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>can anyone mail me an example of a "restaurant card" - ie a card with a simple
>explanation of forbiddens, and do nots, which can be handed to restaurant staff
>explaining what we can/cannot eat etc.

Emma,

In the back the Jax Peterson's book, "Against the Grain", is just what you
are looking for.  For those of you traveling to other countries, it is
written in many languages.

Pat K