<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> This book has received excellent reviews and might be of use to some subscribers with restaurants and specialty food stores here, or for those lucky enough to make the trip: Joan and David Peterson, Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods, and Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Madison, WI: Gingko Press, 1996), 140 pages, color ill., $14.95. Gingko Press, PO Box 5346, Madison, WI 53705; tel. 608-233-5488, fax 608-233-0053. No commercial affiliation, have simply found Turkish cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine very useful on a gluten-free diet. See also Claudia Roden's cookbooks for desserts based on ground almonds and such, covered in last week's New York Times Magazine. Happy spring to everyone, Elizabeth Elizabeth Frierson Visiting Scholar Cornell University Department of History Ithaca, NY 14853 [log in to unmask]