I checked out the books at the library when I was first Dx'd. I own the following books:
The Allergy Self-Help Coookbook by Marjorie Hurt Jones, R.N. - this covers many allergies, including gluten and gives a good explanation of the Rotation Diet.
The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread by Bette Hagman - decent recipes, but almost all require eggs which I can't eat.
Allergy-Free Cooking by Eileen Rhude Yoder, PhD - published in 1987, so it doesn't include many new flours. Discusses the Elimination Diet
Cooking Free by Carol Fenster, PhD - covers multiple food intolerances. It has a great appendix section which discusses substitutes and ingredients such as different types of flours.
Complete Gluten-Free Cookbook by Donna Washburn & Heather Butt - includes gluten-free, lactose-free and egg-free recipes.
The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods by Bette Hagman - another book by one of the original gluten-free cookbook creators.
I found this gluten-free foods list to be very helpful:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/mes ... sg=68418.1
You'll need to click on the link titled
August_2008_GF_Product_List_PDF.zip and unzip the file. Once it's unzipped, you can open it and print it, if you like. It's 45 pages, so I printed it two-sided. I took it with me to the grocery store for the first few months I went gluten-free.
Also, someone recommended getting a copy of the Living Without magazine. It used to have a removable section containing foods to avoid. I don't subscribe to the magazine, so I don't know if it still has the section.
Gloria
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