<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> >I eat rice noodles every single day! Found at any oriental grocery store for >$99 cents/pound, it is way cheaper that buying GF pasta at the health food >store or by mail order!!! I have found something called Mung Bean Thread which is an excellent pasta-type food when cooked like spaghetti. It makes good soups also. I found it at a local international foods store and is extremely inexpensive. It is tasty with spaghetti sauce on top. Also, regarding eating at Chinese restaurants: I have a favorite Chinese restaurant here and the couple that own it are aware of the hardships I have with dining out, so they prepare foods special for me. I have found that once I let a restaurant know that I am a celiac, they are quite happy to help out. I am a regular at several restaurants in the area, a family-owned Mexican restaurant where I order burritos on corn tortillas is another one, and once I have established good customer-manager relationships they seem to go out of there way for me. However, it IS more difficult when I leave the safety of my little city! ******************************************************************* Rene' Delehanty Phone: 913*532*1565 Editorial Assistant FAX: 913*532*5632 Kansas State University E-Mail: [log in to unmask] University Publications WWW Homepage: http://www.ksu.edu/~arene/ 5 Anderson Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-0118 "Always remember that the future comes one day at a time." *******************************************************************