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Diagnosed About 3 Weeks Ago...living In Boston For Summer

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pastalover97 Newbie
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I was just diagnosed with Celiac 3 weeks ago and I immediately moved to Boston from Dallas, TX. I'm only in Boston for the summer and I am looking for anyone in this area to help with all this new gluten free stuff. I'm also looking for anyone in the DFW area for when I go back in august. I'm trying really hard to get the hang of being gluten free but it is hard and depressing. I'm also pretty shy and therefore terrified of going out to dinner.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Tessa

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There are some good options around Boston...If you like Mexican, I am a big fan of Chipotle (just get in a bowl instead of a wrap). PFChangs has a gluten-free menu, Maggianos has great gluten-free pasta, I've had the pizza from Uno's, one time I was ok, another time i had a reaction. I believe a new place near the North End has gluten-free Pizza, it's called Nebo, I haven't tried it yet.

Hope this helps!

I was just diagnosed with Celiac 3 weeks ago and I immediately moved to Boston from Dallas, TX. I'm only in Boston for the summer and I am looking for anyone in this area to help with all this new gluten free stuff. I'm also looking for anyone in the DFW area for when I go back in august. I'm trying really hard to get the hang of being gluten free but it is hard and depressing. I'm also pretty shy and therefore terrified of going out to dinner.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Tessa

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YOU HAVE TO GO THERE WHEN YOURE BACK IN DALLAS

EVERYTHING is gluten free...I LOVE IT!!

also...whole foods is amazing with products, as well as central market and select grocery stores.

BETTY CROCKER has an AMAZING new product line of gluten free mixes, as well as CHEX cereal being one of my favorite snacks...

what else...OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE is amazing!!

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Hi Tessa,

Welcome to Boston! I just moved here from California a couple of months ago.

If you like pizza, there is a place in Cambridge/Somerville, specifically Porter Square, called Zing's Pizza that has gluten-free pizza that's pretty good. Look them up online, they use organic ingredients and if you want vegetarian they do that too (not sure about vegan).

As far as mexican food, if you go to real mexican restaurants/taquerias, tacos are safe as well as nachos because they are made with corn tortillas. Any americanized version (qdoba, most "mexican grill" type restaurants) are usually a pain in the butt because most of them don't have soft corn tortillas, and their hard shell ones are cooked in the same fryer that they cook other gluten containing foods in.

The Boston Market chain has a menu that lists allergens. The last time I went there, the chicken was safe, the vegetables, and the mashed potatoes (make SURE you tell them no gravy, it's made with flour).

Indian restaurants are great. All the curries are safe, as well as the rice. You can also eat the papadum (those thin, flat crispy bread-like circular things) because they are made with flax and something else (not flour). No naan, though, that is like pita bread, and don't eat the samosas. I just tell them no bread or flour of any kind with my order.

Thai food is also good. Curries are safe as well as rice. So are most of the soups. I went to a Thai Restaurant called Montien on Stuart St. a couple months ago, told the waitress I could not eat wheat or gluten, and she told me what was safe on the menu.

If you have other questions, email me at drmrchk@sbcglobal.net . Please put celiac forum or gluten free in the subject line so I don't accidentally delete it as spam. Good luck and again, please contact me if you have further questions.

Renee

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