The Celiac Scene E-News | August 2023
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The Celiac Scene e-News – August Edition
Gluten-Free Families • Victoria Gluten-Free Foodies
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• Celiac & Gluten-Free Shoppers – Let’s Put a Stop to This!
• Registered Dietitians are Key to Celiac Disease Management
• 5 Tips for Top Notch Cruising by Sue Jennett
• Selena De Vries, The Celiac Dietitian, Launches New Website
• Fast! Fun! Informative! News Round Up on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast’
• Miski Gluten-Free Brewing Launches Quinoa Beer
• Bouncing Back from Eosinophilic Esophagitis
GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS & SERVICES
• NEW! ulivit superfood inc.
• NEW! Epicure 100% Gluten Free – The Celiac Scene Takes a Tour!
• Never be Without! O’Doughs Opens Online Store!
• Hertel Meats – Serving Vancouver Island for more than 55 years!
• Country Prime Tender Meat Snacks – Portable Protein
• Grimm’s Fine Foods – Gluten-Free Goodness We Can Trust
Alkeme Artisan Bakery • Art of Slow Food • Bake My Day • B-glutenfreevictoria • Celiac Kid Stuff • Chef Pola Culinary • Cloud 9 Gluten Free Mixes • CORN THINS by Real Foods • Country Prime Meat Snacks • Delish Gluten Free Bakery • El Faro Gluten Free Flour • Epicure • Glutenull • Grimm’s Fine Foods • Hertel Meats • Honeycomb.ai Restaurant App • House of Yee Premium Dumplings • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas • Millstone Farm & Organics • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • O’Doughs • Pilling Foods – Good Eats • Pure Lovin’ Chocolate • Royal Nuts • Selena, The Celiac Dietitian • Stella’s Perogies • Taco Revolution Mexican Foods • Tilly’s Galley Gourmet Meals • ulivit superfood inc. • TOTAL PREPARE • Wendel’s True Foods • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith • Wise Bites
• NEW! Van Isle Poutinerie 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck
• NEW! Taco Revolution Food Truck Spawns a Trailer!
• Poke Fresh – Buy One Bowl, Get a Pokito Bowl for Free!
• Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies Meet Up at Poke Fresh Broadmead – Friday, August 18th
• Families! Join Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies at Esquimalt Lagoon – Friday, August 25
• UPDATED! Safe Fries List for Vancouver Island
• Maps to Hundreds of Celiac-Trusted Restaurants on Vancouver Island
900˚ Wood-Fired Pizzeria • 900˚ Bistro Sidney • Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery • Bare Bones Fish & Chips 100% Gluten-Free Kitchen • Big Wheel Burger • El Faro Fusion 100% Gluten Free Restaurant • Epicure • Floating Fish Store • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • Off the Hook Nanaimo • Poke Fresh • Six Mile Pub • Taco Revolution 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck • Totchos Family Restaurant • Van Isle Poutinerie 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck
* Questions to Ask When Dining Out Gluten-Free
SPECIAL GLUTEN FREE EVENTS
• Delish Gluten Free Delivers to Victoria – Must Pre-Order by August 9
• Art of Slow Food at Oak Bay Night Market – Wednesday, August 9
• Families – Join Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies at Esquimalt Lagoon – Friday, August 18th
• MAiiZ Tamales at Fernwood Makers Party Changed to August 19
• Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies Meet Up at Poke Fresh Broadmead – Friday, August 25th
REGULAR GLUTEN FREE EVENTS
• Art of Slow Food – Thursdays @ Sidney Street Market • Saturdays @ Moss Street Market • Saturdays @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
• Bake My Day – Thursdays @ Sidney Street Market
• B-glutenfreevictoria – Mondays @ Esquimalt Farmers Market • Thursdays @ West Coast Outdoor Markets, Mary Winspear & Beacon Avenue • Thursdays @ Sidney Street Market • Saturdays @ Goldstream Market & @ Moss Street Market
• Floating Fish Store 10% Off – Mention The Celiac Scene on Wednesdays!
• Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream – Various Locations – Check the Events Page
• Selena, The Celiac RD Free Gluten Free Q&A @ Instagram
• Taco Revolution Food Truck – Tuesdays @ Red Arrow Brewing • Thursdays @ Commercial Street Night Market, Nanaimo • Fridays @ Esquimalt Lagoon • Saturdays @ Duncan Farmer’s Market • Sundays @ Cedar Farmer’s Markets
• Taco Revolution Foods – Saturdays @ Qualicum Beach Farmers Market + @ Duncan Farmer’s Market • Sundays @ Cedar Farmer’s Markets
• ulivit superfood inc. – Mondays @ Esquimalt Farmers Market • Thursdays @ Sidney Street Market – Saturday @ James Bay Market
• Van Isle Poutinerie – Tuesdays @ Parksville’s Summer by The Sea • Thursdays @ Commercial Street Night Market, Nanaimo • Various Locations – Check the Events Page
GLUTEN-FREE RETAILERS
Art of Slow Food Cafe & Bakery • Country Grocer • El Faro Market • Lifestyle Market & Select Stores • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • M&M Food Market Belmont • Millstone Farm & Organics • Pepper’s Foods • Pomme Natural Market Nanaimo • Pure Lovin’ Chocolate • The Market Stores • TOTAL PREPARE • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
DISCOUNT & SALE DAYS
• Every Day – 10% Student Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Tuesdays – Pepper’s Foods Flyer • Tuesday – Wednesday – 10% Senior’s Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Thursdays – Belmont MandM Food Market • Thursdays – The Market Stores Flyer • Fridays – Country Grocer Flyer • Glutenull Sales for the Month • Monthly – Lifestyle Markets Flyer • Monthly – Pomme Natural Market’s Flyer
Instagram Fans – Baked Chocolate Banana Thins • Weekend Lunch Platter • School Holiday Lunch Platter • 3-Ingredient Choc PB Bites • 4-Ingredient Corn Thins Hedge Hogs • Edamame Smash
• Sweet Chili Loaded Corn Thins
• Philly Cheese Steak
• Tuna Salad With Fennel & Apple
• Roast Pears Crumble
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2023 GLUTEN-FREE FAST FOOD LIST!
• Vancouver Island Safe Fries, Onion Rings, Fish & Chips
Did you know that more than 60 gluten-free fast-food restaurants in Canada and a whopping 250 restaurants across the United States make an online commitment to meeting the needs of the gluten free. Note that gluten-free ingredients and offerings vary by country.
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – Canada
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – USA
Remember – these listings are a guide, NOT a guarantee. ALWAYS Ask Gluten-Free Questions and determine for yourself whether any given location, chef or server can deliver on their gluten-free promise.
