Add Complexity to Gluten-Free Desserts With Roasted Soy Flour, Chicory, and More

Nothing excites a pastry chef more than all things crust and cake, but gluten allergies make dessert a recipe for disaster. Sometimes it's a personal diagnosis of celiac disease, or one given to a family member, but the epidemic has only driven pastry chefs to apply varied strategies to come up with desserts so sweet, their diners don't miss the wheat.

Pastry Chef Monica Glass remembers when flights of stairs winded her....