Welcoming 2025
With a look back, and a look ahead
Happy New Year! If I have one wish for everyone reading this newsletter, it’s that 2025 will be a happy and healthy year for you and those you love. While I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions — I’d like to think that healthy habits can be picked up at any time of the year — I do think that the first days of the new year offer a great opportunity to take stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going.
I’m thrilled to say that 2024 was a terrific year for the Gluten-Free Guidebook. Hundreds of new readers joined this community, and I’m grateful to have you come aboard. On a personal note, I had the opportunity to travel a lot this year — always one of my favorite things. Here’s a video recap, which is probably going to make you very hungry. It features the four cities where I spent the most time this year: London, New York, Toronto, and Paris. Eagle-eyed viewers will spot a few restaurants I haven’t written about yet:
The most popular story of the year was “What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Diagnosed with Celiac Disease.” While this story is normally only available to paid subscribers, I’m unlocking it for the next week so that anyone can read it.
The other most-popular stories of the year, at the time of this writing, are:
I appreciate Substack’s metrics for checking out what content is most popular, but there’s nothing better than hearing from readers. If there’s a topic you’d like to see me cover, you can reach out directly to let me know (verified subscribers can reply to Gluten-Free Guidebook newsletters). While I don’t answer questions via private message, you might just inspire a future post! (Here’s one I did about Savannah, Georgia, based on a question from a paid subscriber who was traveling there.) Here’s to happy, healthy travels ahead in 2025.
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