<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I seem to be having a #$%@ of a time staying purely GF ... self-diagnosed last year [2/18/98] ... doctor agreed w/me in June 1998. First couple of months were ye olde learning curve, seemed as though gluten snuck through every 10 days or so ... In July I vowed [a la Scarlett, god as my witness] zero tolerance -- not one iota going in my mouth unless I have it in writing from the company that its GF ... Nearly made it 4 months, then pigged out on Arrowhead Mills [potentially contaminated] cereal, symptoms recurred ... Which is all a long way of saying: I had this vision of perfectly GFness, at least for 12 months, and yet somehow something sneaks through despite best efforts ... do I just accept that gluten will sneak in one, two, four times a year? Or do I become even more zealot-y in my zero tolerance? sigh. Feeling a bit beleaguered, would love to hear a success story or two ...... Just back from a business trip: America West has no gluten-free meal ... and though my fruit plate was marked GFML ... which included a bagel 2 out of 4 times. [and perversely, my seatmates were munching on GF corn chips. ] Emeril's in Las Vegas could not have been more, um, inflexible. Huge disappointment, phoned ahead, all that rot ... waiter dug in his heels and refused to even ask the chef what was GF ... <humph> .... *lovely* salad. [twas a business dinner or else I woulda had a hissy fit.] The all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at the newly-opened Bellagio's, however, could not have been more accomodating. Everyone knew who made what dish and, upon request, said chef was more than happy to run down a list of ingredients. Most things were off-limits -- and the cross-contamination issue jeebed me, I'll admit --- but the seafood was awesome, as were the mashed potatoes. Tracey in Connecticut GF lodging: http://www.innseekers.com/feature.htm