Re: restaurant practicing gluten awareness

May 9, 2003

FranceLV

I have had good experiences with Fresh Choice Resturants.

They put the ingredients over every entree along the main salad and main

course line.

In the breads they have a section that has gluten free breads. As many

people with Celiac, I also have other food alergies and this way I can watch

what I eat. It is not complete gluten free but has many things a Celiac can

eat and be safe. They advertize that they serve organic foods and I have

rarely seen mammal meats there. They explained that it is hard to find

organicly raised beef or pork so they just don't serve it.

The chain is basicly California but they have been expanding out and have a

resturant in the Seattle area. That is good news for me as most of my family

is living around the Seattle area. The Fresh Choice there is actually in the

South Center Mall.

Here in Sacramento, There are several Fresh Choice Resturants and one is in

the Arden Fair Mall not too far from our home. I have not been to that

particular one yet but have been to the ones in Roseville, in the Sunrise

mall, and the one on Howe ave. I can take my entire family as they are very

wheel chair friendly. My husband is a paraplegic and wheel chair

accessibility is very important to us.

It would still be good to have a place that was dedicated to gluten free

eating instead of just offering a few items that are safe.

Bette

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Subject: [ ] restaurant practicing " gluten awareness "

Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 14:09:08 EDT

Hello to all,

There is a new restaurant in Santa Cruz, called the 418 Organic Cafe, on

418,

Front Street, in the dance gallery.

It is a co-op restaurant, a non profit organisation, and the people who cook

there are dedicated to the highest level of quality when it comes to food

ingredients and their preparation.

The food is 100% organic, vegan, and all is living food: entrees, cakes,

soups, etc... Not only delicious, their food is guaranteed to give you an

energy boost and make you feel very good. All at more than reasonable price.

I have requested they use wheat free tamari and they did. I go there about

twice a week when I am too busy to cook and have never been disappointed.

The

women in the kitchen are aware of gluten intolerance, and you just have to

ask them which plates at the menu are gluten free.

If you cannot stand hippie atmosphere, it may be not for you. I am not a

hippie, but I love to eat there. The only comparable food I have found

around

is at the Klein's restaurant, Roxanne, in Larkspur. However, the price range

is very, very different.

I like to promote places that practice " gluten awareness " .

Their phone number is 831-466-9770.

They are open Monday - Friday: 11 am to 3pm, 5 pm to 10 pm and for special

events.

Bon appetit!

France Louvet

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May 9, 2003

Actually, the Sappi Paper contest is over, but I’m hoping they have another one next year. I just thought it would be great to get some money to help promote the education and awareness of Celiac Disease to the general public. I am studying graphic design at CCAC, and have some workshops on design for small business owners, and design projects/clients, in addition to volunteering some of my design services to non-profits, and thought what a great way to get more involved by using my design skills, and small business skills, and help promote the education and awareness of this problem to the public. It’s so needed! I’d really like to get involved in this more, but don’t know where to start or who to approach. I was hoping someone on our group list might be able to provide some suggestions or names.

Does Fresh Choice still use MSG on their veggies? Last I knew an acquaintance of mine couldn't eat there because she said they used MSG on their salad items to keep them fresh. She would get violent reactions to MSG, and this would happen when she ate their salads. I went there with my mom a few times years ago, and found I couldn't eat their salads (even with no salad dressing). I'd end up with screaming headaches. I was just wondering if that had changed (or whatever they were doing had changed). I thought it so strange that the one obvious place I should be able to eat lunch or dinner at, is the one place that makes me incredibly sick.

I, too, have also found the same problem with "health" or "organic/vegetarian" stores and restaurants; that most of the time their products aren't any healthier than what you could buy at Safeway. I guess they're just selling a different "cause, idea, or service" to a different audience, but that's about as far as they go with it.

I've heard about Roxanne's in Larkspur from a client of mine, and she said it’s amazing. And that it does come with a big price tag, and that a two month reservation wait is required. I’ve also heard that the Millennium restaurant in San Francisco is amazing. It is vegan, I believe, and the owner is really into healthy eating – in general. But it too, is a bit pricey. I haven’t been there just yet though.

It's kind of funny, and sad, to think that we have to not only consider what's in our food, but also how it's processed and with what type of devices, what other products are being processed on the machine, etc. Even down to how our animals are fed and cared for. I mean, it makes sense and is obvious, but to think how contaminated all of our "food" is....well, is rather disturbing. Do you think us Celiacs are precursors for things to come? Are we the silent alarm for how contaminated our planet, and our food, has become? Or how careless the food industry is? Shouldn't this be a bigger concern for us and the sustainability of the human race? Why is America so reticent in this area of health?Louise AudellAdministrative & Design Consultantwww.TheBestResource.com (415) 348-1022"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi

May 9, 2003

HI Louise

It is funny that you talk about the

awareness in food and such, because I just came back from India and even though I had wheat and milk not only I did not

get sick but I got healthy!

And when I came back from the trip my Gastroenterologist

could not believe .

What I found is that the food here is very

processed, even if we buy the kinnikinick GF foods that I love, that still have

some stuff to keep them fresh, while in India, they mill their own bread and

food has no additives.

