That’s an easy question. For the best book about the gluten-free diet, check out Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Shelley Case. This is a must-read book for anyone on the diet for health reasons. Shelley has devoted much of her career to helping people learn how to follow a gluten-free diet. She is considered the foremost authority on our diet in North America – enough said.
If you’re like many of us and have a doctor that can’t tell you much about celiac disease, read Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic by Dr. Peter Green and Rory Jones. Dr. Green heads up the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University in NYC. His book covers which cancers untreated celiac can lead to, as well as a host of other invaluable information.
For a book with a sense of humor that explains that there is more to being gluten-free than following a diet, check out Living Gluten-Free for Dummies by Danna Korn. That book helped me understand that staying gluten-free is a lifestyle, which I was in denial about after my celiac diagnosis. Danna teamed up with accomplished gluten-free cookbook author Connie Sarros to create another fabulous Dummies series book – Gluten-free Cooking for Dummies.
If you’re looking for gluten-free cookbooks, there are a ton of those to choose from. Bette Hagman, who passed away a couple of years ago, was the pioneer of gluten-free cookbooks. Her books are sold on Amazon.com and many libraries carry them as well. Other terrific cookbook authors are Carol Fenster, Roben Ryberg, and again, Connie Sarros. Connie just released an updated version of an allergen cookbook that is full of gluten-free and dairy-free recipes. Elizabeth Barbone has a fabulous gluten-free cookbook and ‘gluten-free Baking’ by Rebecca Reilly is a lovely cookbook as well.
To learn how to eat out all around the world, check out Kim Koeller’s book “Let’s Eat Out with Celiac and Food Allergies!‘.
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