Celiac.com 03/08/2019 - How many times have you gone out to dinner and tried to find a gluten-free meal that wouldn't make you sick? How many times have you eaten that gluten-free meal, only to think, "gee, I wouldn't feed this to my dog?"
This leads to the question, do restaurants that serve gluten-free menu items taste test their offerings? If not, why not? Why do they think that people with gluten-intolerance or celiac disease want to eat cardboard? These and other questions continue to baffle me.
There are a few things that restaurants could do better. The gluten-free wave is sweeping the nation. Restaurants need to learn how to swim, or be swept away with the tide. These are some of my pet peeves when it comes to dining out gluten-free.
Running out of gluten free...

Celiac.com 04/05/2019 - Avoiding gluten is literally the most important dietary practice for people with celiac disease. A gluten-free diet is the only way to avoid major health problems down the line.
Until now, anyone on a gluten-free diet looking to eat food in restaurants had to rely on lots of detective work, gathering information from menus, word of mouth, intuition, and restaurant workers' advice, with little or no supporting data. 
Portable Gluten Detection Data Drives Restaurant Study
With the development of handheld gluten detection devices, like Nima, it’s now possible to take some of the guesswork out of equation by testing small bits of food on site in real time before it is consumed.
A team of researchers recently analyzed data from Nima portable gl...

Celiac.com 08/20/2021 - I recently spent two weeks traveling through Austria and Italy.  As always, my motto was “Be prepared, but stay flexible.” It was a fabulous trip and I thought you might like to know what I did to make it successful.
Plan Ahead: Do an Online Search Before You Leave
I knew the cities we planned to visit, so I did an online search for health food stores that stocked gluten-free products.  I went to “Google” and then typed in “gluten free products” with the city name.  I found many stores and took this list with me, using maps and guide books to determine which stores were closest to our hotel.  
My research paid off.  In Vienna the very next morning we walked to the nearest health food store which was about a mile away from our hotel.  I bought...

Celiac.com 02/17/2022 - A true luxury in life is to have someone else prepare your meals. Gluten-free children are lucky to have parents as their personal chefs! The responsibility of having to prepare every single thing your kids eat can become overwhelming—it is very important to find a few convenient places where you can eat out!
Our family has two older celiac children and even as veterans of the gluten-free diet these challenges are present every single time we try some place new. We find that when looking for a gluten-free meal one must consider a variety of venues: Fine dining, mid-priced dining, fast food, eating out of town, social events, and overnight kids camps.
Fine Dining
When our family eats out we like fine dining options that involve a chef preparing f...