Category: Dining Out
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Tea Thyme Cafe – Marble Falls, TX
Marble Falls, Texas… where is that, you ask? Â Precisely. A few months ago, I bought a Texas state parks pass. Â I’ve decided to get my money’s worth from it this year. Â Last week, I took my family to Longhorn Cavern state park and Colorado Bend state park. Â They are far enough away that we decided…
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Asian Mint
Every girl eventually needs a night out with the girls. Girls night out now means Sushi Night at Asian Mint. Located at Forest Ln and I-75 in Dallas, Asian Mint easy to find (hey! no construction down there right now). Â Their menu items are marked with a big “G” when they are gluten-free, which is…
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Restaurant Fined for Giving Wheat-Based Pasta to Celiac
According to an article on Grub Street New York this morning, a restaurant in England was recently fined $12,000 (settling out of court) for serving a woman with Celiac Disease a wheat-based pasta after she had specifically ordered gluten-free (they have a gluten-free menu). Â For those of you thinking this is just another person frivolously…
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Food Allergy Awareness Week
May 12-18 marks Food Allergy Awareness Week, created by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (now called FARE – Food Allergy Research & Education). Â This year’s focus is on a growing problem: food allergy bullying. One-third of children with food allergies are bullied because of it (with the food they are allergic to). Â I have…
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Rudi’s Gluten-Free Summer Camp Scholarships
I just received the following press release and wanted to give you and your children as much time as possible to prepare. Rudi’s Gluten-Free is giving away scholarships to Gluten-Free summer camps. Â During the month of May, National Celiac Awareness Month, they are accepting applications and essays from children about what going to a gluten-free…