FW: Bay Area Celiac News October 2005

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Hi everyone,

Lots of events from holiday parties to cooking classes coming up.

Pam

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From: Deutsch [mailto:deutschm@...]

Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:37 PM

Martha Deutsch

Subject: Bay Area Celiac News October 2005

BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS……………………OCTOBER 2005

SANTA CRUZ

Contact Pam Newbury, 831-423-6904, pknewbury@...

SUPPORT GROUP MEETING NOVEMBER 5

The next regular meeting of the Santa Cruz Celiac Support Group

will be at 11am on Saturday, Nov. 5, in meeting room 1 at

Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. This will

be a general meeting for discussion and questions, a chance for

experienced and newly diagnosed celiacs to share experiences

and ideas.

We will conclude with a gluten free potluck lunch, so please bring

a gluten free lunch item (and a list of ingredients or the recipe) to

share (this is optional for those who are very ill or unfamiliar with

the gluten-free diet). The meeting is open to all. For more information

contact Pam.

SANTA CRUZ HOLIDAY GATHERING ??

I haven't heard from anyone interested in having a gluten free holiday

celebration in Santa Cruz, so I'll put it out there one last time. If

anyone wants to have an all-age holiday event I need to hear from

you soon. This can be fun for both adults and kids, a chance to get

to know each other and enjoy lots of gluten free holiday treats.

Contact Pam ­ thanks!

NEWLY CROWNED MISS SANTA CRUZ PROMOTING CELIAC

AWARENESS....Ruth , the new Miss Santa Cruz County,

has announced celiac disease awareness as her platform (cause

she supports). Ruth's interest in celiac disease began with her

celiac grandmother. She attended the Stanford Conference to learn

more about celiac disease and treated the audience to a sample of

her fabulous voice with two songs. The Miss Santa Cruz County

Scholarship Program awarded Ruth a $5,000 scholarship for her

education at San State University. We look forward to hearing

more from Ruth this year as she pursues her quest to promote

awareness of celiac disease.

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HALF MOON BAY DINNER....NOVEMBER 9

Contact: Martha Deutsch, deutschm@...

Celiacs on the coast (residents and visitors of course) are

invited to meet for dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6:30pm, at

Mezza Luna Restaurant, 459 Prospect Way, Princeton Harbor.

Please email Martha by Nov. 6 if you plan to attend.

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OAKLAND

Contact Ellen Switkes

510-655-0215 (evenings/weekends), ellen.switkes@...

CHRISTMAS IN OAKLAND....Santa will join us on Saturday,

December 10, 10:30am to 12:30pm at 1950 lin Street. Please

join us for our holiday pot luck. Bring something delicious to

share for brunch along with the recipe or ingredient list. Come

with your questions about gluten free living and we'll share

experiences. Children are welcome. Santa should show up

around 12; please bring a small gift for Santa to give to your

child. Call Ellen with questions.

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EAST BAY ROCK

Contact Ann Reigelman

925-837-6711, areigelman@...

Sunday, December 4: Holiday cookie making/decorating and

recipe exchange in Danville.

If you would like to join the group or attend one of the events,

please contact Ann.

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STANFORD

Contact Rohlfs

650-725-4771, kellyr@...

The sixth annual Stanford Celiac Conference was a huge success

with more than 400 attendees enjoying a day of gluten free meals,

wonderful baked goods, excellent speakers, an array of vendors.

The kids' program was especially fun with a mad scientist theme

and educational games. Thanks to the more than 60 vendors*

who participated by providing samples for goodies bags,

products for the raffle baskets or to serve with breakfast and

break, or having a table display and handing out samples.

Thanks also to all the great volunteers who made this day

possible. We look forward to the next conference in Fall 2006!

*Alti Plano Gold…Amy's Kitchen…Annie's Homegrown…

ARICO Natural Foods Co....Authentic Foods…Barbara's Bakery...

Bob's Red Mill…Bumble Bar, Inc…Chebe bread...Crave Bakery...

Cupertino Nutrition…Dowd and …EcoNatural Solutions, Inc...

& Sons Trading Co...Enjoy Life Foods/Savory Palate...

Enjoy Life Natural Brands (Perky's)….Ener-G Foods...

Food For Life Baking Co…Gluten Free Pantry...Food Tech...

Freeda Vitamins…GEF Gourmet…Gluten Evolution…

Gluten Free Living...Gluten Free Mall…Glutino/Gluten Free Pantry…

Gold Mine…Grainaissance...Heartland Ingredients…I Can Eat That…

Kapcakes…Kinnikinnik Foods...Kim Koeller & La France

" Gluten Free Passport " book…Laurel's Sweet Treats...Lundberg

Family Farms…Mariposa Baking…'s Gone Crackers…

Masuya Inc...Miss Robens…Mona's Gluten Free…Mr. Ritt’s Bakery…

Namaste Foods…Nutballz...Pamela's Products…Panne Rizo…

PureFit Inc…Quong Hop…Ramapo Valley Brewery...

Road's End Organics…Connie Sarros (author)…Seager Enterprises…

Shelton's Poultry...Stanford Bookstore…Sylvan Border Farm…

The Teff Company…Triumph Dining...Whole Foods Market

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HOLIDAY COOKING AND BAKING CLASS (Reminder)

Contact: Elaine , 925-575-1640, etaylor331@...

