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Tim Mar: 206.286.9988
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ChefShop.com will host the Gluten Free Girl benefit book signing at their store and warehouse at 1415 Elliott Ave West, in the InterBay neighborhood of Seattle, – on Friday, October 26, 2007, from 7-10 P.M. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. For more information, visit their website at www.ChefShop.com or contact ChefShop.com at (206) 286-9988.

SEATTLE, WA – October 4, 2007 – Award-winning blogger Shauna James Ahern, a.k.a. the Gluten-Free Girl (www.GlutenFreeGirl.blogspot.com), will sign copies of her new memoir and cookbook at a benefit dinner hosted by ChefShop.com. “We are very excited to be hosting this event,” said Tim Mar, President and founder of ChefShop.com, Inc. “Shauna and her husband, the Chef, are great friends of ChefShop.com.”

Fans and readers can look forward to meeting Shauna and enjoying some of her delicious Gluten-Free recipes featured in her newly released book, Gluten-Free Girl: How I Found the Food That Loves Me Back…And How You Can Too. Guests will have the opportunity to purchase the book, and Shauna will be available to autograph copies and share recipes and humorous stories of her life after being diagnosed with celiac disease.

Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disorder that damages the small intestine and can interfere with the body’s ability to absorb nutrients from food. Individuals diagnosed with celiac disease must avoid eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. A portion of the event proceeds will benefit National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funding for celiac disease and to advance research, education and screening among medical professionals, children and adults.

After being diagnosed with celiac disease in April 2005, Shauna combined her passion for writing and food in the acclaimed blog, Gluten Free Girl. Her new book grew from that blog and has been hailed as “a delightful memoir of learning to eat superbly while remaining gluten free” by Newsweek magazine. Alice Bast, executive director of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, raves, “Give yourself a treat! Gluten-Free Girl offers delectable tips on dining and living with zest – gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!”

This event is open to the public for a fee of $50.00 per person and includes a multi-course buffet dinner featuring recipes from Gluten-Free Girl, and artisan-produced foods supplied by ChefShop.com. Books will be available for purchase during the event from Queen Anne Books. For more information, contact the ChefShop.com at (206) 286-9988. For upcoming events and recipes, visit www.chefshop.com or glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com.

About ChefShop.com, Inc. – Today, ChefShop.com offers a seasonal selection of over 1,000 of the very best artisan-produced foods, ingredients and fresh products from around the world. The majority of the products are handmade using pure, natural ingredients, and traditional – often centuries-old – techniques and recipes. Products include a broad selection of domestic and imported estate olive oils, traditionally aged balsamic vinegars, and exotic and hard-to-find beans, rices, spices and herbs. They also offer a growing list of fresh food items, such as “When Tom Say’s Their Ripe” tree-ripened cherries, caught-to-order wild Alaskan salmon, smoked-to-order naturally-raised turkey and ham, artisan chocolates, and seasonal Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses from Italy. Freshness, purity, health benefits, sustainable and traditional production methods, customer value, consistency, knowing the provenance of each product – and most importantly – flavor, are ChefShop.com’s criteria when deciding what products to offer their customers. Store hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00pm. “eat simply, live well!”^sm with ChefShop.com.