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Hi - Here is my final summary on Pgh. eating survival skills - happy trails
to everyone - Laurie

***I like the strip district because there are two or three oriental
markets there where I can get sweet rice flour, potato starch, etc.  I shop
in Butler (north of the city) at DeWalt's World of Health for mixes from
the Gluten-Free Pantry and for rice pastas.  DeWalt's has branches in
Pittsburgh (in Ambridge and in New Brighton).  If you make a trip to the
Grove City Outlets (as many people visiting the Pittsburgh area do), there
is a wholesale flour outlet about 1/4 mile west on route 208 (I can't
remember the name of it right now).  I buy my rice flour there for fifty
cents a pound.
The name of the flour wholesaler:Murphy's Northstar--and is only open on
weekdays.

***I suggest you go to
http:www.switchboard.com
select Find a Business
select Health & Diet Foods - retail  and type in Pittsburgh PA
and peruse the list of about a gazillion stores, addresses, and phone
numbers of health food stores in Pittsburgh. Each entry includes a map
of where to find the store.
You can do the same sort of search for restaurants.

***I had a very good experience in July, when I stayed in McKeesport
(southeast
of the City) -... a celiac-aware health food store in Monroeville (east of
the City)... The Joy of Health, we found the shop well stocked and the
shopkeepers knowledgeable. They said 30-40% of their customers were celiac
or at least wheat-sensitive...They had gluten-free rolls, pastas, sauces,
juices, preserves, frozen
bread.  For the first time I was able to get the Wasa Corn Crisp crackers.
By the way, the Joy of Health will fill your orders by mail (I have no
financial interest in them, just gastronomic).  Their address/phone:
     Joy of Health   (Motto:  We Really Want You to Have It!)
     Murrysview Shoppes
     5036 Wm. Penn Hwy
     Monroeville PA  15146
      724  327-7877

***The Health food stores you were given are in the area you will be
visiting.
There are others but not where you will be.If you will be in the eastern
subs of Pgh please e-mail me. Our support group is more than willing to
help you. You can reach our president, Mary Neville, at 412-833-9507 , or
[log in to unmask] Our vice president, Lorraine Weaver, at 412-835-4983, or
[log in to unmask] They both live in the area you will be visiting.