Featuring Mallorca, local cookbook author:

“The Wheat Free Kitchen”

Saturday, November 12, 9:30am till 2:00pm

Camp Arroyo, 5555 Arroyo Road, Livermore, CA 94550

Enjoy a delicious Gluten Free Continental Breakfast and

Lunch that will include samples of baked goods:

breakfast breads and muffins, turkey stuffing, gravy,

pie crust with varied fillings, cakes and cookies.

Limited to 60 guests @ $50.00 each. Fee is non-refundable,

but may be transferred.

MC/Visa/AMEX, or check to TTFF (noted NC/Rock)

Payable to: The Family Foundation c/o Northern

California ROCK, Tax ID# 94-3262932

Fax: 925-831-2009 E-mail: etaylor331@...

Mail: Elaine , P.O. Box 933, Diablo, CA 94528

All proceeds will be donated to ROCK’s Northern California

‘06 Summer Camp Program.

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Other Local Celiac Contacts:

SF ROCK

Palmer, 415-647-7669, palmer@...

BAY AREA ROCK

Velez, 650-216-6405, kelly.velez@...

SAN FRANCISCO

Gerri Beauvais, 415-271-2762, sfpaperhanger@...

BERKELEY

Schinnerer, 510-524-3774, jamesoutwest@...

SAN JOSE

Sue Hersom, 408 723-0804, susan.hersom@...

NAPA

Marie Dell'Isola, 707-255-4027

SACRAMENTO

Joan Leforestier, 916-487-3459, oscar368@...

(Others may volunteer…it is always good for the newly

diagnosed to talk with someone nearby. We would like

to hear from someone in the North Bay?)

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IN SEARCH OF A MORE PERFECT BAGEL?

Sharon Park is wondering if someone might have a heavy duty

stand mixer that she could use to make gluten free bagels. She

promises to give bagels in return. (Even more if you help her

make them. ) She lives in the inner Richmond district of SF, and

can travel if needed. She is hoping that her bagel making skills

could evolve into a business of gluten free baking...but first

needs to collaborate with other hungry celiacs. Contact Sharon

at 415-379-3734 or hosnar@....

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GLUTEN FREE ARTICLE IN GOURMET MAGAZINE

Gourmet is running an article about gluten free baking in their

November issue, offering recipes developed by lise ,

one of the Food Philosopher sisters. (www.foodphilosopher.com.)

Included are chocolate chip cookies, lemon cake and a New York

style Pizza crust. This is exciting news that our diet is featured in

a prestigious food magazine and that Gourmet editors recommend

these gluten free baked goods to everyone! Other recipes can be

found on lise's website as well as a description of her

cookbook that will be published by Surrey Books in March 2006:

Classic Gluten-Free Baking.

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LOCAL STORES OFFER MORE GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS

As more celiacs are diagnosed, stores are adding more gluten

free products. Whole Foods markets in the Bay area are now

offering bakery products from their own dedicated gluten free

bakery in North Carolina, a project of WF baker Lee Tobin, a

diagnosed celiac since 1996. Working in a Chapel Hill WF

store, he began baking for himself and other celiacs in the

area, getting rave reviews that spread to other states. The

need for a larger operation became obvious. The products are

packaged and frozen within hours of baking. Most stores will

defrost and display them in the fresh baked goods area. Because

they are new here, you may need to ask about them at the counter.

They include several varieties of yeast and quick breads in loaves,

muffins, scones, pies,cakes and cookies.

Other stores reported to be offering more variety in gluten

free products:

Integrity Foods, 1777 S. Bascom Avenue, , CA 95008,

across the street from Whole Foods in a small shopping center,

contact owner Breidenthal, 408-371-0100. I personally

do not know which products are there now, but Kinnikinnick is

one brand offered. welcomes your inquiries and requests.

Castus Low Carb Superstores, 18080 San Ramon Valley Blvd,

#104, San Ramon, in Chevy's Mall, contact the owner

Carpenter 925-244-1000, sfg@....

They are currently branching out to include gluten free foods

and looking for advice.

If you know of other stores to mention, please let me know.

There is so much more available on the internet, that often

our store selections seem very limited. But we can all help

each other by making requests and encouraging them to

order a greater variety of gluten free products.

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STAY UPDATED ON CELIAC DISEASE…

A web site recommended for all celiacs, old and new, is

’ Celiac Disease Gluten Free Diet Support

Center at http://celiac.com/index.html

A comprehensive and valuable resource.

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ACCESS TO ARTICLES ON CELIAC DISEASE

(Thanks to Earl Goetz)

At the Stanford Celiac Conference on October 8, Dr Gray

referred to several published articles about the disease. These

are available on PubMed, a web site of the National Library of

Medicine at NIH in land, in abstract, or as the full article

for those with subscriptions to the various journals. To read

the abstracts go to: www.pubmed.gov. In the search field for

pubmed enter: celiac gray. Find the first 7 articles authored

in part by Dr. Gray. Full text is free for some articles.

Dr Gray also referenced 2 studies about sourdough bread.

For these in PubMed enter: celiac sourdough. Each of these

are available free in full text as well as the abstract.

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