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Gluten Free Dining and Shopping Guides

July 26th, 2010 at 11:12 am by Lisa - Gluten Free Foodie
Have you heard about the Triumph Guides? The Gluten Free Restaurant Guide, Gluten Free Grocery Guide and Gluten Free Restaurant Rescue Pack - dining cards ?
Well, I am here to tell you they are really great! It is so easy to look up info and to carry with you. These guides are updated annually with such useful information.

In 2004, Ross and Kay Cohen of Philadelphia came up with a great idea while trying to figure out how Ross could live a happier Gluten Free lifestyle. Ross actually avoided social situations around food because it was just too hard to navigate the strict gluten free guidelines to stay healthy. His wife said, "Let's make dining cards to teach restaurants how to make gluten free foods", so that he and others who are Gluten Free do not avoid a social life. They dove right in and began to meet with chefs and restaurants. They also studied labels and cookbooks to discover pitfalls that may occur in a restaurant kitchens. Each of the cards has 3 translations. The cards are laminated and can be folded up and carried in your wallet or purse for easy spontaneous use! The cards explain the gluten free diet quickly and accurately. The 10 pack of cards has 10 different languages including - American, Chinese, French, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Thai and Vietnamese - ready to travel with locally or internationally.


Since those early days, they have also added a gluten free grocery shopping guide that includes 30,000 products with 1,100 brand names. As an added bonus, the gluten free restaurant guide, just released 5th addition, has over 6,500 Restaurants for all 50 States including menus for 120 national and regional chains like Chili's, Red Robin and Baja Fresh Mexican Grill. I was actually very surprised to see Buca di Beppo in there as well!

The Grocery Guide has information from top store brands like Safeway and Kroger, to name a few. The book is nicely organized into sections like grocery aisles - dairy, beverages, baking, canned & packaged goods, cereal, bread & pasta, condiments, sauces, dressings, snacks, baby foods and formulas, frozen foods and meats. There are so many foods and companies that might be new to you or you may have missed because the store may not have tagged the shelf or positioned it in a space that wasn't easy to find. This way you can plan ahead and ask your favorite grocery store if they carry the Gluten Free items you are looking for or order it for you.

I have added an icon link to the sidebar of my blog to make ordering easier. Just click the icon below in this post or on the sidebar for more information. You can order any or all three from this link. The books and cards make a great gift for your Gluten Free Foodie friends and family too!


Enjoy!


Lisa

glutenfreefoodie@gmail.com
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About Lisa - Gluten Free Foodie

Learning to live Gluten Free is a challenge. Gathering with like minded people while exchanging ideas, life experiences and gluten free food is more interesting! So I created, Gluten Free Foodies, to support Gluten Intolerant and other Food Sensitive people by gathering at monthly events and celebrating the foods that we can eat! Feel free to send me an email at glutenfreefoodie@gmail.com After all, didn't Erma Bombeck once say ... "I am not a glutton, I am an explorer of food."

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