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ARCHIVED Fabulous Gluten-Free Baked Goods In Cambridge, Ma
Laura replied to Laura's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants
Ugh! So much for that -- the arrangement with Darwin's has fallen through ... hopefully the Violette baked goods will be going to another coffee shop, restaurant, or bakery soon. -
ARCHIVED Fabulous Gluten-Free Baked Goods In Cambridge, Ma
Laura posted a topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants
Last summer, when I moved to Cambridge, I stumbled on a gluten-free bakery called Violette and I fell in love. But it lost its space, and for a while the woman who owned it had been doing special orders only. Now she's selling her product out of Darwin's Ltd, a coffee shop on Cambridge Street not far from Harvard Square (heads up: there's another Darwin's... -
This place was new to me and I searched and didn't see anything on it in the forum. Pizza place called Keste in New York City literally right across the street from Risotteria on Bleecker St. Unlike Risotteria, it's only pizza and salads. Here's what I'd say: The pizza was outstanding. Astonishingly good. The service ... not so much. First off...
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If you like Malaysian food (similarities to Chinese and Thai), there's a great place in Chatham, NJ that has quite a few gluten-free options -- they have a printed-up gluten-free menu and at least some of the staff know enough to explain how they altered the dishes to be ok. My best friend lives in Chatham and I eat there whenever I visit her: Open Original...
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Before I was diagnosed, we used to eat at Virgil's BBQ sometimes when we were in NYC and loved it. But when I went gluten-free, I stopped eating there because their barbecue sauce contained soy sauce. Recently, though, my mom suggested we eat there and I thought it was worth a try to see if they'd changed the menu in the past six or eight years, so I looked...
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Chipotle is a good bet in a lot of places -- just get the burrito bowl. Edited to add: Remember that the Canadian Celiac Association did a study finding that even blue cheeses started with gluten-containing media don't have detectable levels of gluten. Open Original Shared Link
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Adding my vote to everyone who said Five Guys and In N Out. So, so good, and since it's just straight-up potato and they don't have anything else deep-fried, you know what you're getting.
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A couple months back, in a travel thread on Washington DC, someone mentioned Open Original Shared Link as a gluten-free-friendly restaurant. In just these few months, Dino has gone from being a place where the waiters were well-informed and happy to talk to you about your needs to a place with a clearly-marked menu. The menu now marks things according...
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Churchkey, a new bar in Washington DC, offers gluten-free flatbreads. I've had two of them -- the pulled pork was awesome, kind of like an open-face cuban sandwich, almost, with mustard and pickle slices. The BLT pizza one was a bit less successful, but still pretty good. The bread part seems more garbanzo based, a little on the hearty side. The most...
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Has anyone else gone to Hello Cupcake in DC? It's pretty new, right on Dupont Circle. They have one gluten-free cupcake each day, and the cake is fabulous. The only problem is, it's almost always either carrot cake or, now that it's fall, pumpkin cake. Which I was happy with the first couple times I got it, but eventually it's like, sheesh, celiacs also...
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ARCHIVED Contaminated Rice Protein?
Laura posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
A friend just sent me this: Has anyone heard anything else about this? Is it for sure, or just speculative? What products might be affected, and over what time period (that is, a baking mix I'd had on my shelf for 6 weeks would probably be fine, right)? -
I'm wondering if celiacs can register as bone marrow or stem cell donors? The websites I've found with general guidelines for who can donate say that people with autoimmune conditions generally can't, but then some of them exempt certain ones. But never mention celiac. A friend's brother-in-law just died of leukemia and I'd really like to register...
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The thing about IBS is, it's a diagnosis that usually means "gosh, there sure is something wrong with your GI system, but we don't really know what it is." For some people, that's the lifelong diagnosis - no explanation ever gets uncovered, and the fact that they can't explain it doesn't make it any less miserable. But it's definitely worth looking for...
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ARCHIVED How Soon After Eating Gluten Do You Fall Ill?
Laura replied to againstthegrain's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Ok, I loved this. And it is so exactly my experience. Chain reaction in the intestines...I feel a little rumble, the kind that might be nothing but then it builds into this sensation of, like, motion, and then like you say everything drops two inches - perfect description! And "very bad poo." Boy howdy! Perfect, and fabulous, way to put it. -
ARCHIVED What Is Your Most Fav.......
Laura replied to mrsnj91's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Bob's Red Mill pancake mix Pamela's brownie mix Glutino flax seed bread Gluten-Free Pantry chocolate cake mix In most grocery stores, Pamela's chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. But my favorite cookies I've bought anywhere were the frozen Celiac Specialties ones. I'm not 100% decided on a yellow cake mix...maybe Kinnikinnick. I haven't found...