<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Let me introduce myself first. My name is Barbara Hardisty, I live in Maryland (hence the MD), and have been diagnosed with celiac for 18 years. I have learned to live with it, to do without favorite foods, and to find alternatives. I am 60 years old, was diagnosed at 41 and now my 40's something younger sister is coming down with it. I have reason to believe my mother and her father may have had this disease also. I belong to a support group called Celiac Sprue Association/USA, P.O. Box 31700, Omaha, NE 68131-0700, telephone 402-558-0600. You can get all kinds of information and lists from them. I attended their 17th annual conference in Detroit in October and one invaluable piece of information I picked up there was a shopping guide put out by the Tri-County Celiac Sprue Support Group. Their address is 6015 Lahring Road, Holly, MI 48442. It has listings of all GF foods in groceries everywhere in the US. I have found a GF bread I like at my local health food store. It is put out by Tree of Life and is called Almond-Rice Bread. It keeps well in the refrigerator and toasts well. It has much more flavor than those breads made with tapioca flour. I have found Bette Hagman's books most helpful and the CSA/USA people have a series of small cookbooks called the Pantry Collection. I find that it takes 24 hours for me to feel the effects of "catching some flour." I find when I am having an episode of celiac, mothing takes care of the stomach cramps faster than a cup of Gramma's Tummin Mint Tea (Celestial Seasons) and a medium heat pad. I enjoy receiving this index. My try my hand at baking some cookies. I sure miss English Muffins and spaghetti. Good health to all.