Snippets from the Italian Scene
Gluten Avoidance
A while back Avril wrote asking for advice on how to avoid wheat; I passed the question on and forwarded the replies people kindly sent to her, but forgot to post them here. Since the problem is relatively common here we go:
"Your reader should be able to find wheat-free pasta at any decent health food store or food co-op. Bulk food-type stores also may carry it. I know there are mail-order sources, but I can't tell you exactly what they are. There is a company called Bolles (I think) that makes a Jerusalem artichoke flour pasta, but I don't know if it's 100% wheat-free. I've also had a very serviceable corn pasta which I get from my co-op. I think a soy pasta may be available as well..... I believe that clear flour (available at co-ops, bulk food stores, and through King Arthur) is gluten-free, but it still is wheat flour.
Richard Alexander"
"I saw the note about the lady looking for gluten-free recipes and info. I found one site, http://www.glutenfree.com/, which is devoted to that and there appear to be quite a few. If she does a web search using "gluten-free" she should get dozens, if not hundreds, of hits. I found another neat site with cookie recipes and some of those at the top noted they were gluten free. It's a common problem apparently.
Good luck!
Laurie"
"In regards to wheat-free, yeast-free, gluten-free etc. foods....a good book by Bette Hagman entitled, The Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy, has a chapter at the back of the book that lists where to find products in Canada and the USA.
Thought you'd find that helpful.
Ciao...
Bruna Ori"
A presto,
Kyle Phillips
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