Jax Peters Lowell

My new favorite resource for understanding Gluten-free, is a valuable tool for both veterans to the subject as well as newcomers! I’m so glad that the word is getting out; Jax Peters Lowell has done a fabulous job synthesizing abundant amount of topics connected to Gluten-free which both advises and nurtures. Even the Gluten-Intolerance Dining Card translated into various languages (23 translations) will be most helpful to those exploring international communities. The recipes that I have show more tried, are delicious and entertainment worthy. Kudos to the author for her dedication to a subject which is bound to benefit many individuals. show less

Helpful, if outdated, book about living gluten-free. It has practical suggestions regarding navigating the real world with a significant dietary requirement - strategies for restaurants and travel, as well as information on hidden sources of gluten.

I'd like to see an update on this book, knowledge regarding health impact has grown significantly since publication. An additional star off for focusing so much on the idea that Celiacs are underweight. We now know that obesity accounts for a show more notable portion of individuals who go undiagnosed. It's still extremely difficult to get a physician to order IgA or tTG for an overweight patient, due to this misconception.

If you are (or suspect you are) gluten-intolerant, do yourself a favor and start here, but move on to recently published information, or celiac.com for more up-to-date information about this condition. show less

This is an excellent, comprehensive, resource guide for people who must restrict their intake of glutenous food, whether due to celiac disease, gluten intolerance, or dietary preference.

Ms. Lowell, who has celiac, goes to great lengths to list basic grains that contain gluten, as well as grains that are gluten-free. She discusses how to discuss dietary constraints with dinner hosts, family, restaurants and grocers.

The book even contains foreign-language cards in 23 languages - not just the show more standard French, Spanish and German, but in Arabic, Croatian and Swahili (and more!). The cards are to be presented to wait staff at a foreign restaurant, informing them that you are unable to eat gluten, and asking for their cooperation in getting a meal that you will be able to enjoy.

I do think the book is somewhat over-long, and I get the feeling that Ms. Lowell is - at times - a bit patronizing/condescending. A must-have book for the person who must avoid gluten. show less

this isn't actually terrible or anything, but there's no point to it at all, except i guess emotional manipulation. no, i suppose she's getting at the "normalcy" of queer relationships (this was published in 1995 and takes place in the 1960's) and it's not even badly written (although it's not particularly well written either) but if that is her point she muddles it significantly. the point of view was badly done - not a good choice in the first place to be from the son's point of view, and show more then the narrator knows things he shouldn't know; the language, to keep theo and claire separate and easily identifiable, isn't natural. (saying "she" would be confusing, i understand, unless the characters were distinctly drawn; and there are ways to write around this besides constantly using their names, which their son wouldn't do.) i was never made to care about him, or truly even understand the women, although i did sympathize with them. there are just a ton of problems with it and it ends with this obvious attempt to make the reader feel something, which just made me roll my eyes.

i suspect that this wasn't a common story when this came out, and so for that, i'm glad it was written. her stance, that queer relationships and queer parents aren't damaging and should be supported, was probably an important message then. she just went about it in a strange way, one that today doesn't even seem all that supportive.

still, not awful, so between 1 and 1.5. show less