 #GFAFExpo #glutnfreeeye While attending the GFAF Expo I met a 4th grade teacher and author, Monique Vagueiro. She was marketing her book Allergic to Bullying. The book addresses the issues of children being singled out in the form of bullying because of their custom eating needs. I am a shamed to say, I forgot that bullying as was an issue faced by younger customer eaters. As adults custom eating bullying is experienced in subtle ways. Custom eaters are labeled picky because we refused to eat a salad after the croutons are removed. People view us as being difficult because we ask a lot of questions about ingredients and how food is prepared. My most recent experience with custom eating bullying was at a workplace event. The spouse of someone going gluten free because it is trendy made rude comments that were clearly directed at me. This person cycles on and off of a gluten free diet and their spouse told me that I did not understand how difficult it was for this person to watch other people eat bread. This person also commented that their spouse did not notice any change from eating gluten free. Needless to say, I has highly insulted and this person was not intelligent enough to realize that their comments very extremely offensive to someone with Celiac disease.
Children bully in a more overt manner. They target specific things and do not disguise the meaning of their messages in a cryptic language. Unfortunately custom eating frequently means special meals, lacking the ability to eat the same snacks at parties and depending on the necessity of the custom eater there may be more serve methods of separating foods. Allergic to Bullying provides insight on how parents, students and schools can address the issue of bullying students because they are custom eaters. In addition to being a 4th grade teacher, the author of this book also has Celiac disease. This is a must read book. Here is link to the interview with Monique Vagueiro: https://youtu.be/V6QO__qRBOQ This book is available in print & ebook at: amazon.com barnesandnoble.com Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Allergic-to-Bullying Contact Monique Vagueiro: mv[email protected] XOXOXOX Dawn
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 I have posted a video on the Gluten Free Eye YouTube Channel featuring Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce from the Delight Gluten-Free Cookbook. Vanessa Weisbrod, Executive Editor of Delight Gluten-Free magazine created a wonderful book with 150 recipes. During the month of October I will be posting cooking videos of recipes from this book. Post your review comments and you will be automatically entered in a contest to win a free copy of the cookbook. This video also features gluten free Soy Sauce from SAN-J. I hope you will enjoy the video.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhIcpxC12L4 XOXOXOX Dawn NYC Celebrate Celiac™ Community Party and Celiac Awareness Day with the Yankees on Saturday, 9/20/149/21/2014  I met Kyra Bussanich 4x Cupcake Wars Champion at the NYC Celebrate Celiac Community Party and Celiac Awareness Day with the Yankees on Saturday. Kyra is the first gluten-free winner of Cupcake Wars! Check out Kyra’s book Sweet Cravings. It has 50 gluten free dessert recipes. XOXOX Dawn
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