2016 GIG Meeting Schedule

Schedule for GIG of Portland's 2016 Meetings

Lots in the works... Get out your calendars and put this info in!

(Note: Always refer to our Faceboook page, GIG of Portland for daily updates, 
research, details on meetings, events and recipes.)

All meetings are at Providence Portland Medical Center in the main hospital building (rather than the Professional Plaza). 
Free parking in the garage off of NE Glisan & 48th. 

All meetings are 10am to noon.

2/13/16 Room# PPMC HCC6 

Gluten and Your Skin with Tiffany Sahib, MA

3/12/2016 Rm # PPMC HCC8 - 

Gluten and Neurological Implications with Dr Char Glenn, MD

4/9/2016 PPMC HCC8 - 

Dough Nation with Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN (the Gluten Free RN)

5/14/2016 PPMC HCC 2,3 - No speaker - time for just us! Sonoma Flatbread GF Four Cheese Pizza sampling. Hot out of the oven!

6/11/2016 PPMC HCC8 - Annual Gluten-Free Jeopardy w/ Fabulous Prizes! Always a fun meeting with lots of laughs. AND prizes! 

7/9/2016 PPMC HCC 2,3 - Dr David Permultter's BrainMaker video ( 50 min w 15 min of Q&A): Dr. Perlmutter, neurologist, explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain.

8/13/2016 SPPMC HCC 2,3 - No speaker (summer) - just us. Bring your questions, restaurant reviews and opinions!

9/10/2016 PPMC HCC6 - TBD

10/8/2016 PPMC HCC 2,3 - TBD

11/12/2016 PPMC HCC 2,3 - Annual Thanksgiving Potluck & Recipe Contest! Annual tradition with prizes for winning recipes. 

12/10/16 Sat - we'll be eating out for our meeting!!

Thank you to Providence Portland Medical Center for providing a great space for us to meet and gathering in support of each other, learn, share and be in community.

Gluten-Free Food Fair tomorrow Sat 4/15 10-2

2015 GLUTEN-FREE FOOD FAIR

APRIL 25, 2015  |  10AM - 3PM

SPEAKERS - COOKBOOK AUTHORS - GLUTEN FREE BAKED GOODS - GLUTEN-FREE BEER - GLUTEN-FREE BREAD - GLUTEN-FREE RESTAURANTS

DoubleTree by Hilton Lloyd Center | Exhibition Hall

1000 NE Multhomah St Portland OR 97232

Across the street from Lloyd Center Mall

At the Lloyd Center MAX stop

Park anywhere around the Lloyd Center Mall

$3 parking at the hotel

Big variety of GF Foods as far as you can see! Come hungry! 

Over 60 gluten-free businesses with 85% locally owned businesses. 

We support the local GF community! 

$10/person; $15/Couple; $25/Family of 4; Kids under 12 Free

$3 Parking with Validation. 

Speaker Schedule - Speakers included in price of admission

10:30 Tina Johnson, RN, NTP - Simple Changes to Make Your GF Diet Healthier

11:30 Dr Samantha Brody - Gluten-Free 101

12:30 Dr Robyn Kutka - Gluten Intolerance, Celiac Disease and Hormone Imbalance: Thinking Outside The Bread Box

1:30 Tracy Lehto – Family Forum: How to support Gluten-free Kids and Families in Portland? a forum for all families

2:00 Panel: Ask Your Burning Questions - Tina Johnson, Dr Samantha Brody, Dr Lisa Shaver, Dr Robyn Kutka, Chef Kimi Reid

Lots of delicious samples! 

Please SHARE with family and friends and spread the word!

This is GIG of Portland's fund raising event for the year. 

We are a non-profit 501(c)3 to educate, reach out and support the gluten-free community in Portland.

Ground Breaker Brewing (formerly Harvester) will be there! 

1st Mtg of 2015 - Cosmic Crumbles! Jan 10, 2015 10am to noon

Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) January Meeting

December 10th, 2015  10am to noon

Providence Portland Medical Center

Room HCC 2,3 

Cosmic Crumbles will be our guest at our first GIG of Portland meeting this Saturday, January 10th at Providence Portland Medical Center, Classroom HCC 2,3 on the lower level of the HOSPITAL. (not the Professional Plaza). 10am to noon. 

Kristy Gleason, the owner and baker at Cosmic Crumbles says: "Our baked goods can be picked up anytime at Food Front Coop Market on NW 23rd and Thurman in Portland.

In the near future, our goodies will also be available at Food Front's second location which is in Multnomah Village. Brownies, zucchini bread, snickerdoodles and lemon ginger star cookies are available. 

Our baked goods are always available via online ordering through our website www.cosmiccrumbles.com or via our email. 

In the spring and summer we will continue to be at the Beaverton Farmers Saturday Market as well, starting in May 2015. Our bakery is gluten, dairy, and soy free. "

Cosmic Crumbles Bakery 
cosmiccrumbles@gmail.com

Cosmic Crumbles ingredients list

Providence Portland Medical Center is on NE 47th and Glisan. Enter on Glisan & 49th. Free parking in the parking structure at NE 49th and Hoyt. Park on the 2nd level, on the west side and walk west to the hospital over the sky bridge over the grassy area. Go down the elevator and we're right there on the left.)

