I’m not a believer in the gluten-free craze. While I acknowledge that there are people with genuine Celiac disease,with varying severity, a large number of people simply think they have Celiac disease…and the food industry is more than happy to oblige and provide them with gluten-free options…most of which come at a premium price.

The one benefit gluten-free offers the non-Celiac crowd is a ‘crunchier’ option…while this is fine for the breading of chicken nuggets or fish or the Airfyer-beige-frozen-item-du jour, gluten-free pizza crust can be a pizzaster.

Enter the gluten-free snarsage pizza I tried to enjoy last night [complete with $4 upcharge]…I say ‘tried to’ because while I respect a healthy amount of crunch (my initial reason for selecting the gluten free item), my teeth hurt. Cornmeal is generally a big part of gluten-free stuff…didn’t taste much in terms of cornmeal but there was a distinct gluten-free bread-ish taste…my spidey pizza sense picked up on this nastiness after bite one…though I tried to stomach my way through because my stomach was digesting itself I was so hungry.

No pictures; none were worthy. I’m rather embarrassed and ashamed of this pizza imposter.

Silver lining: the cheese and sausage were good.

Bonus silver lining: the carbs I saved avoiding most of the crust I can dedicate to a genuinely good pizza and/or beer…probably ‘and’. Yeah definitely ‘and’. A genuinely good pizza and beer.