General Mills, it appears, is on a roll. First it released its gluten-free Chex, then it unveiled those Betty Crocker gluten-free Baking Mixes, next it expanded its line of gluten-free Chex to include six flavors and now, as Gluten-Free Philly first reported Saturday, gluten-free Kix?
Well, almost, a customer service representative told me today. Kix has [...]
From the monthly archives:
June 2009
Time for a pizza party! Summer is in full swing and we feel like celebrating all season long, American style. Break out your gluten free beer (see our page for tasty options), your gluten free banjo, and your gluten free pizza… uh oh. Uno’s may not deliver, but there’s a better option: do it yourself! [...]
The Andover Senior Center in Andover, MA offers a gluten-free cooking class June 30th at 1:30 p.m. for $5. The senior center welcomes “elders and their families” in the Andover community. Senior Center chef Frank Melendez will preside. This is a great opportunity for older people with celiac disease to learn in a supportive environment [...]
“It’s like an ice cream shop, only better,” one friend told me.
“I know you hate cupcakes, Rodger, but these… these are different,” said another.
“They will actually change your life.”
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It all started one Friday evening. We were at Chipotle, a favorite gluten-free hotspot of mine. My friends were all clamoring over a new dessert place that [...]
We posted earlier about the delicious and creamy Red Mango Frozen Yogurt, which is one of the latest brands to have been certified as gluten-free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO). We’ve since been moving through the GFCO certified list, and our most recent acquisition, Food Should Taste Good chips, matches Red Mango’s superb taste [...]
The Rush University Medical Center’s Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition is currently seeking volunteers for two separate studies related to celiac disease. If you live in Chicago, you could volunteer for these trials and make a difference for future people diagnosed with celiac disease.
The first clinical trial, run by Dr. Sunana Sohi, is Celiac Disease [...]
When grazing gluten-free, sometimes you crave what the Gluties eat without thinking about it. You want neither the haute-cuisine of money-burning gourmets nor mother’s home cookin’. But you’d say yes to the vending machine snack a doctor snags in between patients and the powder-yellow puffballs teenagers wolf down after school. You want junk.
You are having [...]
Mark your calenders, everyone! Thanks to Safe and Sound Dinners, June 29th you (and your special someone) can safely and luxuriously dine out at Carnivale in Chicago. For $50 per person, you will be treated to appetizers, entrées, and dessert that are completely free of of gluten, eggs, soy, shellfish, dairy, peanuts, and tree nuts. [...]
This is very welcome news for celiacs in Europe. According to the European Union’s Food Standards Agency (FSA):
Under the new European Union regulations, only foods that contain less than 20 parts of gluten in a million will be allowed to use the term ‘gluten-free’ on their packaging. Recent evidence has shown that this extremely low [...]
