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TESTIMONIALS
 Yours is
the BEST gluten-free I have ever had! I won't be trying anyone else's
anymore. THANK YOU for such a great product.
D.C. in Westlake, Ohio
Good
morning, Holly and staff. Just a note to let you know how much we are
enjoying the raspberry gluten-free scones and oatmeal raisin cookies.
Also, oh my gosh, the bread! All the bread I've ordered tastes like real
bread. We haven't had good bread for a whole year, since eating
gluten-free. You are awesome! Keep up the good work and I'll be ordering
again soon. PS: Everything is packaged so nicely and nothing arrived
broken or smashed!
Judy D.
Several
years ago, my elderly mother was diagnosed with celiac disease. We’ve
tried to find GF breads and pastries that she enjoyed and found very few
that she liked. So I was thrilled when she told me that she LOVED the
Breakfast Bundle that I ordered to be shipped to her home in Florida. She
said that the coffee cake was just like the "real thing" and she really
enjoys the cinnamon swirl bread. I’ll surely be ordering from you again!
Thanks so much for making such a fine product.
Janice P.
I have
tried them all and this is absolutely the best GF bread I have had. The
cookies are extremely good as well. This bread smells and tastes like
regular wheat bread. It is good untoasted or toasted. It is fresh. The
others have a texture and taste comparable to styrofoam; this, well I
wanted to stand on the front porch and yell to the world how wonderful
this bread is. You must try it to believe it. I will highly recommend this
to all I know, and cannot praise it enough!
Sandi B.
My daughter Karen arranged a means for us to obtain your cookies and
brownies through the mail and end years of longings! I have been
suffering pangs of hunger for four years (diagnosed with celiac disease)
and passing a bakery shop was sheer torture since then. I have YOU
to thank for my freedom.
Jack G.
Just wanted
to say thank you. Your baked goods are delicious! I shared some of them
with a friend who is also wheat intolerant. We LOVED everything. (She
didn't get to try the brownie. I ate both of them the day I received them.
Oh, well.) I really wanted to let you know that I actually ate an entire
loaf of bread -- probably the first one since before I was diagnosed with
celiac. I just haven't liked the bread -- until now! I ate the entire loaf
of cinnamon swirl bread in a couple of days. I even used it as the bread
for a hamburger. (Okay, cinnamon and hamburger is a strange combination,
but it worked.) I will be placing another order soon. Thanks again for all
of your hard work!
Judi R.
Please enquire about our
varieties of GF PIES & TOASTER PASTRIES. They are difficult to keep
in stock! Order one week in advance.
Oh yes, I
know about the pies! My brother's favorite pie is pumpkin, and when
he found out we got them, he was SO happy! He even let me try some,
and it tasted exactly like a normal piece of pumpkin pie! It was
amazing! ... The look on his face when he sees a new dessert or food from
your bakery that he hasn't had for a while because of this disease is
priceless. I just want to let you know that you run a great bakery!
Thank you,
Amanda M.
Thank you
for baking such wonderful bread for those of us who have an allergy to
gluten. I have been looking for good bread since realizing I was allergic
to gluten almost two years ago. Your bread is incredible and I am back to
being able to eat sandwiches and toast. This is why I want to share your
bread with my niece in New York. She has been gluten-free for a number a
years. I think she will enjoy your products as much as I do.
Thank you,
Micky H.
I just wanted to write and thank you
for your efforts in making quality great-tasting GF baked goods. I got my
first shipment from you today and already I'm thinking about what to order
next time. Everything is great. So good and so fresh. I've tried so many
other products along the way, just to end up disappointed in the end. I
just wanted to say thanks.
Pastor Dan T.
Just
wanted to say thank you for your wonderful baked goods. Eating them is the
first time since I was diagnosed that I haven't been upset and bitter
about the disease. After I was diagnosed, my sister told me that once I
forgot what normal baked goods tasted like, I would be fine. I am so glad
I don't have to wait until I forget in order to enjoy good food. Yours is
the only bread I have had that tastes like real bread and your cookies are
amazing. You are the best and I am so grateful to had some of your foods.
Thank you,
Jessica N.
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Bakery Banks on What
It Doesn't Sell -- Gluten
July 14, 2005
Wisconsin State Journal
by James Edward Mills
REVIEW
Take a bite of a
gluten-free blueberry muffin from the Silly Yak Bakery and Bread Barn, and
you'll be hard pressed to distinguish it from a similar treat baked from
wheat flour.
But to someone suffering
from the immune system disorder celiac disease, the difference can be
life-threatening.
Silly Yak Bakery and
Bread Barn, at 7866 Mineral Point Road, opened early this year and took
the place of the popular Madison bakery the Bread Barn. Still featuring
many of the same varieties of wheat bread and baked goods, the new owner,
Holly Beach, retained the name, but added a play on words and comical logo
that pokes fun of a serious ailment.
"This is a very scary
disease, especially for small children," Beach said. "So we said let's
make it fun for people."
Those with celiac disease
are sensitive to the proteins or gluten found in some grains -- namely
wheat, barley, and rye. Consumption of gluten by those with the disease
can damage the intestine, making it difficult for the body to absorb
nutrients. The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Program estimates that
1 in 133 Americans has the disorder.
Beach, who previously
owned a bakery in Rochester, Minn., now bakes gluten-free products every
Sunday at the Madison bakery using grains such as rice, millet, sorghum,
quinoa, and buckwheat. She said fresh baking is important because many
gluten-free breads are packaged with a two-year shelf life.
On Sundays at the Silly
Yak, the production of wheat bread is suspended and the cooking areas are
sterilized to keep gluten out of the mix.
"I train my people to
think of wheat flour like a bacteria," Beach said. "You don't want to
cross-contaminate and make someone sick."
Gluten-free bread, cakes,
cookies, brownies, and muffins are available fresh Sundays and sold frozen
through the week. Beach also ships products to customers as far away as
California.
I just
wanted to write you all and tell you how much I appreciate everything you
guys do. One year ago I was diagnosed with celiac disease and without your
awesome products, I would've gone insane! I've tried so many other
bakeries and none of them can even compare to your stuff! It's so hard to
comprehend that you can never have certain things ever again, but when you
have amazingly wonderful substitutes, it makes it sooo much easier. I wish
you so much success!
I wish I
could attach a picture of the birthday cake I made from your cakes. It was
sooo wonderful! Everyone loved it!
OK!
Enough gushing!
Thanks
again!
Kelsea
T.
My mom is
85 years old and was diagnosed at least 20 years ago with celiac disease.
She has lost 20 pounds in the past year and has said that she "just
doesn't enjoy eating anymore". This is a woman who at age 84 was still
riding a bike, has about 5 volunteer jobs, and is extremely active.
Watching her just eating rice cakes every day and having to live on
Immodium at times when she just tries to eat a "normal" meal was very sad
to watch. She had tried some hideous rice bread in the past and as a
senior citizen was horrified with the cost. I saw all the great reviews
for your bread on the Gluten Solutions site, bought her 3 loaves, and she
is hooked! You would have thought that I had given her a million dollars.
She was so thrilled! Just to be able to eat a sandwich again or to have
toast with her tea in the morning has been a total joy to her! I can't
thank you enough for that! I wanted to write and thank you
for your efforts in making quality, great-tasting GF baked goods. I got my
first shipment from you today and already I'm thinking about what to order
next time. Everything is great. So good and so fresh. I've tried so many
other products along the way, just to end up disappointed in the end. I
just wanted to say thanks.
Sandy A.
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