Celiac Disease Awareness Week Round-Up
Wednesday May 14, 2008
In some parts of the world, May is Celiac Disease Awareness Month, and this week in particular is Celiac Disease Awareness Week. Here, from around the Web, are some highlights:
- In Paris, France, the French Celiac Association is holding a musical meeting in front of the Basin of Agam, on the Esplanade d’ Defence at the foot of the Ark (Paris), on Sunday, May 18th. A 40-member orchestra will play jazz and classic pieces from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., followed until 5 p.m. by groups of young artists (including Spleen, Urban Addict, Nima and Jonathan Sellem).
- This week, Coeliac U.K. is holding its Food Without Fear Recipe Competition.
- Coeliac U.K. is also sponsoring the Food Without Fear Eat Out Gluten Free Challenge. As part of the challenge, Coeliac UK will host a lunch with parliamentarians and key stakeholders on Thursday of this week, in both Edinburgh and Westminster, so they can take the Eat Out Gluten-free Challenge to policy makers.
- The U.K. food site Eating Britain is featuring celiac disease this week.
- Coeliac U.K. has launched a Food Without Fear group on Facebook, to engage with young people on the internet.
- Phil Vickery, the chef on ITV's This Morning, made gluten-free shortbread for the Prime Minister when he was on the show recently. The recipe for the shortbread is available on ITV’s website.
- The Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) celebrates International Coeliac Day on 17 - 18 May, 2008.
Comments
Tomorow 17. may in Pula, Croatia our society is making the gluten-free cake long 50 meters. We are doing that to raise awareness about coeliac disease. Also we are planing that politicians and other famous people give the cake to citizens to show in what way the coeliacs eat