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As a professor of Italian, a musician, and an Italian-American, I have traveled all over Italy; I have even been lucky enough to occasionally spend long periods of time (six months to a year) in my favorite Italian city, Rome. The country, the people, the art, the history, and the culture are fantastic. The food in Italy is a delight, a feast for the senses.
Ah, L Italia: il paese della pasta (the land of pasta) . . . Most people imagine it to be a daunting destination for gluten-free tourists. Some even travel through Italy surviving on snack bars that they brought with them and eating only salad and meat in restaurants. vans warped tour tickets vinoy park And yet, since my daughter Sara and I have gone gluten-free (she has celiac and I have gluten neuropathy), I have learned that Italy is a gluten-free paradise!
Anyone on a gluten-free diet can get gluten-free croissants (known as cornetti senza glutine ) in the local hotels and bakeries for breakfast, gluten-free pizza for a mid-morning snack, gluten-free lasagna with fresh-made gluten-free bread for lunch, gelato with a gluten-free vans warped tour tickets vinoy park cone in the afternoon, and, if you still have room for dinner, three or four courses of anything you want gluten-free for dinner. (Save room for the gluten-free tiramisu for dessert!) My biggest problem in Italy is deciding what to eat first and trying vans warped tour tickets vinoy park not to gain 30 pounds from eating all the delizioso cibo italiano (delicious Italian food)!
Italy is gluten-free heaven (although some Italians beg to differ since you can t get a gluten-free vans warped tour tickets vinoy park hamburger bun at McDonald s) in large part because everyone in Italy knows about celiac disease. When you ask restaurant staff about gluten-free food ( il cibo senza glutine ), they automatically respond with the question vans warped tour tickets vinoy park Do you have celiac disease?
All Italians are tested for celiac disease at an early age. The many who test positive receive great services: a monthly stipend from the government for gluten-free food plus extra vacation time to shop for and prepare gluten-free vans warped tour tickets vinoy park food! Also, the companies that sell gluten-free products have all worked to promote awareness and understanding of celiac disease. It is a law that gluten-free food must be made available in schools, hospitals, and public places and that all pharmacy vans warped tour tickets vinoy park products and food labels must indicate the presence of gluten vans warped tour tickets vinoy park if present. In Italy, you can even study for a Master s degree in Celiac Disease: From Diagnosis to Management.
- Lei vuole gli gnocchi o le tagliatelle senza glutine? Tutti e due sono stati fatti in casa stamattina vans warped tour tickets vinoy park ( Would you like gnocchi or tagliatelle? They re both gluten-free and homemade this morning. ),
If you call a few days ahead, restaurants will often acquire or make gluten-free pasta and bread for you if they don t already have it on hand. Secondly, when you are in the restaurant, remind the staff that you require a gluten-free meal. You can also ask to talk to the chef ( Posso parlare con il cuoco per favore? ). Thirdly. keep the cuisine of the region in mind. In northern Italy, Italians eat risotto (a creamy rice) much more often than pasta. (Just make sure to ask if the broth the rice is cooked in is gluten-free) In Venice, they eat polenta (a creamy cornbread of sorts) much more often than pasta; this polenta is almost universally gluten-free.
Corte Sconta (restaurant): Calle del Pstrin, Castello 3886; tel. 041/5227024; Vaporetto stop Arsenale. Menu includes gluten-free pasta. Reservations required; English spoken; closed Sundays, Mondays during the months of January, February, July, and August.
Il Molino (restaurant): At the Hilton vans warped tour tickets vinoy park Guidecca 810; tel. 041-2723311; fax 041-2723308. Advance notice is required for gluten-free meals. Open 7 AM 11 PM. Direct line to food/business office is 041 2723316; email fb.venice@hilton.com
Hotel Villa Paradiso (Hotel): Via Roma 2; tel. 094223922; www.hotelvillaparadiso.com . Offers gluten-free breakfast. On the top floor is the restaurant Al Settimo Cielo del Paradiso, which can also cater to any dietary needs.
Ristorante al Pappagallo (Bolognese restaurant): vans warped tour tickets vinoy park Piazza Della Mercanzia 3C; tel. 051-232807; www.alpappagallo.it . Restaurant serves vans warped tour tickets vinoy park many celiac clients but does not offer gluten-free pasta; English spoken; 10-20 euros price range.
Sorry but this is complete and utter rubbish. I m Italian and have been living with celiac disease in Milan for 13 years. I never got tested at an early age , none of my friends are informed as to what celiac disease is and it s only in the last two years or so that restaurants have been offering gluten free pizza and pasta. I have never walked into any bar in Milan and found a gluten-free brioche vans warped tour tickets vinoy park and when going out to restaurants for events am still limited to salads. If you actually lived here on a daily basis and weren t eating in the hotels you mentioned but where the locals ate you wouldn t find Italy to be a gluten free paradise . Maybe you shouldn t write such nonsense as you will give false hope to tourists who won t come prepared with their own gluten-free dietary back up.
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