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Bake ne 44 nshoremag.com November 2014 business. She owned an organic café in the early 1980s and later worked as a caterer. Desserts, however, were not on her radar until she became a mother and suddenly had someone to make birthday cakes for. Her first attempts at baking were not very impressive, she admits, but she kept at it and quickly improved. A former pro- fessional bodybuilder, Gregory has always been focused on healthy eating, so she made sure to keep her treats low in sugar and fat, and as organic as possible. She also started developing gluten-free, nut- free, and even egg-free recipes for people with food allergies. These recipes taste at least as good as the conventional versions, Gregory says. In fact, her gluten-free brownies far surpass the traditional, wheat-based kind, she says. "I am such an Italian. I need my taste and my texture still there," she says. "I re- ally take pride in working on recipes with Goodie Bags: Gregory makes an assortment of foods—from granola to gluten-free brownies.