Comments on: It’s Surprisingly Easy to Be Gluten-Free in Italy

By: CHRISTINE BOYNTON

CHRISTINE BOYNTON — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:21:34 +0000

off to florence on tuesday so it was great to now i will have plenty choice of gluten free food so i wont just have to steak and olives. so thanks .

By: Jodi Ettenberg

Jodi Ettenberg — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:47:07 +0000

Hi Nelly, that’s great to hear! Hope you have a wonderful trip.

By: Nelly

Nelly — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:02:02 +0000

This post makes me so happy that I almost started crying. My 2 boys are sensitive to gluten and dairy. We’ll be visiting Italy for a month next year. Now I’m not as worried. THANK YOU

By: Jodi Ettenberg

Jodi Ettenberg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:51:19 +0000

Thank you Francesca! Much success with your bakery.

By: Jodi Ettenberg

Jodi Ettenberg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:50:43 +0000

Thanks Meg! I have more trouble usually – get super cloudy / dizzy right away even w/ cross-contamination. So I’ve struggled because pad sie ew and often fried rice in Thailand also has soy. But in Vietnam the soy sauce has NO wheat flour. This country is magic for celiacs :) So as with Italy, you can come to Vietnam. I’ll be doing a celiac’s guide soon on this site, and will hopefully launch the new site in June. Thanks for the support!

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:45 +0000

Hmm, I can *usually* deal with a small amount of soy sauce. Doing a Thai cooking course in Chiang Mai was helpful for me. I found soy sauce is rarely used (and only in tiny amounts) unless there’s been a Malay or Chinese influence – such as in the favourite Northern dish, Khao Soi.
Happily, I’ve had only one episode of getting glutenised in Thailand and that was from the aforementioned Khao Soi. I later learned it contains quite a swag of soy sauce and some non-rice noodles to boot. Delicious, yes, but hangover-inducing!

Delighted to hear of your plans for a new gluten-free travel site, Jodi. I’ll be there with bells on, I can tell you! :o)

By: Francesca Maschio

Francesca Maschio — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:38:32 +0000

Hi, in Italy there are also gluten free bakery and pastry shop like Fralenuvole in Biella (Piedmont): http://www.fralenuvolebiella.com

By: Jodi Ettenberg

Jodi Ettenberg — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:19:38 +0000

Glad it was helpful Meg! I’m starting a new site (glutenfreetravel.org) this year to serve as a resource for travelers who also have to watch their gluten intake. Hopefully it’ll provide even more help! Re Thailand, are you avoiding soy sauce?

By: Meg

Meg — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:01:33 +0000

Wow, I can’t tell you how appreciative I am of this post. When researching potential areas of the world to travel, where and what I can eat is a huge deal. In fact, the relative ease of eating gluten-free in Thailand is mostly why I’m a repeat visitor.
But I am truly amazed to learn Italy is so gluten-free friendly. Italy has been on my mind for some time, but I’d almost dismissed it as an impossibility. Not anymore!

Thank you so much! :o)

By: A Cook Not Mad (Nat)

A Cook Not Mad (Nat) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:31:12 +0000

Much easier to be celiac than vegetarian in Italy ;)