<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> My family and I, the only Coeliac, are going for a nostalgic touring holiday in England. However as I was diagnosed CD later in life, I know nothing about availability of gluten free foods back home. In Australia, I eat rice cakes instead of bread, my wife bakes many cakes bread buns, and with a careful watch on ingredients stated on cans etc ensures no questionable material is included in my diet. Having business travelled into Vietnam, around Australia and to construction camps in Papua Niu Guinea, eating out always presents a bit of a challenge and a relationship often has to be cultured with the waiters and Hotel staff to get the message over. A bit of advice on availability of such food or alternatives in the UK would be very helpful though. Are the rice cakes from down under declarable at Heathrow customs counter, or to put it another way ; do I need to take a copious quantity. Thanks in anticipation....... -------------------------------------------------- Chris Pearson, Sydney Australia. Internet : [log in to unmask] Fax on home tel. 61-2-6238546 --------------------------------------------------