Next Regular Meeting of the
Lone Star Celiac GIG Support Group
April 19, 2008

Meeting Agenda 8:50 -  9:00 Sign in, snacks and social time 9:00 -  9:15 Introduction of newcomers 9:15 - 11:00 Main Membership Event Claudia Pillow ,our speaker this month, is the sister of Annalise Roberts, author of Baking Classics & other gluten free cook books. Baking Classics is one of my favorite cook books & one Lone Star stocks for member purchase. Claudia is a wonderful cook & I encourage everyone to come to the meeting & hear about & taste some new GF creations Claudia will be discussing ways to introduce other grains into our bread making.  She will demonstrate making flour tortillas and her recipes for sesame oatmeal rolls, bagels and oatmeal bread using ground oatmeal. Also, she will discuss alternatives for those who are sensitive to gluten-free oatmeal. Although Claudia will bring samples for us to taste, please feel free to bring anything you may want to share with our group. Meeting Directons    Map LONE STAR DINING CLUB It is time for another group dinner.  Thanks to Megan Micheli of North Texas GIG, we have a new restaurant to try.  Megan has worked with Asian Mint to create GF items from their menu that we can eat.  I don't know about you but I am trying restaurants with our group that I would not have normally frequented.  It is exciting to expand my choices and I love that we are getting to know one another better.  The reviews that I have read about Asian Mint all rate it as five-star quality but reasonably priced.  I do hope you can join us this time.  The restaurant is quite small and I have only made a reservation for 12 so it is important that you notify me if you will be coming and how many in your party.  Some restaurants can add tables at the last moment but in a small restaurant that is always packed, I do not believe they will be able to do that.  Likewise, please call me if you need to cancel at the last moment, last event we asked them to remove a table due to no-shows.  I'm hungry already and I don't believe there are any calories in Asian food is there? You can follow the link below to their website or if you don't have computer access, the map indicates they at: 11617 North Central Expressway, Suite 135 Dallas, TX 75243 214-363-6655 From Dallas you would  go North on Central Expy. to Forest Lane, take u-turn under Central and the shopping center on the right. From Plano, take the Forest Lane exit, stay on service road, cross over Forest and turn into the shopping center. In other words it is on the Southwest corner of Forest and Central. http://www.asianmint.com/ My contact info is: Rose Mary Simmons 214.632-1878 (cell) Email: rose.m.simmons@bankofamerica.com or rmpsimmons@sbcglobal.net

Print a Meeting Flyer and give it to your Celiac Friends

Mark Your Calendars! NTXGIG event schedules updated 03/25/2008.

• NTXGIG Application Form

If any of you have any recipes you’d like to share with the newsletter subscribers, have recently eaten out successfully or had a good experience on a recent trip, please send it to me for the newsletter.  Also if you know of a place that carries a new GF product or you’re tried something that might appeal to others that might be new, send me that also.  Send anything that the subscribers might find interesting or helpful.  Thanks.

CENTRAL MARKET Fort Worth is offering several Gluten-Free classes during January and February. We certainly couldn't accommodate large numbers of people, but feel free to share the information at your discretion.

• Stay tuned for more cooking classes at Central Market Fort Worth.

Each of these classes is $50 and samples of each recipe will be served during class. We have a full description and pricing of all our classes on-line at www.centralmarket.com. Simply click on the city (Ft Worth) and the Cooking School to pull up descriptions of all our classes.

Best regards,

Claudine Martyn
Cooking School Manager
Central Market Fort Worth
4651 West Freeway, Suite A
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 989-4700

CENTRAL MARKET Cooking School, Lovers Lane, Dallasl.

• Tuesday August 12th   7:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Central Market Culinary School  Dallas, TX
  “Favorite Quick Recipes from The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking”   Learn recipes your whole family will savor and you will enjoy preparing time and again. Author Jennifer Cinquepalmi will show you how easy it is to prepare Chicken Tetrazinni, Stir Fried Green Beans, and Strawberry Pie. Watch as we whip-up Spanish Coffee Cake for breakfast and Granola Bars for lunches. 
  Register by calling 214-361-5754
   
  Jennifer Cinquepalmi’s complete schedule.

CENTRAL MARKET Cooking School, 320 Coit Road, Plano, TX is offering a Gluten-Free class.

• Stay tuned for more events from Central Market Plano

The upcoming Plano WHOLE FOODS Market GF Cooking Classes are as follows:

• Suspended for awhile. Stay tuned here for the next class when setup.
  Plano Whole Foods, 2201 Preston Rd @ Park 972-612-6729

To register for classes or to get more information about the specific menus presented at each class, please call the individual store listed above.

NEW ON-LINE RADIO PROGRAM
Faye Elahi was recently the guest at the radio show "Menu for Life" with over 3,000,000 listeners in the chicago area. To listen to Faye's description of various disorders on the Autism Spectrum Disorders as well as her recommendations regarding dietary and nutritional modifications, please go online to:
www.healthradionetwork.com or www.neurowellness.com and click on the Archives and go to "Menu for life" show, recorded on 12/11/05 at 10 a.m. central standard time.

