How can I survive restaurants, parties, travel and entertaining?
There are several strategies for social survival in a wheat drenched world. In restaurants, your main strategy should be to explain the situation to your server. Don’t be shy, many people do it. Just be polite and you may find your server and even the chef will be interested enough to ask questions. (After all, food service is their business.) Ask for help in determining what is safe. Some of the celiac societies (CSA/USA, GIG, and the Canadian Celiac Association) offer a “diner’s card” that you can hand to your server; it will help explain the limitations of the celiac diet. GIG’s card is available in multiple languages. Certain members of our list have also been known to bring their own pizza to their local pizzeria and have them add toppings and cook the gluten-free pizza right there, to be enjoyed with non-celiac friends. Just be sure it isn’t going into the same spot in the oven as the regular pizzas! Don’t forget your local celiac support group — they should be able to provide y
