Gluten in Envelopes and on Stamps?

January 26, 2010

Tricia Thompson has a great blog post on gluten in envelopes and stamps. She went directly to the source and contacted the US Postal Service as well as the major adhesive manufacturers. The conclusion? You don’t need to worry about gluten in stamps, envelopes or stickers. One less thing to worry about! For details, here is [...]

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Worries about eating GF

January 14, 2010

Late last year, there was a CELIAC-L listserv message from a woman who wanted to try a particular product. She had read the ingredients (no gluten) and called the manufacturer (no gluten in the facility) but she wanted to hear from other list members who had used the product without getting sick. That message bothered [...]

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Chef’s Who Care

November 2, 2009

This weekend, I ate in a restaurant with a group of people. Most of us had celiac disease. The chef came out to talk to us (we warned him when we made the reservation). He had a list of all the menu options with the top allergen’s listed. What I enjoyed about him is that [...]

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Soy Sauce and Soy Sauce Powder

October 25, 2009

I’ve been seeing soy sauce powder listed on more and more product ingredient lists. Soy sauce powder is simply soy sauce in a dried powdered form. For people with celiac disease, it has the same problem as soy sauce – it often contains wheat and barley protein and as a result is not acceptable on [...]

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Eating Out

October 22, 2009

I went to a concert with a group of friends this week and we agreed to meet at a British-style pub for supper. I knew I would enjoy a pint of hard cider and I figured that I would find a salad or something simple that was GF. While we were waiting for everyone else [...]

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Modified Food Starch

October 21, 2009

We served root beer at a celiac association event recently and we got some questions about whether the root beer was gluten free. The ingredient list included “modified food starch” and some people thought that meant it couldn’t be gluten free. In fact, the modified food starch was from corn. This information was clear on [...]

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Then vs. now

October 14, 2009

I am getting ready for a TV interview this afternoon on gluten free products. Looking at my cupboard this morning made me think about what things were like in 1996, when I first started eating gluten free. Today I can go to my regular grocery store and have my choice of a dozen different breads. [...]

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Gluten Free at the Ball Park

August 10, 2009

I remember my first major league baseball game with my Dad. We went to Tiger Stadium in Detroit and watched the Tigers lose to the Twins. It was the first of many times I saw the Tigers lose! This week I have seen a number of articles on the new Gluten-Free Food Cart at Coors [...]

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What Does Eating Gluten Free Mean?

August 5, 2009

Last week I saw a woman on a gluten-free diet eat half a piece of regular cake because she was feeling left out. This week I read a message from a Mom who was concerned about giving her child a medication that had gluten-free ingredients and was made on a dedicated line because there was [...]

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Shopping Surprises

July 28, 2009

I saw a great looking picture of vegetables on a package of frozen vegetables the other day and I looked at the ingredient list to see what vegetables were in the blend. I was shocked to see wheat flour on the label. The labeling was correct – it had wheat in the ingredient list and [...]

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