<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I feel I want to give my thoughts about this. Someone said that "Anyone who says they actually like this diet must be nuts!" Well, then I am nuts! : ) Ok, life would be easier without this diet but I feel so much better than I have felt in all my life so I don't care! Have to say I eat as I used to do but without gluten, I eat bread, pizza, cakes and most other eatable stuff. The only thing I miss is a decent pasta but that doesen't bother me too much sice I love jasmine rice I eat that..... As for cooking dinner, no problems there either! The rest of the family eats whatever I am eating except for the bread and pasta......... I cook the same food I did before i got the diagnose I have just eliminated gluten. I have been to restaurants many times, here in Sweden, Germany, France, Holland and Belgium I didn't have any problems and I had some delicious meals! I don't think it has to be difficult to be on this diet! We make it into what we want as with many other things in life. I choose to see it as not difficult and tries to be positive about it, for me it is more of a challenge to make dinner and cakes wich tastes just as those I used to do! All cakes I do now are GF, since I am the one making the cake I think it would be silly to make one I can't eat! I have now been GF for about nine months and I feel so great! In the beginning it was hard, so much to learn!!! But now, I am doing fine, being greatful I finally find out what the problem was I actually have a life now! I haven't even had a gluten "accident" in months! And I have been buying GF pizza at a restaurant, had gf sandwiches at a caf, eaten cookies - having a great time! That's all I wanted to say! it doesn't have to be difficult , depressing and hard to be celiac! : ) Hang in there, educate people you meet about Celiac - that's the best way to get people aware of our problems and maybe they can do something to make it easier for us! Anna M