Re: Gluten-free hotel restaurant - Tucson

[Guest guest]

As I've done many times over the past couple of decades, I'm staying at The Arizona Inn in Tucson. On a recent visit, I asked tentatively if flour was in a recipe. The server immediately knew I was asking about gluten, and told me they will provide GF bread, provide rice from a GF vendor, put together special GF meals, even rewash dishes in a special GF soap! It's always been my favorite hotel, perhaps anywhere, certainly in AZ; now I have more reasons to love it.

Harper

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

From: stephanieluttrell@...

Sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:33 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Trader Joe's Finds

Trudy,

Thanks for the recommendations!

Did the choc cake and almond torte say gluten free?

Not to be a downer, but I wonder if wheat flour was

used to coat baking pans. I usually find that at

restaurants that have a flourless choc cake, wheat

flour was used to coat the pan prior to baking. Maybe

with commercially baked items, they avoid this step?

Please let us know if you have any reaction (hopefully

not!) to either item.

Best,

--- Trudy <uumarinmomcomcast (DOT) net> wrote:

> Hello all. I went on a major shopping spree at TJ's

> and I am pleased to say

> I found several GF items.

>

> I got:

>

> Brown rice tortillas (I know we've discussed these

> before)

> Flourless chocolate cake (in their baked goods

> section) - I am thrilled

> about this one!

> Microwaveable veggie jambalaya (says GF right on the

> package!)

> A couple kinds of precooked rice in microwaveable

> pouches

> Chicken broth is labelled as being GF

>

> Also, I found a GF almondy torte in the frozen food

> section of Ikea. It

> comes in original and chocolate. I'll let you know

> how it tastes.

>

> Yours in gluten-free gladness...

>

> Trudy

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