"Best of Gluten-Free Awards"

Triumph Dining's first-annual "Best of Gluten-Free Awards," which will recognize the best gluten-free brands and products on the market in over forty award categories, has nominated Cherrybrook Kitchen for three awards: "Best Gluten-Free Brownie Mix," "Best Gluten-Free Cake Mixes," and "Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix."

But we need your help to win!

Visit the Triumph Dining website to vote for Cherrybrook Kitchen and your other favorite gluten-free products. Upon completing the survey you can claim your FREE 5-pack of American Dining Cards – but there are only 2,000 packs available (to U.S. shipping addresses only), and more than 1,300 people have already voted!

The survey closes on January 14th so vote as many times as you can.

National Waffle Day!

What did you have for breakfast this morning? Cereal? Eggs and sausage? Yogurt? Well if you had any of that, you missed out on celebrating National Waffle Day! You read that correctly; today is National Waffle Day. The "holiday" marks the anniversary of the first U.S. patent for a waffle iron, which Cornelius Swarthout received on August 24, 1869.

Now we know that Cherrybrook Kitchen's allergen-friendly and gluten-free Pancake & Waffle mixes weren't around 141 years ago for that first waffle iron, but we can't think of a better way to celebrate National Waffle Day than by using your modern-day waffle iron to cook up a fresh batch of waffles without having to worry about your food allergies. Let us know what you think about National Waffle Day and send us some pictures of you and your family celebrating this, or any, holiday!

School's out....'til September

It may still be hot and humid where you live (like it is here in Massachusetts) but school will be back in session in as little as two weeks from now.

Preparing to turn the calendar over to September means preparing for the return of children to local public schools, private high schools, and colleges and universities. FAAN has updated their Food Allergy Action Plan for the 2010-2011 school year and this form is incredibly important for any student with food allergies. This form should be filled out and given to school nurses, administrators, or anyone else who could be a first responder to an allergy emergency. These individuals must be given proper information about your child's specific allergies and how to react, including the correct use of injectible epinephrine (EpiPen, Twinject, etc.).

At Cherrybrook Kitchen, we are doing our part to make the lives of food allergy sufferers and their families at least a little easier (and tastier!). However, you can never be too prepared, especially when your child's critical needs may become lost with the hectic environment that is present with hundreds, if not thousands, of other students.

So while you're stocking up on pencils, lunch boxes, and backpacks, be sure to take ten minutes to fill out this form. Not only will the school appreciate not having to scramble for this information when they really need it but it will give you one less thing to worry about.

We're back...with BIG NEWS!

It's been a long time since we've updated on here, but with such big news to announce we felt it was time to reboot the blog with a new design and the first announcement of our brand new products.

Cherrybrook Kitchen is once again partnering up with Marc Brown and the Arthur team to pair two more of your favorite Arthur characters with two classic Cherrybrook Kitchen mixes. We are proud to introduce...

Buster Fudge Brownie mix and D.W. Sugar Cookie mix!

No need to worry: the ingredients and recipe have not changed so you get to enjoy the same great taste of your favorite baking mixes while reading more stories with Arthur's friends and family from Elwood City. The two mixes are in stores now!

You're Invited to a Twitter Party on Friday

In honor of Food Allergy Awareness Month, some of our friends are hosting a Twitter party this Friday, May 15. Hosted by Food Allergy Buzz and Best Allergy Sites, the party will take place at 12 Noon EST and at 10:30 PM EST. To follow or participate in either party time, visit http://www.tweetgrid.com/ or another Twitter real-time dashboard of your choosing and type in #foodallergy. This will take you to the party where you will see the streaming conversation.

They are giving away some great prizes (including Cherrybrook Kitchen goodies!). It will be a good time to get answers to your questions from food allergy experts and a chance to network with other people about food allergies. And, it will be just plain cool to tell your friends that you went to a Twitter Party!

May is Allergy Awareness Month!

To help celebrate this month, Cherrybrook Kitchen is offering $1.00 off online orders of all our cake mixes! Click here to order and enter "CAKE" as the promotion code when you check out. Yippee! Have some cake.

Cherrybrook Kitchen Photo Contest

Our latest photo contest winner is Jennifer from Merced, CA. Here's her cute picture:

Luke's 1st Birthday!

Jennifer's Story:
In Late September we found out that our 2nd child Lucas is allergic to Egg, Wheat, Milk and Peanuts. My first thought was "what is he going to eat?" What do you feed a kid with such a restricted diet? Surley there is nothing with any flavor. I began to think of things he could not eat instead of what he could eat. I thought about his upcoming birthday, he wouldn't even get to enjoy cake on his own birthday!! Thats where you come in Cherrybrook Kitchen. You and your wonderful gluten free chocolate cake mix and vanilla frosting. Luke had his cake and ate it too! I just want to say you are not only putting out a safe product for people with food allergies. You are helping Families to make happy memories.

Thank you for your story Jennifer. We are honored that Luke enjoyed Cherrybrook Kitchen cake at his first birthday party! If you have a special story and picture to share, please visit our website for details on how to share it with us.