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    Thanks very much! I'll only be there for three nights, so that should be plenty to keep me fed. Jeanne
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    I'm going to a conference in Princeton in October - does anyone know of any good restaurants in the area? I'll have a car, and I'll be staying in a hotel on Route 1 a bit north of Princeton. I do know the area a bit - I lived in Plainsboro for two years, but I didn't know about my food intolerances then, and I moved away over a decade ago, so I have no...
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    Thanks for the tip - I'll definitely check it out! Jeanne
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    Maybe your problem is soy? Pacific's almond milk contains soy lecithin, but their hazelnut milk doesn't. Jeanne
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    I use Living Harvest vanilla hemp milk every day, and I've never had a problem with it. Jeanne
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    Since I'm off dairy and soy, I use coconut oil as a general butter replacement. It's great on popcorn, and I love it on toast with cinnamon, too. My other main splurge is hemp milk for my daily latte. :-) Jeanne
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    A quick google search revealed this site, which addresses the concerns raised in the site above. Open Original Shared Link As with everything on the internet, take with an enormous shaker of salt. Back to the mayo question, I was SO disappointed when they added soy to the Best Foods mayo. (If we could tolerate soy, wouldn't we just...
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    I third it - and it's cheaper even at Whole Foods than it is on the website that Shay gave. (I think I pay $3.99 a box or something like that.) The vanilla makes a FABULOUS latte! Jeanne
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    I make my own chicken noodle soup this way with Tinkyada pasta, and I really like how it comes out. Jeanne
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    I LOVE Country Life - not only are they gluten-free, but also dairy and soy-free (and several other things-free too, but those are the ones I pay attention to). Jeanne
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    Chocolate is very tricky, but I know I've seen a few (VERY few) brands that use some other kind of lecithin (sunflower maybe?) as an emulsifier. There's also Enjoy Life chocolate chips, which are quite good and don't contain any lecithin at all. Since I have problems with sugar, I tend to get my chocolate fix from chocolate-raspberry Clif nectar bars; they...
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    I was in Strasbourg last year, and I didn't think I'd have much luck explaining gluten. On the other hand, I was hopeful that rye and barley wouldn't be much of an issue, so I went with, "Je ne peut pas manger du ble (wheat, pronounced "blay"), farine (flour), pain (bread)," and that seemed to suffice. At least, I didn't get sick, so I assume it sufficed...
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    I have both a Diva cup and a Lunette, and I like the Lunette MUCH better. It has bigger holes and therefore a lot less suction, so you might give it a try. I learned about the Lunette when a friend clued me in to this website: Open Original Shared Link There a comparison of different brands at Open Original Shared Link I'll admit that...
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    Try this mix: Open Original Shared Link It's free of all the ingredients you listed, and it's remarkably good. (My non-gluten-free kids even try to steal bites of the toast I make with it.) It does dry out fairly quickly, so I usually slice it and freeze it as soon as it cools. Jeanne
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    I did, thanks! I had really good experiences at the Fish Market on El Camino Real; the servers there seemed to have a clue and checked ingredients on various things for me. (I ended up eating there a lot!) The Chinese restaurant turned out fine, too. I hope you have a good trip! Jeanne
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    Yogurt and cheese have a lot less lactose than straight milk, so if he doesn't have a problem with those, that suggests a lactose intolerance rather than a casein intolerance - which is good! It might very well go away as his villi heal. In the meantime, try lactose-free milk and see if he tolerates it better. Jeanne
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    In a nutshell, I splurge. I go to restaurants that are nice enough to have a chef who can cook me a meal from scratch, and I get some variation on meat/rice or potatoes/vegetables. It's usually fairly plain, but it works. I've had good luck with this at seafood restuarants, and I've managed at Outback Steakhouse, and even Chinese restaurants. (It's actually...
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    If you want to go the easy (but probably pricier) way, Breads by Anna has a very good yeast-free, gluten-free (and many other things-free) bread mix. You can order the mix online at www.glutenevolution.com. Be sure you get the yeast-free one, as there are also several that do contain yeast. Jeanne
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    I was in New Orleans about a year ago trying to do gluten/dairy free. Gluten free is doable, but dairy free is damn difficult. I went to fairly pricey places so I could special order without difficulty, and they still insisted that all the rice or potatoes that they had was pre-buttered, so most nights I ended up with meat and veggies, no starch. I was...
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    More particularly, does anyone have experience with the Hunan Garden in Palo Alto? I'm supposed to attend a conference banquet there one night. I called them and they said they could make wheat-free meals, no problem, but I'm slightly paranoid about whether their English was good enough to really understand what I was asking. Jeanne
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    I'm going to be in Palo Alto for a workshop all next week; can anyone recommend safe restaurants? I'll be staying at the Creekside Inn at 3400 El Camino Real, and the workshop is a short walk from there. I won't have a car, so anything within walking distance would be ideal. Thanks much! Jeanne
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    ARCHIVED Idiot!

    jnclelland replied to L.A.'s topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    My motto: "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission." :-) I bring my own food to restaurants all the time. When the server comes to take orders, I just smile and say, "I brought my own because I have food allergies," and I've never had a problem. Jeanne
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    Yeah, I was pretty peeved when Pacific added soy lecithin to their almond milk. But their hazelnut milk is still gluten/dairy/soy-free, so I still use that. I also like Living Harvest's vanilla hemp milk, but it's a good deal more expensive than the hazelnut milk. Jeanne
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    I've been doing South Beach gluten, dairy, and soy-free for well over a year, and it's certainly doable. As for replacements, white potatoes aren't allowed on South Beach, but sweet potatoes and yams are. I think corn is a "once-in-awhile" food on Phase 2; I tend to eat corn on the cob for one of my starch servings when it's in season; otherwise I don...
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    Thanks - I really appreciate the support! I actually thought her response was very nice, and maybe they will take customer feedback into account eventually. I was also glad to see that there are still some gluten-free varieties, so I'll have to try them and see if I like any of them. It's just so frustrating when they go and put gluten into a perfectly...
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