Entries Tagged ‘China’
Challenges of Buying Allergy-Free Food Items in China
One of the most challenging things about eating and living gluten-free in Shanghai / China is being able to find the right ingredients for all the gluten-free recipes.
Not all products have ingredient labels.
Most ingredients are written in Chinese.
Translations are not always consistent or precise. MSG has many different names. Starch in [...]
A Long Absence Plus the VitaMix
Wow, it’s been almost two months since I lasted posted on this blog. Sorry for the long absence. Working full-time and preparing gluten-free meals every day has become such a chore that we hired a housekeeper, we call them "ahyis" in China, to help us with daily meals. Our ahyi cooks dinner and packs our [...]
Just Another Gluten-Free Blog
It was only earlier this week that I had the idea to start this Simply Gluten-Free blog. My husband is allergic to wheat among many other allergies. Since we live in China, we have limited access to organic and specialty stores that carry gluten-free products. People in China are just not very sensitive to people [...]