Now that I am back in USA I am sick again L

BTW I found a nice GF restaurant in SV, it

is called peach wood’s and the owner is very nice about GF foods.

Love

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From: Louise Audell

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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:01 PM

Subject: Re: [ ]

restaurant practicing " gluten awareness "

Actually, the Sappi Paper contest is

over, but I’m hoping they have another one next year. I just thought it

would be great to get some money to help promote the education and awareness of

Celiac Disease to the general public. I am studying graphic design at CCAC, and

have some workshops on design for small business owners, and design

projects/clients, in addition to volunteering some of my design services to

non-profits, and thought what a great way to get more involved by using my

design skills, and small business skills, and help promote the education and

awareness of this problem to the public. It’s so needed! I’d really

like to get involved in this more, but don’t know where to start or who

to approach. I was hoping someone on our group list might be able to

provide some suggestions or names.

Does Fresh Choice still use MSG on

their veggies? Last I knew an acquaintance of mine couldn't eat there because

she said they used MSG on their salad items to keep them fresh. She would get

violent reactions to MSG, and this would happen when she ate their

salads. I went there with my mom a few times years ago, and found I

couldn't eat their salads (even with no salad dressing). I'd end up with

screaming headaches. I was just wondering if that had changed (or whatever they

were doing had changed). I thought it so strange that the one obvious place I

should be able to eat lunch or dinner at, is the one place that makes me

incredibly sick.

I, too, have also found the same

problem with " health " or " organic/vegetarian " stores and

restaurants; that most of the time their products aren't any healthier than

what you could buy at Safeway. I guess they're just selling a different

" cause, idea, or service " to a different audience, but that's

about as far as they go with it.

I've heard about Roxanne's in

Larkspur from a client of mine, and she said it’s amazing. And that it

does come with a big price tag, and that a two month reservation wait is

required. I’ve also heard that the Millennium restaurant in San

Francisco is amazing. It is vegan, I believe, and the

owner is really into healthy eating – in general. But it too, is a bit

pricey. I haven’t been there just yet though.

It's kind of funny, and sad, to

think that we have to not only consider what's in our food, but also how it's

processed and with what type of devices, what other products are being

processed on the machine, etc. Even down to how our animals are fed and

cared for. I mean, it makes sense and is obvious, but to think how contaminated

all of our " food " is....well, is rather disturbing. Do you think us Celiacs

are precursors for things to come? Are we the silent alarm for how contaminated

our planet, and our food, has become? Or how careless the food industry is?

Shouldn't this be a bigger concern for us and the sustainability of the human

race? Why is America

so reticent in this area of health?

Louise Audell

Administrative & Design Consultant

www.TheBestResource.com

(415) 348-1022

" You must be the change you wish to see in the world. " - Gandhi

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May 9, 2003

SV? Where¡Çs that?

I¡Çm studying German in relation to my

graphic design goals, and started to put together a little informal social

group to help me learn the language faster and to get better acquainted with

their customs, etc. as I¡Çd like to try and do a student exchange through CCAC

my junior year in school. Anyway, one woman who came to this get-together is from

Bavaria, and she came

with her daughter. She said she¡Çs gained 40 lbs. since she¡Çs been here, two

years, from the types of food we have here. Plus, since she has to drive

everywhere she¡Çs not getting as much exercise as she used to (she now lives in , CA). She says

she misses being able to walk everywhere. Her daughter has made the same

comments about the food quality here, that it¡Çs just so processed.

During our get-together, I asked her about

the food in Germany, due to my

health concerns, and all of the chemicals they put in our food here in America. I was

worried I wouldn¡Çt have anything to eat, or that finding fresh veggies and

fruit would be hard (because they¡Çre such meat and potatoes kind of people – or

at least they used to be). She kind of looked at me funny when I asked this

question and then chuckled. She then explained that the German public would

have an out cry of complaints if they noticed additives and preservatives heavily

added to their food. That there just aren¡Çt the same types of problems with the

quality of food in Germany as there is here

in America. People, she

says, still like to go and get fresh made breads, meats, and other foods from

their local grocer (whom they probably know my name and have been shopping at

for 20 years) every day after work. That Germans like to make most of their meals

fresh, and at home, with the family around.

Anyway, she remembers one time when a

local grocer started carrying a particular product and it had some type of

additive, preservative, or dye in it and everyone protested for him to remove

it from his shelves! Possibly even started shopping elsewhere until it was

removed! Now that¡Çs some action! Ha, ha, ha.

I¡Çve also heard the same feelings

expressed with Japanese exchange students – that our food is shit. I agree. The

quality is terrible! They had said places like CostCo

where gross and that people only bought that stuff because they could get tons

of it for cheap. That these people probably didn¡Çt even care for the stuff they

were buying, but bought it anyway because it was cheap. I kind of agree with

that vain of thinking. America is so

glutinous because it can be, not because it needs to be.

