Gluten-Free in Italy

I'm so excited to go to Italy! One of the many reasons is the food. But I have been really strict with gluten-free eating lately, and you know that Italy is of course the land of pasta. And it also turns out that Italy is excellent for gluten-free meals.

Here's a great blog post by the Gluten-Free Girl.

My favorite excerpt...

• You see, in every place we ate in Italy, the waiters and chefs understood. From what I have been told (both here and in Italy), the Italian people have been educated about celiac. Children are now routinely tested for the disease before kindergarten, a test as ritualized as a standard set of vaccinations. If you work in food in Italy, you know how to feed people well, no matter what their allergies and concerns. And here is my favorite fact: adults with diagnosed celiac in Italy are given two days a month off, with pay, to go search out their food.

Maybe I'll just stay!