Gluten-free baked goods

OPENING UP: Shanel Sinclair and her husband, Tim Killilea, are opening a small bakery and catering company in Providence that will specialize in gluten-free, nonprocessed and vegan fare. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
OPENING UP: Shanel Sinclair and her husband, Tim Killilea, are opening a small bakery and catering company in Providence that will specialize in gluten-free, nonprocessed and vegan fare. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

While gluten-free products have become a dietary trend, a new Providence business, Augusta Street Kitchen, was borne of dietary necessity.

After she was diagnosed with Celiac disease, owner Shanel Sinclair started cooking and baking items that would be healthy and nonprocessed. She couldn’t ingest gluten, and dairy and soy were off-limits too. But the gluten-free products she found were often highly processed, with added sugar.

Sinclair made her own protein cookies, energy bars and other items that were tasty enough to attract notice from friends and co-workers. Eventually, they started donating dollars here and there, and encouraging her: “You should sell these.”

She and her husband, Tim Killilea, launched the business, thinking that they might be onto something.

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Augusta Street Kitchen, which will open in December at 361 Academy Ave. in the Elmwood neighborhood of Providence, will feature baked goods, as well as homemade foods. The name is a reference to a street in Lisbon, Portugal that featured delicious bakeries.

The new menu includes banana bread donuts, individual veggie frittatas and homemade chocolates. The business also will cater for parties of 100 and under.

“It grew out of a need for wanting healthier, gluten-free items,” Sinclair said. “I started cooking for myself.” •

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