Carmen Barcelo has a son with coeliac disease and lives in Majorca. She has written a travel guide to help her foreign visitors who need a gluten free diet, detailing where they can find gluten free products in Majorca, how they’re labelled and so on. Her 36-page guide to gluten free holidays in Majorca in … Read more
Our friend Danny the Digger, an Israeli archeologist and tour guide, has put together this list of gluten free food and restaurants for travelling celiacs. That’s some digging Danny! As always with these lists, proprietors change over time so it’s usually a good idea to phone or email to check before rocking up. And of course, … Read more
As in many Nordic European countries, coeliac disease is relatively often prevalent in Iceland, which makes that many people know someone who has it. Of course, this helps. In nearly all restaurants I visited, there was someone who had at least some knowledge about celiac disease. I had a plasticized gluten free restaurant card in Icelandic with … Read more
Colombia is a fantastic and beautiful country, and Colombians are just about the nicest people on the planet. Although a surprising number of Colombians have actually heard of Celiac disease (referred to as some strange disorder where you can’t eat gluten), there definitely seems to be a lack of awareness about what foods can and … Read more
Introduction A few years ago, Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) attempted to forbid the import of wheat – in order to try to protect its position as a rice-producing country. Nothing came of this bold plan, however, and in the large supermarkets (e.g., Cargills) I visited, I noticed that wheat flour amounted to about … Read more
In march 2012 I stayed in Venice, Italy with my family. We are four: my wife Petra, my daughter Ronda, our dog Teo and me Sandro. Ronda is celiac and moving is not so simple. With Teo, we decided to move by car, and to search an accommodation nearby Venice because parking in Venice is … Read more
Getting gluten free food in Sweden, from a resident – by Christian Kastö In Sweden GF food is no problem. I am the father of an 11-year old girl who was diagnosed Gluten intolerant at 3, and even then it was not a big problem finding GF bread, pasta etc. But in the 8 years … Read more
Before we went to Thailand I was really nervous about the food. I have only been diagnosed as a celiac a couple of months ago. Surprisingly, it all worked out very well, I have not been sick once the entire time ;-). Here is where we went and what I generally ate: I brought my … Read more
My husband and I have lived and worked in Abu Dhabi for 6 years and over this time the gluten-free scene has changed dramatically. There is a lot of gf food available in the supermarkets; everything from the staples of breads and cereals, all the way to gf pastry, pizza and yorkshire puddings. You can … Read more
Glutenberg – “mountain of gluten”; the unlikely name of a gluten free beer brewed in Montreal, Canada. Another good one, also locally produced, is the Messagère blanc (white). Yes, this is French speaking Quebec, so don’t forget to bring your French restaurant card. But the one beer I really enjoyed was the dark Messagère rousse … Read more