New GF FDA Regulations Effective Today

New FDA Regulations Effective Today The Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) is happy to report that all Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated products produced on August 5th, 2014 or later, and that claim to be "gluten-free", are required to contain less than 20 ppm of gluten. Products that are produced on, or after, this date must meet the definition laid out by the FDA regulation or they will be considered misbranded.  Essentially this means that if a FDA-regulated product is labeled "gluten-free" and has a production date of August 5, 2014 or later, it is considered safe to consume. The rule also applies to the terms "no gluten", "free of gluten", and "without gluten". This is great news for the gluten-free consumer and should make label-reading even easier. Consumers will still need to be careful as the regulation is voluntary. Manufacturers may still produce a gluten-free product but choose not to label it as "gluten-free". For products which are neither certified nor labeled "gluten-free", it is essential to read the ingredient list. It is important to remember that "wheat-free" is not the same as "gluten-free". Ingredients that are not gluten-free and should raise a red flag to you, the consumer, include: Wheat (including all types of wheat such as spelt) Rye Barley Oats (unless specifically labelled gluten-free) Malt Brewer's yeast Note that products manufactured before August 5, 2014 may still be on retail shelves after that date. These products were not required to comply with the regulation. This means that there is a possibility that some products will still be on the shelf on August 5th that do not meet the regulation definition. Should the manufactured date not be listed on the package, consumers can confirm production date by contacting the manufacturer.  These changes will also apply to dietary supplements but not to prescription or over-the-counter medications. Restaurant foods are also not covered by this new regulation but the FDA is encouraging the restaurant industry to move towards similar, consistent, gluten-free labeling. The safest consumer decision will be to look for the GFCO Certified Gluten-Free logo on the product packaging. A product that carries a certification from GIG's Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) is held to higher standards than those regulated by the FDA. GFCO certified items are required to have no more than 10 ppm (parts per million) of gluten in comparison to the FDA regulation which requires less than 20 ppm. All products certified by GFCO are considered safe for gluten-free consumers, regardless of the production date.

February 2014 GIG of Portland Meeting

Saturday, February 8 - Meeting Cancelled due to Weather.

****GIG of Portland February meeting is canceled due to snow. Prov Portland is at the top of a small hill, so big chance of slipping and sliding, and already too many messy streets out there. Have fun in the snow and stay warm and safe everyone! *****

Weather Pending, the February Gig of Portland Meeting will feature Book Author Patricia Harrington, Book Sharing/Review of Sweet Debbie's s Organic Treats and Nosh on This and our Branch Leader Dr. Lisa Shaver who will share more great research from her trip to ICDS 2013.

La Petite Assiette: Simple Gluten-Free Baking
By Patricia Harrington will be a feature of our Saturday GIG of Portland meeting. We will welcome Patricia at our meeting and she will be speaking about her book, her process in writing it, developing recipes and publishing it. 

Book Sharing for: 

- Dr. Lisa Shaver will share more of the latest research and findings from the International Celiac Disease Symposium held in Chicago September 2013. 

Providence Portland Medical Center
4805 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97213
(503) 215-1111

Still every 2nd Saturday, 10am to noon.

Prov Portland in the basement classrooms #2 & #3
PPMC (Providence Portland Medical Center), Health Center Classrooms 2 & 3 on the lower level (officially: PPMC HCC 2,3)

Park on the 2nd floor of the free parking garage. Walk towards the main hospital (NOT the Professional Plaza with the private practices). Take the pedestrian covered glassed-in bridge over to the hospital to the west. Take the elevator downstairs. We are straight down the hall. This route is 100% covered if there is rain. You'll stay dry.

- OR -

Park in the garage. Take the elevator to the Basement. We are in Rms 2 & 3 on that floor, just off the elevator.

Please SHARE and spread the word! Thanks and see you Saturday Feb 8th, and every 2nd Saturday except in December.

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/xpDKN

Jan Mtg: GF 101 and Bridge City Baking

January Meeting 1/14

Our next meeting will be held this Saturday, the 2nd Sat of the month in a new location. Our new regular meeting space is still at Emanuel Hospital, still on the 2nd Sat of every month. It is now on the south side of the hospital at 501 N. Graham, Portland OR 97227. The room is called MOB, which stands for Medical Office Building. It's a meeting space attached the the Medical Office Building.

The room is in between N. Graham and the sliding glass doors of the atrium. Look for the signs.

This month:

Gluten Free Q & A with Dr. Jan Gagnon, who has been gluten-free for 33 years, to start off the new year right. We will have a stimulating discussion on all things gluten-free. Bring all your questions, opinions and problems and let's figure them out together.

Samples by Bridge City Baking, the folks who bring you the frozen GF pies found at New Seasons and Whole Foods. They make both small hand-sized rectangular pies and large round pies for the whole family, parties and special occasions.

Stacie of Bridge City Baking has promised to bring a door prize for one lucky attendee. Not to be missed!

Stacie and Lou are the creators of the gluten-free Mango Cheesecake with Cardamom Graham Cracker Crust for the East India Grill on SW 11th and Taylor downtown.

Bridge City Baking is a 2011 Gold Level Sponsor of
the spring Gluten Free Food Fair.
Thank you, Bridge City Baking!

See you at 10am this Saturday.