Author's Name: Don Tombs (Author's RSS Feed)
Author's Website URL: http://www.glutenfree-crawley.org.uk
About Don Tombs: Worked on computers for 35 years, then decided to quit the rat race so we all moved to Spain, to the Costa Del Sol for 20 years. Developed skin problems so returned to the UK in 2005, where my wife was diagnosed as suffering from the Celiac (UK Coeliac) disease. Found little local support, so created The Crawley Gluten Free Group, now with over 100 members and a free web site, now opened by 128 different countries.
Recent Posts by Don Tombs:
UK Bakery Sells Gluten-free Pizzas to Italy
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in Foods & Products
It is reported from several sources that a large Welsh gluten free bakery has secured a contract to sell its Pizzas, to the home of Pizzas, in Italy. This sounds a bit like coals to Newcastle or selling haggis to the Scots, but it is true, the Village Bakery (formerly known as Nutrition Ltd), has started [...]
UK Reports Vast Increase in Gluten-Free Food, Consumers Shun Wheat
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in News & Notes
Over the past few weeks there has been some encouraging news coming out of the United Kingdom which I wanted to share with our readers. Thanks to a very reliable local newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, it was reported that on the June 12th, 2010, “free from foods” aimed at people with food intolerances was the fastest growing category of [...]
Starbucks UK is Buying Gluten-Free Bread
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in Foods & Products
At our Crawley gluten-free meeting, on the 20th March 2010, our speaker was the Commercial Director of United Central Bakeries (UCB), Paddy Cronin. In the United Kingdom UCB, who are based in Scotland, are the gluten free bakers who are behind the successful Genius Bread. Genius is a new UK gluten-free fresh loaf, which since its introduction [...]
Eating Gluten-Free (Sans Gluten) in Paris, France – Part 2
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in Restaurant Menus
In this post, we are continuing our look at eating gluten-free in Paris, France. For your reference, you can view the first post in this series here. We are commencing with a small restaurant called Leo le Lion, at 23, Rue Duvivier, 75007 Paris. Leo le Lion offers simple and inexpensive food with a good choice [...]
Eating Gluten-Free (Sans Gluten) in Paris, France – Part 1
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in Restaurant Menus
For non-French speaking people France can be a difficult country to get around in, especially when trying to follow a strict gluten-free diet. Fortunately, if you know, you are going to be eating gluten-free (Sans Gluten), then before travelling to France it is important that you print out a French celiac restaurant card which explains that you must not eat anything containing gluten. I will also [...]
Eating Gluten-Free in Dublin, Ireland (Eire) – Part 2
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- Written by Don Tombs / Published in Restaurant Menus
In this post we will continue with our visit to Ireland and its capital city Dublin with more of it’s fine restaurants. If you missed our first post, it can be viewed here. It was mentioned in the first of these articles about Dublin that you can get and eat gluten-free fish & chips every day [...]







