davemill

We are all well-trained to talk to the kitchen staff if necessary to confirm the meal is properly prepared. It seems unlikely that an unknown worker in the unknown kitchen of an unknown chef in an unknown city(!) can successfully create an uncontaminated gluten-free meal. In this case the serving staff (flight attendants) are unable to contact the kitchen...

Our daughter has severe celiac symptoms, so she knows when she's been glutened. Daiya products have been a staple of her diet as long as they've been available (remember the stretchy ones? Miss those.) They are dependably Gluten-free Casein-free safe.

Request that your friends bring specific dishes, healthy foods like salads and veggie plates, everybody wins.

I'm sorry for your pain. Regarding the rest, the physicist Richard Feynman wrote a great book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" It's very much in the spirit of your topic here, actually.

When my daughter started preschool 15 years ago, she had already been Gluten-free Casein-free for 2+ years. We patiently explained the whole story to the teacher: she can't eat anything not provided by us without Mom's prior approval (which was seldom granted), etc. Mom visited the classroom on day 2 as a once-a-week volunteer. She discovered the entire...