San Francisco Chronicle Food Section

[FaithInScienceToo]

Hi, All!

Happy to report that our SF Chronicle has highlighted Celiac Disease in today's issue.

Most of the info printed is available for free via this on-line link (includes recipes):

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Gina

[skbird]

Great article! And I recognize the quote from this site!

What's coolest about this is my parents, friends, brother, etc, all read the Chron so now I can back up my story with this one. You know how some people just see things as more legit when they are printed somewhere...

Stephanie

[flagbabyds]

I was SUPPOSED to be interviewed for this article, but the woman never called, so I never got to talk about teens and celiac. Oh Well, it is still a really good article. My mom went to a meeting there witht the editors and told them that they should do something on celiac. YAY

[celiac3270]

Great article...longer and more in-depth than most of them.....

[skbird]

I went out and bought a couple of copies. Even better in print. Bummer about not getting interviewed! Well, it was still pretty good. The cover picture of the woman shopping with all the gluten items flying off the shelves at her is pretty good - I'm thinking of hanging it in my cube at work. Or maybe the part that explains what Celiac and gluten-intolerance are. That will help when I'm trying to explain at work why I don't eat the pizza, donuts, cakes, whatever it is they special order for us for fun.

I also forwarded the article to my manager and the company owner (who takes a genuine interest in my dietary needs).

Stephanie

[FaithInScienceToo]

YEP....I plan to show the article to my family members, too...they will take 'it' more seriously, just because it got in the paper in such a 'big' way...

The print version was a lot better than the web link...it included a taste-test of gluten-free pastas (they tested the long, thin versions only)....done by top chefs in SF area - Only 2 got the 'I would buy that' from all 5 chefs...

Here are the results:

83 of 100 pts: Tinkyada Pasta Joy Brown Rice Pasta, spaghetti style.

77 of 100: Mrs. Leeper's Rice Spaghetti

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55 pts: Mrs. Leeper's Corn Spaghetti

54: Ancient Harvest (quinoa)

52: Westbrae natural (corn)

43: De Boles (rice)

33: Nutrition Kitchen (soy)

9: Lundberg (rice)

6: Pastariso (rice)

0 points: Bionaturae (Blend)

Great that a member's mom asked the SF Chronicle to do the article!!!

Good job, MOM!

G

[skbird]

I found the pasta round up to be interesting. I read that section for regular foods from time to time and find that I agree with their choices many times (like I've seen them list the best salamis, the best cheddar cheese, etc). I was surprised though that the Ancient Harvest was as low as it is, but really surprised the Lundberg one is so low. Lundberg rice is a local company and I haven't bought that pasta yet as I have plenty of Tinkyada but am sad to see the low rating. I'll probably get some anyway to try. DeBoles - not horrible but I like it for the Mac and Cheese box convenience, that's it.

Anyway, it was interesting. I would love to see a taste test of many different gluten free foods.

Stephanie