<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Carol Ness, who wrote the article "Against theGrain" on May 22 in the San Francisco Chronicle, has just advised me that my letter was used by their "Letters to the Editor" section. I think you can access it at this link.... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/25/FD G8ACT6301.DTL In case that didn't work for you, here is the text down below. It is nice to see celiacs get a little more coverage this way. Thank you again Carol Ness. Anne Barfield San Antonio, Texas www.chickenparadise.com LETTERS TO FOOD Education is key to living with celiac disease Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Printable Version Email This Article Editor -- I read Carol Ness' gluten-free story ("Against the grain,'' May 11) on SFGate and I just wanted to thank her for writing it. My brother- in-law and my two nephews and niece all have celiac disease, which was only recently diagnosed. Their lives have certainly been significantly altered by this development, and it has also been a big adjustment for our family to learn how to support them. The more people become aware of these issues, the more likely we are to generate changes that will benefit all of us, as with the improved food- labeling guidelines. Now if we can just get them to require the gluten warning as well as the wheat on all packaged foods. I stock some gluten-free goods in my pantry now for when my sisters and their families visit, and I agree there are many good, quality products out there. The Gluten Free Pantry produces a scone mix that makes the best scones I have ever tasted. JENNIFER KLAY Berkeley -- -- -- Editor -- I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998, and my mission is to get the word out so that we don't have such a hard time being sociable. I have educated some of the best restaurants here in San Antonio and know that I can go out to eat safely, but it is so much easier to just eat at home. I used to go to San Francisco every year and have found no problems getting restaurants to provide me with lovely, elegant gluten-free meals. Hawthorne Lane was one of the best. My husband has learned that if a chef is willing to come out and talk to me and plan something special, we do that first. Then when they ask my husband what he wants, he will say, "Oh! I will have what she is having!" ANNE BARFIELD San Antonio -- -- -- Editor -- The Roman Catholic Church just recently refused to allow parishioners who are gluten-intolerant to replace the wheat wafers with rice- based wafers for communion. In my own Episcopal Church, All Saints San Francisco, we have a couple of parishioners who have this condition. They bring homemade rice wafers to church and give it to the priest before the Mass so that he/she can bless them. JOHN CHASE Alameda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- . Address remarks to Letters to Food, The Chronicle, 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103. Or e-mail [log in to unmask] Please include you name and city for publication, and a phone number for verification. Letters may be edited. Page F - 7 * Please remember some posters may be WHEAT-FREE, but not GLUTEN-FREE *