Faye Elahi, M.A, M,S. - Gluten-free, Casein-free Nutritionist

The upcoming Dallas WHOLE FOODS Market GF Cooking Class 11700 Preston Road, Dallas (Forest and Preston) is as follows:

• Stay tuned for more cooking events

Megan Moore, RD, LD
Whole Foods Market, Registered Dietician
214-450-0779

Mark Your Calendars!
MARKET STREET Collyville GLUTEN-FREE COOKING CLASSES:
Market Street Culinary School
5605 Colleyville Blvd (Hwy 26), Colleyville, TX 76034
Call Market Street for details and to register: 817-577-5047

Jennifer Cinquepalmi, author of The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking speaks to create awareness and teaches to inform and educate about Celiac Disease. www.aidantbooks.com

UPCOMING CLASSES FOR 2008: Registration fee is $24.00 each.

• Sunday May 25th  1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
  “Light Cooking on the Gluten-Free Diet”  Has your diet become unhealthy since going on the gluten-free diet? Come watch as Jennifer Cinquepalmi prepares light yet satisfying dishes from her book, The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking. The menu includes Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Meatless Taco Salad, Amaranth Pancakes, Pretzel Pie Crust with Peaches & Cream, and Granola.
  
  Jennifer Cinquepalmi’s complete schedule.

Attached is the list that Market Street has put together that lists their gluten free products and where they're found in the store. The Food for Life frozen GF breads are not the best offering in the frozen bread department, in my opinion. They do carry Gillian's frozen gluten free rolls, which are quite good though. Let United Stores, who owns Market Street, in Lubbock, TX know that we would like to see more pre-prepared frozen GF breads and other gluten free products in their store. Only by asking, can we expect for them to carry more products for us. Contact them at http://www.unitedtexas.com.

Betty Barfield
President, North Texas GIG
817-967-2804 w
817-577-0212 h

Liberty Recreation Center   Plano, TX.

Adjusting to “life without wheat” can be a daunting task. This informational class will take you through the steps of adapting to the gluten-free lifestyle. Learn about the positive points of celiac Disease, setting up your gluten-free kitchen, mixing up flour mixes, gluten-free products, and much more!

$15 - $19 per person, Register thru Plano Parks and Recreation  972 769-4234

• Gluten - Free 101:  Friday May 23        7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
• Gluten - Free 101:  Thursday August 21     7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Jennifer Cinquepalmi, author of The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking teaches these one and a half hour educational classes to help the newly diagnosed learn about Celiac Disease and adjust to life without wheat, barley, and rye.

Jennifer Cinquepalmi’s complete schedule.

Class information includes:

• A 14 page resource booklet including information about CD, its symptoms, associated conditions, facts to consider, treatment, common misdiagnosis, etc. The booklet also includes how to stay informed through websites, subscription publications, support groups, etc. It offers kitchen tips, lunch-box ideas, and addresses dairy-free concerns. Bread recipes and tips are included.
• A special booklet entitled “Kids and Celiac Disease” which addresses some of the special challenges of raising Celiac kids
• Demonstrations of how to mix up flour mixes
• Local resources such as support groups, grocery shopping and rstaurants...and much more!

Jennifer Cinquepalmi also teaches gluten-free cooking classes and speaks to create Celiac Disease awareness.

To order books visit www.aidantbooks.com.
972-429-9810  1025 Santiago Tr. Wylie, TX 75098 

Williams-Sonoma, Preston Park Village, Plano, TX 75093  (972) 964-5838

There are over 35 million Americans who suffer from food allergies.  Our ”Living with Food Allergy” cooking classes will show you how to successfully create delicious dishes while living with your food allergies.  The classes include demonstrations and samples of prepared allergy-friendly dishes as well as printed recipes you can take home. Join us for the entire ”Living with Food Allergies” series or choose your favorite individual classes.  Class size is limited, and classes tend to fill up quickly, so be sure to reserve your space today.  For more information, please call the store directly. Cost per class is $35.00. Check out their website at http://www.williams-sonoma.com

• Stay tuned for more events

The Gluten Intolerance Group of North America’s Education conference

• Friday & Saturday June 6th and 7th, 2008
  Fort Worth hosts this yearly conference where doctors and researchers specializing in Celiac Disease share the latest research on early recognition and detection of CD, current testing methods, and the latest treatment options. Also presenting will be gluten-free cookbook authors who will educate about gluten free cooking and baking, and offer tips for coping with the gluten-free diet. Jennifer Cinquepalmi, author of The Complete Book of Gluten-Free Cooking will be presenting this year as well as other authors. Experts will present the latest in advocacy for Celiac Disease, and dieticians will inform about how to live a nutritious life. The conference will host around 40 gluten-free food and product manufacturers in our vendor hall. For more information and a complete schedule of events visit www.gluten.net.