Food Philosophy: Recipes and ramblings from a gluten-free naturopath

I'm always excited about a new cooking challenge and will take any opportunity to create something new and wonderful!!  It's even better when that challenge is over-the-top, unbelievable kind of stuff... A couple of weeks ago, I was attending a business conference with my husband in Washington, DC.  We were staying in a hotel room that was equipped with a small fridge and a tiny, half-speed kind of microwave and nothing else that could even remotely be considered "kitchen-like." The 3rd night of the conference was scheduled to be a "working dinner" in the conference room where Chinese food was going to be brought in for everyone to eat while working (of course, this didn't include me since most Chinese is not GF).  The challenge was presented to have a fabulous, gourmet-type dessert to conclude the evening. I readily accepted and began thinking and plotting and planning. How could I prepare a gluten-free (because I wanted to eat it, too!), gourmet