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In reply to a post with a sample dining card, Jane Oswaks <[log in to unmask]>
replied:
 
>With regard to your instructions to a chef, you might want to correct your
>instructions as millet, quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat are gluten free.
 
Jane, personally I wholeheartedly agree with you.  However, many of
subscribers may be members of CSA/USA which recommends to their members that
they avoid all of the above grains as "untested" or "causes adverse reactions
to some celiacs".  Thus, this is a controversial topic.
 
For those of you who would like to do more reading on this subject, send an
email to [log in to unmask] with the body
 
GET CELIAC ISSUES
GET CELIAC GRAINS
 
This includes a long and detailed letter from Don Kasarda on this topic, plus
emails from others.
 
Bill Elkus
Los Angeles