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Gluten Free in the Lexington Area
Greetings from the “soon to be official” GFLA CDF Connections Group!! I
would like to personally invite you to join us for a Dutch treat lunch at
Carrabbas Italian Grill, 1881 Plaudit Place (near Hamburg Pavillion) on
Saturday, April 22, at 12:00 noon. You can access their menu options at
www.carrabbas.com We are hoping to raise awareness for the need of safe gluten-free
places to dine in the Lexington area and by eating out as a group what
better way to do so? I am looking forward to the experience the first of
many, I hope. We will also have our regular monthly meeting at Good Foods
Market & Café, 455 Southland Drive (off Nicholasville Rd.) at 7 p.m. on
Thursday evening, April 27.
I also want to introduce to you my co-facilitator, Judy Michel. She was out
of town when we met in March, but she has done a lot of work getting the CDF
affiliation set up and I thank her so much for that. Since I live in AR as
well as KY, I am not going to be able to attend every meeting (until we get
permanently moved here). So, between the two of us, we hope that the needs
of the group will be served efficiently. She also has lots of good ideas
and connections for specific topics & speakers for our meetings, and I think
you will benefit highly with staying in touch with the group. Since our
group is growing, it is getting harder to stay in touch. So, we will soon
have a combined email address for all CDF related information. This will
make it easier for us to notify the group in bulk. However, you can still
email either of us directly for personal communication if you need to.
For those who were at our first meeting in March, I want to thank you for
your attendance. I also appreciate hearing from those who were not able to
attend. I have sent out my “CookBook” and hope you received it. If not,
please email me and I will send it to you. And I thank you so much for your
encouraging words of appreciation. I have enjoyed putting the recipes
together and will continue to add more. I have tried out all of the recipes
myself. When getting a new recipe, I make it, and then either keep it,
change it to fit my needs, or discard it. So if something doesn’t work for
you, do not hesitate to email and find out where it went wrong. These
recipes need to be good dependable recipes that work. That doesn’t mean they
don’t require time, effort and lots of kitchen utensils, though.
Judy will be facilitating the meeting on the 27th, since I will be back in
AR. She will be glad to answer any questions you may have, or refer you to
someone who can. She has lots of additional information for you that I did
not have last month. In the coming months, we hope to have a variety of
guest speakers, discussions on dealing with cross-contamination, dining out
issues, cooking in a non-gluten-free kitchen, children/teens with celiac disease, monitoring the
gluten-free lifestyle, gluten-free cooking classes, etc.
We’re looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, the 22nd at Carrabbas,
and/or at Good Foods on Thursday the 27th. If you do know you can come to
Carrabbas, please let me know so I can have an idea of how many might
attend. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either
of us.
Sincerely,
Jan Falwell falwell@cablelynx.com
Judy Michel jen3bs@hotmail.com