intermezzo is open at Avalon in Alpharetta serving a variety of coffee concoctions and a gluten-free sweet or two. This European coffee house is a great place to meet for a drink and catch up with friends, or to enjoy dessert, like the Nutella hot chocolate with a shot of butterscotch schnapps.

Create Your Cupcake’s holiday flavors encourage you to take a bite out of this festive season. Choose from: gingerbread, apple cake, red velvet, green velvet, and fill them with eggnog, cinnamon and apple pie, pink peppermint, or fruit cake frosting. Order online and have them delivered to a school party, work get together, or direct to your house and let the merriment begin.

Dantanna’s has given its third location a makeover including a: new look, name and menu. Formerly Dantanna’s Tavern, this bar and restaurant opened in Sandy Springs in 2014 with a tavern-inspired menu and rustic feel; however, after listening to its fans, it is now known as Dantanna’s Sandy Springs and offers lunch, the original Buckhead dinner menu and a late night menu. Gluten-free diners will note that gluten-free options have a GF in a circle next to them and they fill the menu.

Need a healthy mid-week pick me up? Stop by Table & Main for Paleo Wednesday where the restaurant’s special of the night is paleo friendly. Here are this month’s menu choices:

• Dec-14 | Baby Back Ribs, smoked baby back ribs, chipotle sweet potato, orange scented bitter greens
• Dec-21 | Meatloaf, bacon & bison meatloaf, tomato sauce, mashed parsnips & honey roasted carrots
• Dec-28 | Beef Chili, grass-fed beef, ancho chili spice, coffee & dark chocolate with sweet potato fries

Treehorn Cider is now available at Venkman’s in Old Fourth Ward, Farmhaus Burger in Augusta, Foxy Loxy Cafe in Savannah, and Poor Hendrix in East Lake. Love to see more restaurants adding naturally gluten-free cider to its offerings.

Have a safe and tasty weekend!