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Here is my continuation of my summary for the above areas.  thanks to
everyone for their input:

    Fort Lauderdale
        restaurants:
            Hops
            Roadhouse Grill
            Outback Steakhouse
            Burger King
        further recommendations:
            order fish and meat seasoned only with salt and pepper, ask if
anything breaded or seasoned is prepared on the same place as yours will be
cooked  (if the answer is yes, ask to prepare on a separate baking dish or
clean skillet)
            use only real butter, not margarine
            bring own gf dressing

        area health food stores:
            Bread of Life- 2388 N. Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale,
                  -954-565-7423
            Bread of Life- 7720 Peters Rd. Plantation -954-236-0600
            Mother Nature Natural Foods-1303-B SE 17th St. Ft. Lauderdale
                  -954-453-06574 ??
            Wild Oats Community Market-2501 E. Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale
                  -954-566-9333
            Unicorn Village- 3565 NE 207th St., Norht Miami Beach
-305-933-8829

Los Angeles area

    restaurants:
        Outback steakhouse-several- excellent recommendation
        can try but not as highly recommended:  TGIFriday, Stewart
Anderson's, Marie Callendar's

    Health food stores;
        Wild Oats- many check out their website:
http://www.wildoats.com/markets/CA/calif.html
        Whole foods-  LA - Brentwood 11737 San Vincente Blvd. 310-826-4433
                                                           or 310-826-6653
                                West LA 11666 National Blvd. -310-996-8840
                                                           or 310-996-9510
(fax)
                their website is
http://www.wholefoods.com/company/locations/body/californ.html

Thanks again to everyone for their input.  I will let you all know how I
fared.  take care, God Bless.

Kathy V