There was one student in a design class I

had last semester who had violent reactions to scents. Such as not being able

to go into certain buildings because they were ¡Èsick¡É buildings. Not being able

to sit in a classroom with someone who had perfume or scented lotion on. She said

she had to be careful what she bought at the store to eat, because the scents

from one product sitting on the shelf gets into the next product sitting on the

shelf. Even if it is unscented, she¡Çll have a problem. That really got me

thinking about all the stuff they put in our food. God,

am I stick and tired of all this scented shit, too! It¡Çs too much! No. Women

don¡Çt want everything smelling like roses or perfume! Could that be causing

some of our problems, too?

I¡Çm beginning to think, too, that it isn¡Çt

so much the wheat, etc. – for the most part – but the chemicals American

companies are using to create this ¡Èfood¡É or put in all of our stuff. Unlike

other countries! I guess the ¡Èreal thing¡É is getting too short in supply, and

expensive, for them to put it on the market anymore. And with overpopulation and

over-consumption what is America left to do? They¡Çve

already trained us to ¡Èbuy¡É our clean water, and now corporations are trying to

OWN large bodies of water and make money off it so they can distribute it to

everyone – at a price. Fun times for all.

Boy, I¡Çm telling you this health problem sure

has opened my eyes to so much! It seems there is an interest from the people

around me in knowing more about our problem, but because it¡Çs food, and people get

really weird when it comes to their food, no one really wants to take it any

further – like questioning what¡Çs really in what they are eating, the types of

containers they¡Çre using (like aluminum found in Alzheimer¡Çs patients), the scents

added to apple juice so when you open it, it smells like apples, or the way in

which something is processed! What exactly do they mean when it says ¡Ènatural

flavors,¡É ¡Èspices,¡É or ¡Èfrom concentrate.¡É? That they¡Çre not clean! I mean, it¡Çs

so obvious that a good portion of our health problems stem from the stuff we

put in our mouths! Side of the air we breathe, food is the next item on the list

of ¡Èmust haves¡É and is responsible for so many health problems we have today or

at least since the invention of the TV dinner. It is the most direct thing

going throughout our entire body – affecting every single cell and organism in

our bodies. Why wouldn¡Çt it be responsible for most the cancer (that is now in

epidemic numbers and, still, no one is questioning why this is happening, why

everyone is getting cancer, why there are so many cases of it – all of a

sudden) – it¡Çs because of the food we¡Çre forced to eat! I wonder if these types

of illnesses are higher in American than anywhere else. Does anyone know?

Well, at least Corporate America gets our

best years and our best money before we kick the bucket with cancer and other

illness; helping the medical system make more money and jails and shrinks fill

up their cells and appointment books. Then it¡Çs on to a cheaper and younger workforce

that will spend all of its money on records, clothes, cars, eating out, and

ignorant entertainment – without education and without any concept that they

can ACTUALLY QUESTION authority and what¡Çs being put in their food or the continued

lowered quality of their lives. And no one gets this, huh? Or have we all grown

so tired of all of this, and lazy with modern technology, that we just don¡Çt

want to do anything about it anymore. There has to be positive ways to promote

this, and educate America or change

what, at least some, of these companies are putting into our food. I think our

food is a good place to start question what they¡Çre really trying to do to us,

don¡Çt you think?

See, this is why I want to find someone to

talk to. We need to start getting the message out, and I¡Çd like to help. Use

graphic design skills for the good of the people and not to just promote what¡Çs

killing us. So, no one knows of anyone to contact? Or an

organization? Or maybe my emails are just too long, and no one makes it

to the end of them? Ha, ha, ha, ha. Sorry. I babble on email, especially for a

cause like this. Thank god, I don¡Çt talk this much in person!

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-----Original Message-----

From: Gepeling

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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:08 PM

Subject: RE: [ ]

restaurant practicing " gluten awareness "

HI Louise

It is funny

that you talk about the awareness in food and such, because I just came back

from India and even though I had wheat and milk not only I did not get sick but

I got healthy!

And when I

came back from the trip my Gastroenterologist could not believe .

What I found

is that the food here is very processed, even if we buy the kinnikinick GF

foods that I love, that still have some stuff to keep them fresh, while in

India, they mill their own bread and food has no additives.

Now that I am

back in USA I am sick again L

BTW I found a

nice GF restaurant in SV, it is called peach wood¡Çs and the owner is very nice

about GF foods.

Love

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www.india.gepeling.org

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-----Original Message-----

From: Louise Audell

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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:01 PM

Subject: Re: [ ]

restaurant practicing " gluten awareness "

Actually, the Sappi Paper contest is

over, but I¡Çm hoping they have another one next year. I just thought it would

be great to get some money to help promote the education and awareness of

Celiac Disease to the general public. I am studying graphic design at CCAC, and

have some workshops on design for small business owners, and design

projects/clients, in addition to volunteering some of my design services to

non-profits, and thought what a great way to get more involved by using my

design skills, and small business skills, and help promote the education and

awareness of this problem to the public. It¡Çs so needed! I¡Çd really like to get

involved in this more, but don¡Çt know where to start or who to approach. I was

hoping someone on our group list might be able to provide some

suggestions or names.